Lok Sabha Question No. 1343 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-27
Subject: Fishermen in Uttar Pradesh
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Keshari Devi Patel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1343 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27 TH  JULY, 2021

## Fishermen in Uttar Pradesh

## 1343. SHRIMATI KESHARI DEVI PATEL:

Will  the  Minister  of  FISHERIES,  ANIMAL  HUSBANDRY  AND  DAIRYING मत्स्यपालन , पशुपालन और डेयरी मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  formulated  any  scheme  to  increase  the  fisheries production and the income of the fishermen in the State of Uttar Pradesh, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  steps  to  impart  fisheries  related  training  to fishermen and provide financial aid to them, if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the details of the training camps organised in the State of Uttar Pradesh along with the number of persons who were imparted training there and the number of persons who got engaged with fisheries/fisheries production after such training, district-wise;
- (d) the details of funds released for fisheries during the last five years in the State of Uttar Pradesh, districtwise; and
- (e) the details of the fisheries production capacity in the State of Uttar Pradesh during the last five years, district-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING

## (SHRI PARSHOTTAM RUPALA)

(a): The Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying is  implementing  a  flagship  scheme  namely  'Pradhan  Mantri  Matsya  Sampada  Yojana (PMMSY) - to bring about Blue Revolution through sustainable and responsible development of fisheries sector in India' with an estimated investment of Rs. 20,050 crore for a period of 5 years from  financial  year  2020-21  to  financial  year  2024-25  in  all  States/Union  Territories including  Uttar  Pradesh  as  a  part  of  Aatma  Nirbhar  Bharat  Package.  Besides,  a  dedicated fund  namely,  'Fisheries  and  Aquaculture  Infrastructure  Development  Fund'  (FIDF)  with  a total  fund size of Rs.7,522.48 crore has been set up for providing concessional finance for creation and strengthening of fisheries infrastructure facilities. These schemes are implemented  in  all  the  States/UTs  including  Uttar  Pradesh inter-alia aiming  towards enhancement of fish production, productivity, income of fish farmers, generate employment opportunities in fisheries and aquaculture.

(b) and (c): Under PMMSY,  focus  is also accorded for training, awareness, skill development, exposure, skill up-gradation and capacity building for fishers, fish farmers, fish workers, vendors and officials. Under the PMMSY, the Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying during the financial year 2020-21 has accorded approval to the proposals of Government of Uttar Pradesh at a total cost of Rs.398.99 crore and released first installment of central share of Rs. 60.08 crore to the State Government for assisting  the  fishermen  and  fish  famers  for  development  of  fisheries  in  the  State.    The Government of Uttar Pradesh has reported that a total  216 number of training camps were organized in which 5504 persons were imparted training. It is further reported that most of the  trainees  are  engaged  in  fish  production  activities.  District-wise  number  of  persons imparted training in the State of Uttar Pradesh is furnished at Annexure-I.

(d) and (e): District-wise details of funds released for fisheries and district-wise details of fish  production  during  last  five  years  in  the  State  of  Uttar  Pradesh  as  reported  by  the Government of Uttar Pradesh are furnished at Annexure-II and Annexure-III respectively.

Statement referred to in reply to part (b) and (c) of the Lok Sabha unstarred Question No.    1343  for  reply  on  27 th July,  2021  -  District-wise  number  of  persons  imparted training in fisheries and aquaculture  in the State of Uttar Pradesh

|   Sr. No. | Name of District                        |   No of Person imparted training |
|-----------|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|         1 | Agra                                    |                               80 |
|         2 | Aligarh                                 |                               50 |
|         3 | Amethi (Chatrapati Sahuji Mahraj Nagar) |                               90 |
|         4 | Amroha (J.P. Nagar)                     |                               97 |
|         5 | Azamgarh                                |                               35 |
|         6 | Ballia                                  |                               55 |
|         7 | Banda                                   |                               50 |
|         8 | Barabanki                               |                              100 |
|         9 | Bareilly                                |                              140 |
|        10 | Basti                                   |                               50 |
|        11 | Bhadohi (Sant Ravidas Nagar)            |                               30 |
|        12 | Bijnor                                  |                               90 |
|        13 | Budaun                                  |                               72 |
|        14 | Chandauli                               |                              108 |
|        15 | Chitrakoot                              |                               70 |
|        16 | Deoria                                  |                               60 |
|        17 | Etah                                    |                               25 |
|        18 | Etawah                                  |                              160 |
|        19 | Faizabad                                |                               80 |
|        20 | Ghazipur                                |                              107 |
|        21 | Gonda                                   |                               74 |
|        22 | Gorakhpur                               |                              171 |
|        23 | Hamirpur                                |                               99 |
|        24 | Hardoi                                  |                              128 |
|        25 | Jalaun(Urai)                            |                               30 |
|        26 | Jhansi                                  |                               50 |
|        27 | Kanpur Nagar                            |                              125 |
|        28 | Kanpur Dehat                            |                               30 |
|        29 | Kanshiram Nagar (Kasganj)               |                               25 |
|        30 | Kaushambi                               |                               87 |
|        31 | Lakhimpur Kheri                         |                              109 |
|        32 | Lucknow                                 |                              534 |

| 33   | Maharajganj           |   451 |
|------|-----------------------|-------|
| 34   | Mahoba                |    80 |
| 35   | Mainpuri              |    41 |
| 36   | Mathura               |    57 |
| 37   | Meerut                |   110 |
| 38   | Mirzapur              |    97 |
| 39   | Moradabad             |    90 |
| 40   | Pilibhit              |    50 |
| 41   | Pratapgarh            |   152 |
| 42   | Prayagraj (Allahabad) |   350 |
| 43   | RaeBareli             |   270 |
| 44   | Rampur                |    50 |
| 45   | Saharanpur            |   131 |
| 46   | Sambhal (Bhim Nagar)  |    50 |
| 47   | Shahjahanpur          |    30 |
| 48   | Sitapur               |    67 |
| 49   | Sonbhadra             |    80 |
| 50   | Sultanpur             |   120 |
| 51   | Unnao                 |   107 |
| 52   | Varanasi              |   110 |
|      | Total                 |  5504 |

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Annexure II

Statement referred to in reply to part (d) and (e) of the Lok Sabha unstarred Question No.  1343 for reply on 27 th July, 2021 - District-wise allotment of funds during the last five  years  in  Uttar  Pradesh  as  reported  by  the  Government  of  Uttar  Pradesh  for fisheries

(Rs. in lakhs)

| Sl. No   | District     | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   |
|----------|--------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| (i)      | (ii)         | (iii)     | (iv)      | (v)       | (vi)      | (vii)     |
| 1        | Agra         | 8.84      | 10.62     | 12.08     | 49.08     | 110.43    |
| 2        | Firozabad    | 8.85      | 10.73     | 38.14     | 65.46     | 62.07     |
| 3        | Mainpuri     | 6.81      | 8.19      | 6.01      | 38.65     | 6.56      |
| 4        | Mathura      | 6.81      | 8.19      | 80.18     | 60.77     | 408.16    |
| 5        | Hathras      | 6.81      | 8.19      | 39.22     | 70.38     | 75.39     |
| 6        | Kasganj      | 6.81      | 8.19      | 55.60     | 36.87     | 41.35     |
| 7        | Aligarh      | 8.85      | 31.37     | 7.81      | 48.15     | 45.46     |
| 8        | Etah         | 6.81      | 8.19      | 9.52      | 61.49     | 26.38     |
| 9        | Azamgarh     | 15.79     | 41.18     | 11.00     | 54.73     | 35.44     |
| 10       | Mau          | 6.81      | 8.19      | 34.20     | 105.63    | 82.93     |
| 11       | Balliya      | 8.52      | 25.18     | 11.00     | 41.72     | 11.53     |
| 12       | Kaushambi    | 6.83      | 26.92     | 1.50      | 37.89     | 31.17     |
| 13       | Prayagraj    | 10.57     | 42.68     | 3.40      | 56.94     | 39.31     |
| 14       | Pratapgarh   | 10.02     | 11.99     | 14.15     | 27.58     | 12.68     |
| 15       | Fatehpur     | 8.27      | 9.92      | 2.38      | 31.93     | 15.42     |
| 16       | Kannauj      | 6.83      | 8.17      | 11.56     | 31.50     | 35.19     |
| 17       | Etawah       | 17.45     | 20.93     | 5.44      | 67.06     | 31.75     |
| 18       | Kanpur Dehat | 6.83      | 8.17      | 21.02     | 39.07     | 55.26     |
| 19       | Farrukhabad  | 6.83      | 8.17      | 0.00      | 28.78     | 10.63     |
| 20       | Auraiya      | 6.83      | 8.17      | 38.80     | 34.55     | 33.56     |
| 21       | Kanpur Nagar | 6.83      | 8.17      | 12.80     | 36.36     | 24.41     |
| 22       | Gorakhpur    | 12.46     | 14.96     | 48.92     | 40.25     | 108.29    |
| 23       | Deoria       | 9.71      | 11.67     | 34.07     | 69.91     | 148.36    |
| 24       | Maharajganj  | 10.57     | 12.68     | 38.42     | 84.57     | 35.96     |
| 25       | Kushinagar   | 8.52      | 10.23     | 12.80     | 94.36     | 154.12    |
| 26       | Chitrakoot   | 8.85      | 29.40     | 20.40     | 32.12     | 7.50      |
| 27       | Banda        | 6.81      | 8.19      | 21.53     | 57.56     | 41.39     |
| 28       | Mahoba       | 8.27      | 30.62     | 18.59     | 39.27     | 14.96     |
| 29       | Hamirpur     | 6.81      | 8.19      | 10.00     | 31.80     | 29.68     |
| 30       | Jhansi       | 10.31     | 38.63     | 44.80     | 46.40     | 102.82    |
| 31       | Jalaun       | 6.81      | 19.44     | 1.90      | 43.61     | 7.93      |
| 32       | Lalitpur     | 6.81      | 8.19      | 33.20     | 70.67     | 25.92     |

|   33 | Gonda            |   8.52 |   10.23 |   20.87 |   71.11 |   76.79 |
|------|------------------|--------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
|   34 | Bahraich         |  16.16 |   30.88 |   42.05 |  157.02 |  102.2  |
|   35 | Balrampur        |   8.52 |   10.23 |   20.56 |   68.54 |   57.43 |
|   36 | Shravasti        |   6.81 |    8.19 |    4.9  |   43.62 |   19.08 |
|   37 | Ayodhya          |   6.81 |    8.19 |   17.9  |   47.56 |   33.13 |
|   38 | Ambedkar Nagar   |   8.86 |   10.64 |   25.2  |   26.61 |   84.94 |
|   39 | Sultanpur        |   8.52 |   10.23 |   30.8  |   42.83 |   56.99 |
|   40 | Amethi           |   6.81 |    8.19 |   22.02 |   28.64 |   54.22 |
|   41 | Barabanki        |   8.52 |  160.23 |   66.26 |  140.86 |  306.69 |
|   42 | Basti            |   8.52 |   10.23 |    9.48 |   35.19 |   26.25 |
|   43 | Sant Kabir Nagar |   6.81 |   22.07 |   16.6  |   22.36 |   12.4  |
|   44 | Siddhartha Nagar |  10.56 |   33.48 |   19.2  |   66.96 |   30.28 |
|   45 | Bareily          |   8.52 |   10.23 |   10.4  |   41.33 |   65.88 |
|   46 | Pilibhit         |  15.78 |   30.2  |   30.88 |   28.83 |    9.09 |
|   47 | Shahjahanpur     |  10.56 |   23.94 |   10.4  |   30.3  |   18.56 |
|   48 | Badaun           |   8.52 |   10.23 |    0    |   36.44 |    9.46 |
|   49 | Meerut           |  11.16 |   20.24 |   17.24 |   64.02 |  128.73 |
|   50 | Gaziabad         |   6.81 |   15    |    8.01 |    1.02 |   23.04 |
|   51 | Bulandsahar      |  11.17 |   24.68 |   13.2  |   30.49 |  203.17 |
|   52 | Hapur            |   6.81 |    8.19 |    4    |   18.4  |   20.15 |
|   53 | Bagpat           |   6.81 |    8.19 |    8    |   24.61 |   59.75 |
|   54 | G B Nagar        |   6.81 |   15    |    6    |   23.06 |    2.98 |
|   55 | Moradabad        |   8.27 |   14.1  |   15.92 |   32.01 |   17.51 |
|   56 | Amroha           |   6.81 |   16.44 |    9.26 |   36.54 |   15.79 |
|   57 | Rampur           |   6.81 |   45.69 |   50.4  |   32.96 |   21.62 |
|   58 | Sambhal          |   6.81 |   11.55 |    6    |   36.78 |   17.64 |
|   59 | Bijnor           |  10.31 |   21.66 |   15.2  |   41.72 |   78.35 |
|   60 | Mirzapur         |   6.81 |    8.19 |   22.4  |   74.52 |  133.9  |
|   61 | Sonbhadra        |   6.81 |    8.19 |    6.8  |  129.19 |   88.8  |
|   62 | Bhadohi          |   8.85 |   11.54 |    9.6  |   16.03 |   13.66 |
|   63 | Lucknow          |   6.81 |    8.19 |    9.12 |   74.75 |   80.38 |
|   64 | Lakhimpur Kheeri |   8.52 |   10.23 |   22.4  |   70.69 |   28.52 |
|   65 | Hardoi           |  10.57 |   23.93 |   19.38 |  113.8  |   52.71 |
|   66 | Raebareli        |   8.52 |   10.23 |   24.95 |   43.39 |   38.92 |
|   67 | Sitapur          |   8.52 |   10.23 |    8.8  |   75.86 |   56.23 |
|   68 | Unnao            |  15.79 |   20.99 |   11.7  |   54.29 |   45.7  |
|   69 | Varansi          |  12.05 |   14.45 |   30    |   28.92 |   85.12 |
|   70 | Gajipur          |   6.83 |    8.17 |   24    |   67.46 |   43.22 |

| 71   | Chandauli     |   6.81 |    8.33 |   23.37 |   43.99 |   50.95 |
|------|---------------|--------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
| 72   | Jaunpur       |  10.57 |   31.43 |    2.4  |   65.46 |   27.59 |
| 73   | Mujaffarnagar |   6.81 |   26.25 |   15.6  |   60.28 |    7.68 |
| 74   | Shamli        |   8.25 |   11.13 |    5.18 |   18.81 |    4.12 |
| 75   | Saharanpur    |  13.46 |   16.17 |   13.2  |   28.8  |   23.09 |
|      | Total         | 658.29 | 1339.49 | 1450.09 | 3831.16 | 4204.72 |

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Statement  referred  to  in  reply  to  the  part  (d)  and  (e)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  unstarred Question No.  1343 for reply on 27 th July, 2021 - District-wise details of fish production in the State of Uttar Pradesh during the last five years

(Fish production in tonne)

| Sl No   | District         | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   |
|---------|------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| (i)     | (ii)             | (iii)     | (iv)      | (v)       | (vi)      | (vii)     |
| 1       | Agra             | 1933.00   | 1973.00   | 3906.00   | 3463.1    | 3384.52   |
| 2       | Mathura          | 1339.00   | 1330.00   | 4300.64   | 4554.11   | 2709.40   |
| 3       | Mainpuri         | 518.00    | 526.00    | 13253.16  | 14088.99  | 13016.28  |
| 4       | Firozabad        | 312.00    | 329.00    | 3094.10   | 3187.90   | 3019.25   |
| 5       | Aligarh          | 323.00    | 323.00    | 3892.32   | 4371.00   | 4790.00   |
| 6       | Etaha            | 5007.00   | 5086.00   | 2470.97   | 2559.00   | 2788.75   |
| 7       | Hathras          | 229.00    | 246.00    | 1691.57   | 1673.35   | 1843.80   |
| 8       | Kasganj          | 212.00    | 222.00    | 4271.57   | 4540.70   | 4742.50   |
| 9       | Azamgarh         | 844.00    | 861.00    | 12989.13  | 19154.63  | 13949.84  |
| 10      | Mau              | 860.00    | 791.00    | 7710.76   | 8411.46   | 4637.28   |
| 11      | Balliya          | 1112.00   | 1220.00   | 14178.46  | 15028.50  | 16271.50  |
| 12      | Praygraj         | 16178.00  | 16174.00  | 18853.90  | 19981.85  | 19721.70  |
| 13      | Kaushambi        | 838.00    | 919.00    | 6311.10   | 5184.00   | 7394.00   |
| 14      | Fathehpur        | 8988.00   | 8976.00   | 8204.15   | 9750.50   | 9580.00   |
| 15      | Pratapgarh       | 6962.00   | 7481.00   | 9953.15   | 9461.50   | 10165.95  |
| 16      | Kanpur Nagar     | 2165.00   | 2184.00   | 5672.05   | 5917.32   | 6856.20   |
| 17      | Kanpur Dehat     | 2164.00   | 2135.00   | 5244.39   | 5667.81   | 6756.57   |
| 18      | Etawaha          | 1043.00   | 1050.00   | 4167.62   | 4416.73   | 8595.37   |
| 19      | Aurriya          | 1247.00   | 1257.00   | 2186.09   | 2157.02   | 2731.58   |
| 20      | Farukhabad       | 800.00    | 837.00    | 6588.17   | 7048.40   | 7653.58   |
| 21      | Kannuj           | 1366.00   | 1481.00   | 2349.44   | 3084.00   | 3284.20   |
| 22      | Gorakhpur        | 14517.00  | 14326.00  | 18518.82  | 19916.51  | 22035.70  |
| 23      | Maharajganj      | 1774.00   | 1930.00   | 14694.81  | 15643.53  | 14477.90  |
| 24      | Deoria           | 857.00    | 1009.00   | 10333.42  | 11215.91  | 12034.42  |
| 25      | Kushinagar       | 2409.00   | 2638.00   | 9340.43   | 13160.15  | 11219.00  |
| 26      | Basti            | 11411.00  | 11110.00  | 9552.47   | 5632.00   | 8434.00   |
| 27      | Sant Kabir Nagar | 7402.00   | 6940.00   | 8351.28   | 8748.16   | 8648.80   |

|   28 | Siddhartha Nagar   |   6516.00 |   7737.00 |   23203.58 |   23991.25 |   23655.01 |
|------|--------------------|-----------|-----------|------------|------------|------------|
|   29 | Banda              |     18739 |     18812 |    8055.53 |    8530.55 |    9077.53 |
|   30 | Citrakoot          |     21979 |     22568 |   11017    |   11681.7  |   12707.8  |
|   31 | Hamirpur           |      6423 |      6831 |    4966.06 |    5334.59 |    5772.12 |
|   32 | Mahoba             |     74743 |     75759 |   21117.4  |   22495.6  |   21160.3  |
|   33 | Jhansi             |     40835 |     41800 |   41258.8  |   40481    |   43387.8  |
|   34 | Jalaun             |      1255 |      1336 |    5459.01 |    5801.27 |    6116.52 |
|   35 | Lalitpur           |      7971 |      7788 |    9991.9  |   11155    |   10901.8  |
|   36 | Ayodhya            |      2986 |      3129 |    8394.31 |    9101    |    9840    |
|   37 | Ambedkar Nagar     |      2057 |      2127 |    7913.93 |    8203.54 |    9329.05 |
|   38 | Sultanpur          |      4692 |      2709 |    8864.94 |    9358.32 |    6160    |
|   39 | Barabanki          |      4557 |      4600 |   14068.1  |   16923    |   17822    |
|   40 | Amethi             |         0 |      1997 |    3195.32 |    2742.34 |    5497.32 |
|   41 | Gonda              |     45993 |     47008 |   11612.3  |   13419.2  |   13904.6  |
|   42 | Balrampur          |      4910 |      5204 |   10702.8  |   14727.5  |   13129.6  |
|   43 | Bahraich           |     18665 |     18224 |   23710.3  |   26353.7  |   38610.5  |
|   44 | Shravasti          |      1751 |      2129 |    4679.19 |    3758.5  |    2514.9  |
|   45 | Bareily            |      2063 |      2051 |    7253.85 |    8400.9  |    7186.91 |
|   46 | Badaun             |      1183 |      1275 |    8796.45 |    8433    |    8618.6  |
|   47 | Shahjahanpur       |      2133 |      2055 |   11110.9  |   11808    |   11451    |
|   48 | Pilibhit           |      1465 |      1592 |    6850.23 |    7629.87 |    7782.62 |
|   49 | Moradabad          |      2747 |      1594 |    4168.27 |    3267.06 |    8025.45 |
|   50 | Sambhal            |         0 |      1198 |    2097.8  |    2283.04 |    2323.48 |
|   51 | Rampur             |       657 |       663 |    4021.53 |    4527.8  |    4416    |
|   52 | Bijnor             |     22743 |     23175 |    6459.1  |   12525    |   11867    |
|   53 | Amroha             |       396 |       401 |    3026.53 |    3283.1  |    3306    |
|   54 | Meerut             |      1061 |       710 |    4391.6  |    4583.32 |    5050.67 |
|   55 | Bagpat             |       294 |       294 |    2523.69 |    2553.02 |    1807.93 |
|   56 | Gaziabad           |      5814 |      5827 |    1833.58 |    1204.38 |    1323.7  |
|   57 | G B Nagar          |       279 |       324 |    1175.69 |    1280.79 |    1696    |
|   58 | Bulandsahar        |      1068 |      1106 |    4576.93 |    4927    |    5955    |
|   59 | Hapur              |         0 |       409 |    1045.84 |    1012    |    1575.62 |
|   60 | Shamli             |         0 |      1697 |     661.47 |    1105    |     892.09 |

| 61   | Saharanpur       |   3077.00 |   3174.00 |   5193.06 |   5700.00 |   5755.00 |
|------|------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 62   | Mujaffarnagar    |      5238 |      3595 |   6151.28 |   6769.25 |   6048.29 |
| 63   | Mirzapur         |     42127 |     42973 |  11754.3  |  13202.8  |  13927.5  |
| 64   | Sonbhadra        |     66821 |     67416 |  21307.6  |   8265.72 |  23057.5  |
| 65   | Bhadohi          |       330 |       956 |   9073.05 |   7552.7  |   4225.55 |
| 66   | Varansi          |      4708 |      4937 |   3851.85 |   4085.5  |   7606.5  |
| 67   | Chandauli        |     13220 |     13018 |   6387.93 |   6793.05 |   7278.2  |
| 68   | Gajipur          |      2136 |      2321 |  10204.2  |  11238.9  |  11734.2  |
| 69   | Jaunpur          |      4481 |      4711 |   6817.24 |   8441.96 |   8281    |
| 70   | Lucknow          |     20025 |     19575 |   3819.81 |   4048.14 |   4253.54 |
| 71   | Unnao            |     22090 |     23246 |  10401.1  |  10085.1  |  15144.3  |
| 72   | Raebareli        |     21442 |     21987 |  13574.5  |  14937.9  |  14530.6  |
| 73   | Sitapur          |      4634 |      4705 |  10196.5  |  10814.8  |  11841.5  |
| 74   | Hardoi           |      3282 |      3253 |  20622    |  21854.8  |  23638.1  |
| 75   | Lakhimpur Kheeri |      5298 |      5399 |  22694.5  |  24059.5  |  24730.4  |
|      | Total            |    617694 |    628749 | 662333    | 698750    | 745659    |

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