Lok Sabha Question No. 449 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-04
Subject: Proposal Sanctioned by CAMC
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Shri Muhammed Hamdullah Sayeed

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 449

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 4 TH  FEBRUARY, 2025

## Proposal Sanctioned by CAMC

## 449. Shri Muhammed Hamdullah Sayeed:

Will the Minister of FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of Project proposals sanctioned by the Central Approval & Monitoring Committee (CAMC) under the Fisheries and Aquaculture Infrastructure Development Fund (FIDF);
- (b) if so, the details thereof, including the type of projects and their distribution in State and Union Territories; and
- (c) the measures being taken by the Government to ensure timely implementation and monitoring of the approved projects?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING (SHRI RAJIV RANJAN SINGH ALIAS LALAN SINGH)

(a) to (c): The Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying,  with  effect  from  financial  year  2018-19  is  implementing  Fisheries  and Aquaculture  Infrastructure  Development  Fund  (FIDF)  with  a  total  fund  size  of  Rs 7522.48  crore.    FIDF inter-alia provides  concessional  finance  for  development  of various fisheries infrastructure facilities to the Eligible Entities (EEs), including State Governments/Union Territories, State entities and other Stakeholders for development of identified fisheries infrastructure facilities.  Under FIDF, the Department of Fisheries provides  interest  subvention  up  to  3%  per  annum  for  providing  the  concessional finance by the NLEs at the interest rate not lower than 5% per annum. Based on the recommendation  of  Central  Approval  and  Monitoring  Committee  (CAMC)  of  FIDF scheme, the Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying has approved a total 136 project proposals/projects at a total cost of Rs. 5801.06 crore with project cost restricted for interest subvention at Rs. 3858.19 crore to  various  States/UTs.  The  projects  supported  under  FIDF  to  States  and  Union Territories  are  includes  Fishing  Harbours,  Fish  Landing  Centers,  Ice  Plants,  Cold storage,  Fish Transport Facilities,  Integrated  Cold  Chain  (Marine &  Inland  Sector), Modern  Fish  Markets,  Brood  Banks,  Hatcheries,  Modernization  State  Fish  Seed Farms,  Fisheries  Training  Centres,  Fish  Processing  Units,  Fish  Feed  Mills/Plants, Cage  culture  in  Reservoir,  Mariculture  etc.    State/UT-wise  details  of  the  project approved under FIDF are furnished as below:

(Rs. in crores)

| Sl No   | Name of State     |   No. of projects approved |   Total Project Cost |   Amount eligible for interest subvention |
|---------|-------------------|----------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------------------------|
| 1.      | Andhra Pradesh    |                         10 |              1396.83 |                                    653.06 |
| 2.      | Arunachal Pradesh |                          1 |                 0.68 |                                      0.54 |
| 3.      | Assam             |                          1 |                 0.41 |                                      0.18 |
| 4.      | Goa               |                          1 |                 6.42 |                                      5    |
| 5.      | Gujarat           |                          5 |              1354.92 |                                    750    |
| 6.      | Haryana           |                          1 |                 1.17 |                                      0.64 |
| 7.      | Himachal Pradesh  |                          1 |                 5.17 |                                      5    |
| 8.      | Jammu and Kashmir |                          2 |               120.7  |                                     93.17 |
| 9.      | Karnataka         |                          2 |                 1.44 |                                      0.79 |
| 10.     | Kerala            |                          3 |               162.82 |                                    151.2  |
| 11.     | Maharashtra       |                         13 |              1031.3  |                                    770.25 |
| 12.     | Manipur           |                          4 |                 1.15 |                                      0.9  |
| 13.     | Mizoram           |                          1 |                 8.57 |                                      6.85 |
| 14.     | Odisha            |                          4 |                60.18 |                                     33.83 |
|         | Puducherry        |                          1 |                 2.46 |                                      1.97 |
| 15.     | Tamil Nadu        |                         66 |              1576.08 |                                   1337.81 |
| 16.     | Telangana         |                          1 |                 4.7  |                                      2.31 |
| 17.     | Uttar Pradesh     |                          1 |                 0.22 |                                      0.09 |
| 18.     | West Bengal       |                         18 |                66.07 |                                     44.69 |
| Total   | Total             |                        136 |              5801.06 |                                   3858.19 |

In  order  to  ensure  the  timely  completion  of  approved  projects,  the  CAMC  of  FIDF scheme  is  monitoring  the  progress  regularly  and  National  Fisheries  Development Board (NFDB) as the Nodal Implementing Agency (NIA) conducts the desk and need based field inspections of approved projects.  Besides, the Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying also reviews the progress of approved projects to ensure the its timely implementation.  Under FIDF, Out of total 136 projects approved, 40 projects have already been completed and operationalized for benefitting approximately 30,000 numbers of stakeholders.

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