Lok Sabha Question No. 1548 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-12
Subject: Funds to ICAR Research Institutes
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Sunita Duggal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH & EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1548

TO BE ANSWERED ON 12 th  December, 2023

## FUNDS TO ICAR RESEARCH INSTITUTES

## 1548. SHRIMATI SUNITA DUGGAL:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ षि और ककसान कल्याण मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has details of the funds sanctioned/released to Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) for its eight Fisheries Research Institutes and their thirty Regional Research Centres;
- (b) if so, the respective details of funds thereof since Financial Year 2019;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  is  aware  of  the  booming  white  shrimp  farming  and Pisciculture particularly in the Parliamentary Constituency of Sirsa despite challenging conditions; and
- (d) whether the Government plans to establish a Fisheries Research Institute in the State of Haryana and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ षि और ककसान कल्याण मंत्री (SHRI ARJUN MUNDA)

- (a  &b): The  details  of  Budget  Utilization  in  Eight  Fisheries  Research  Institutes (including their Regional Centres) is given as Annexure-1.
- (c) :  ICAR-  Central  Institute  of  Fisheries  Education  (CIFE)  has  developed  and demonstrated farming of Pacific white shrimp ( L. vannamai ) in inland saline waters the package of practice has been widely adopted in Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. So far, the technology has been extended to over 2900 acres in Haryana, over 1200 acres in Punjab, over 1000 acres in Rajasthan and over 20 acres in Uttar Pradesh (2022-23). In case of Sirsa district, the shrimp farming is adopted in about 600 acres.
- (d) : Established Research Centre, ICAR- Central Institute of Fisheries Education (CIFE), Rohtak is exclusively dedicated for R&D on aquaculture & shrimp farming in the  north  Indian  states  including  Haryana.  The  Centre  is  catering  research  & development needs of the region in the field of fisheries and aquaculture.

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Annexure -I

## [To part (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Q. No. 1548 dated 12.12.2023]

| Details of Budget Utilization in Eight Fisheries Research Institutes (including their Regional Centres) RS. IN LAKHS   | Details of Budget Utilization in Eight Fisheries Research Institutes (including their Regional Centres) RS. IN LAKHS   | Details of Budget Utilization in Eight Fisheries Research Institutes (including their Regional Centres) RS. IN LAKHS   | Details of Budget Utilization in Eight Fisheries Research Institutes (including their Regional Centres) RS. IN LAKHS   | Details of Budget Utilization in Eight Fisheries Research Institutes (including their Regional Centres) RS. IN LAKHS   | Details of Budget Utilization in Eight Fisheries Research Institutes (including their Regional Centres) RS. IN LAKHS   | Details of Budget Utilization in Eight Fisheries Research Institutes (including their Regional Centres) RS. IN LAKHS   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.                                                                                                                 | Name of the Institutes                                                                                                 | 2019-20                                                                                                                | 2020-21                                                                                                                | 2021-22                                                                                                                | 2022-23                                                                                                                | 2023-24                                                                                                                |
| 1                                                                                                                      | CIBA, Chennai                                                                                                          | 1812.52                                                                                                                | 1592                                                                                                                   | 1729.28                                                                                                                | 1555                                                                                                                   | 1840                                                                                                                   |
| 2                                                                                                                      | CIFRI, Barrackpore                                                                                                     | 1251.43                                                                                                                | 1303                                                                                                                   | 1383.7                                                                                                                 | 1216                                                                                                                   | 1340                                                                                                                   |
| 3                                                                                                                      | CIFA, Bhuaneswar                                                                                                       | 1719.69                                                                                                                | 1630.8                                                                                                                 | 1565.24                                                                                                                | 1379                                                                                                                   | 1850                                                                                                                   |
| 4                                                                                                                      | CIFE, Mumbai                                                                                                           | 3007.19                                                                                                                | 3297.74                                                                                                                | 2874.76                                                                                                                | 2496                                                                                                                   | 3150                                                                                                                   |
| 5                                                                                                                      | CIFT, Kochi                                                                                                            | 1406.97                                                                                                                | 1630                                                                                                                   | 1390.83                                                                                                                | 1149                                                                                                                   | 1450                                                                                                                   |
| 6                                                                                                                      | CMFRI, Kochi                                                                                                           | 2635.96                                                                                                                | 2584.26                                                                                                                | 2573.3                                                                                                                 | 2688                                                                                                                   | 2897                                                                                                                   |
| 7                                                                                                                      | NBFGR, Lucknow                                                                                                         | 1672.72                                                                                                                | 1815                                                                                                                   | 1619.45                                                                                                                | 1540                                                                                                                   | 1700                                                                                                                   |
| 8                                                                                                                      | DCFR, Bhimtal                                                                                                          | 732.52                                                                                                                 | 723.2                                                                                                                  | 663.44                                                                                                                 | 627.83                                                                                                                 | 773                                                                                                                    |
|                                                                                                                        | Grand Total                                                                                                            | 14239                                                                                                                  | 14576                                                                                                                  | 13800                                                                                                                  | 12650.83                                                                                                               | 15000                                                                                                                  |

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