Lok Sabha Question No. 1203 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-03
Subject: Credit Schemes for Fisherman
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Shri Durai Vaiko

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1203 TO BE ANSWERED ON 3 rd  December, 2024

## Credit Schemes for Fisherman

## 1203. SHRI DURAI VAIKO :

Will the Minister of FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING मत्स्य पालन , पशु पालन और डेयरी मंत्री be pleased to state:

the  details  of  fund  allocation  and  utilisation  for  credit/loan  schemes  for  fishermen since 2014, State-wise and year-wise?

## ANSWER

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

In the year 2018-19, Government of India extended the facility of the Kisan Credit Card (KCC)  to  the  fish  farmers  and  fishers  to  help  them  to  meet  their  working  capital requirements.  Reserve  Bank  of  India,  vide  circular  dated  04.02.2019  issued  the guidelines for issuance of KCC for fisheries. Till date (08.11.2024), a total of 4,39,493 KCCs have been issued to fishers and fish farmers with a credit amount of Rs. 2810.00 crore. The total budgetary allocation and disbursement towards the KCC credit/loan (including the KCC for fisheries sector), since the year 2014-15, as reported by the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers

Welfare, Government of India, since 2014 is at Annexure-I .

Further, the Department of Financial Services (DFS), Ministry of Finance, Government of India has reported that a total credit/loan of Rs.57864.40 crore has been provided to the fisheries sector over the last three financial years, i.e., 2021-22, 2022-23 and 2023-24, including the KCC fishery sector's working capital loan. The State/UT-wise details of the fisheries sector's credit/loan for the last 3 years furnished at AnnexureII. The DFS has also reported that prior to the financial year 2021-2022 no separate data had been captured for the fisheries sector.

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Annexure-I

Statement referred to in reply to the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1203 regarding 'Credit Schemes for Fisherman' put in by Shri Durai Vaiko, Hon'ble Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha for answer on 3 rd  December, 2024:

Credit/loan for the overall KCCs, including the KCC for Fisheries Sector. (Rs. in Crore)

|   Sr. No. | Year    |   Budget Allocation |   Disbursement of Funds |
|-----------|---------|---------------------|-------------------------|
|         1 | 2014-15 |              6000   |                  6000   |
|         2 | 2015-16 |             13000   |                 13000   |
|         3 | 2016-17 |             13397.1 |                 13397.1 |
|         4 | 2017-18 |             15000   |                 13045.7 |
|         5 | 2018-19 |             15000   |                 11495.7 |
|         6 | 2019-20 |             18000   |                 16218.8 |
|         7 | 2020-21 |             21175   |                 17789.7 |
|         8 | 2021-22 |             19468.3 |                 21476.9 |
|         9 | 2022-23 |             19500   |                 17997.9 |
|        10 | 2023-24 |             23000   |                 14251.9 |

## Annexure-II

Statement referred to in reply to the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1203 regarding 'Credit Schemes for Fisherman' put in by Shri Durai Vaiko, Hon'ble Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha for answer on 3 rd  December, 2024:

## State/UT-wise credit/loan disbursement to the Fisheries Sector, including the KCC fishery sector for the last three years

(Rs. in Crore)

| Sr.No   | Name of the State/UT   | FY:2021 - 2022   | FY: 2022 - 2023   | FY: 2023 - 2024   | Total     |
|---------|------------------------|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------|
| 1       | DELHI                  | 4.77             | 7.32              | 9.58              | 21.67     |
| 2       | HARYANA                | 579.67           | 768.47            | 849.99            | 2198.13   |
| 3       | HIMACHAL PRADESH       | 93.67            | 128.10            | 163.67            | 385.44    |
| 4       | JAMMU and KASHMIR      | 31.05            | 41.29             | 73.76             | 146.10    |
| 5       | PUNJAB                 | 858.61           | 1314.61           | 1502.21           | 3675.43   |
| 6       | RAJASTHAN              | 235.00           | 356.51            | 586.80            | 1178.31   |
| 7       | CHANDIGARH UT          | 0.73             | 1.53              | 0.82              | 3.08      |
| 8       | LADAKH                 | 11.17            | 15.54             | 19.21             | 45.92     |
| 9       | ARUNACHAL PRADESH      | 1.47             | 2.77              | 9.58              | 13.82     |
| 10      | ASSAM                  | 80.48            | 83.56             | 108.52            | 272.56    |
| 11      | MANIPUR                | 25.50            | 30.95             | 15.12             | 71.57     |
| 12      | MEGHALAYA              | 0.86             | 1.83              | 2.06              | 4.75      |
| 13      | MIZORAM                | 11.23            | 21.14             | 24.69             | 57.06     |
| 14      | NAGALAND               | 0.58             | 4.13              | 2.61              | 7.32      |
| 15      | SIKKIM                 | 0.73             | 0.71              | 3.19              | 4.63      |
| 16      | TRIPURA                | 55.80            | 36.54             | 51.54             | 143.88    |
| 17      | A and N ISLAND         | 26.95            | 28.65             | 43.12             | 98.72     |
| 18      | BIHAR                  | 248.90           | 287.24            | 396.60            | 932.74    |
| 19      | JHARKHAND              | 109.62           | 154.45            | 189.56            | 453.63    |
| 20      | ODISHA                 | 405.62           | 502.66            | 715.11            | 1623.39   |
| 21      | WEST BENGAL            | 856.47           | 968.38            | 1041.65           | 2866.50   |
| 22      | CHHATTISGARH           | 70.61            | 103.61            | 92.96             | 267.18    |
| 23      | MADHYA PRADESH         | 244.38           | 294.34            | 309.95            | 848.67    |
| 24      | UTTARAKHAND            | 34.45            | 45.10             | 68.12             | 147.67    |
| 25      | UTTAR PRADESH          | 347.80           | 444.99            | 515.48            | 1308.27   |
| 26      | GOA                    | 50.46            | 70.83             | 116.83            | 238.12    |
| 27      | GUJARAT                | 403.41           | 778.51            | 1072.94           | 2254.86   |
| 28      | MAHARASHTRA            | 576.23           | 637.27            | 1203.24           | 2416.74   |
| 29      | D and N HAVELI UT      | 0.10             | 0.24              | 0.16              | 0.50      |
| 30      | DAMAN and DIU UT       | 30.98            | 45.48             | 53.91             | 130.37    |
| 31      | ANDHRA PRADESH         | 2088.39          | 3,103.02          | 4,262.77          | 9454.18   |
| 32      | TELANGANA              | 739.79           | 1211.37           | 1800.03           | 3751.19   |
| 33      | KARNATAKA              | 772.30           | 1017.77           | 1396.83           | 3186.90   |
| 34      | KERALA                 | 1599.15          | 2,530.57          | 2866.12           | 6995.84   |
| 35      | PUDUCHERRY             | 24.28            | 40.43             | 87.62             | 152.33    |
| 36      | TAMILNADU              | 3116.04          | 4,390.85          | 4993.78           | 12500.67  |
| 37      | LAKSHADWEEP UT         | 0.33             | 3.79              | 2.14              | 6.26      |
|         | Total                  | 13,737.59        | 19,474.54         | 24,652.27         | 57,864.40 |

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