Lok Sabha Question No. 2781 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-18
Subject: Project under PMMSY
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Shri Putta Mahesh Kumar, Shri Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy

## MINISTRY OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2781 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18 th  March, 2025

Project under PMMSY

## 2781. Shri Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy: Shri Putta Mahesh Kumar :

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

(a)  the  details  of  the  projects  proposed,  under  construction  and  presently  implemented  under Pradhan MantriMatsyaSampadaYojana (PMMSY) in Andhra Pradesh, component and districtwise and in Prakasam district;

(b) the details and the total amount of funds allocated, sanctioned and utilised under the PMMSY during  the  last  five  years  in  Andhra  Pradesh  component-wise  district-wise  and  in  Prakasam District;

(c) the details and the total number of beneficiaries (SC/ST/OBC/EBC/Women) under PMMSY during the last five years in Andhra Pradesh. State and district-wise and in Prakasam district;

(d) whether the Government is conducting any skill development and training of members of fishermen community under the PMMSY scheme, if so, the details thereof for youth and women especially in Andhra Pradesh, if so, the details thereof State-wise; and

(e)  whether  the  Government  has  undertaken  any  awareness  programmes  under  PMMSY  for fishermen community in Andhra Pradesh. If so,the details thereof, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING (SHRI GEORGE KURIAN)

(a)  and  (b):  The  Department  of  Fisheries  (DoF),  Ministry  of  Fisheries,  Animal  Husbandry  & Dairying  (MoFAH&D),  Government  of  India  is  implementing  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) for a period of five years from 2020-21 to 2024-25 in all States and Union Territories including Andhra Pradesh. The DoF, MoFAH&D, Government of India under PMMSY has approved the proposals received from the Government of Andhra Pradesh for 39 activities  (32  beneficiary  components  and  7  non-beneficiary  components)  at  a  total  cost  of Rs.2398.72  crore,  with  a  central  share  of  Rs.559.10  crore  for  development  of  fisheries  and aquaculture in the State. The Government of Andhra Pradesh has reported utilization of Rs.328.13 crore  against  the  central  share  of  Rs.482.55  crore  released  during  2020-21  to  2024-25.  The Government of Andhra Pradesh informed that Rs 4.93 crore was utilized against the allocated fund of Rs 5.40 crore in Prakasam District under PMMSY.The approved activities under the PMMSY to the Government of Andhra Pradesh along with details are furnished at Annexure-I and the activity-wise details allocated and implemented in Prakasam District under PMMSY as reported by the Government of Andhra Pradesh is furnished at Annexure-II.

(c): The details of beneficiaries under PMMSY in the State including in Prakasham District during the last four years and in the current year as reported by the Government of Andhra Pradesh is furnished at Annexure-III.

(d) and (e): The Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Government  of  India  under  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Matsya  Sampada  Yojana  (PMMSY)  is implementing  a  central  sector  activity  namely  'Training,  Awareness,  Exposure  and  Capacity Building' in all the States and Union Territories including Andhra Pradesh. The National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB) has been designated as the Nodal organization for implementation of this activity with 100% central assistance under PMMSY. Details of skill development and training programme conducted for fishermen and awareness and outreach programmes conducted for fishers under the PMMSY in Andhra Pradesh as reported by Government of Andhra Pradesh is furnished at Annexure - IV.

## Annexure-I

Statement referred to in reply of part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.2781 regarding Project under PMMSY for answer on 18 th  March, 2025-Activities approved to Government of Andhra Pradesh under PMMSYduring the last five years.

| S. N   | Name of the Activity                                                                   | Unit    | Physical unit   | Project Cost (Rs)   | Central Share (Rs)   |
|--------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|-----------------|---------------------|----------------------|
| (i)    | (ii)                                                                                   | (iii)   | (iv)            | (v)                 | (vi)                 |
| 1      | Freshwater Finfish Hatcheries                                                          | Number  | 5.00            | 125.00              | 36.00                |
| 2      | Brackish water Hatcheries                                                              | Number  | 10.00           | 500.00              | 150.00               |
| 3      | Construction of Biofloc ponds for freshwater area                                      | Hectare | 47.00           | 658.00              | 186.48               |
| 4      | Construction of Biofloc ponds for Brackish water area                                  | Hectare | 50.00           | 900.00              | 265.68               |
| 5      | Stocking of Fingerlings in Reservoirs @1000FL/ha                                       | Hectare | 1914.00         | 5742.00             | 1641.00              |
| 6      | Establishment of Open Sea cages                                                        | Number  | 800.00          | 4000.00             | 1084.80              |
| 7      | Seaweed culture rafts including inputs                                                 | Number  | 26000.00        | 390.00              | 115.20               |
| 8      | Establishment of Seaweed culture with Monoline/tube net Method including inputs        | Number  | 41200.00        | 3296.00             | 902.40               |
| 9      | Bivalve cultivation (mussels, clams, pearl etc.)                                       |         | 50.00           | 10.00               | 3.00                 |
| 10     | Establishment of large RAS(with 8 tanks of minimum 90 m 3 /tank capacity 40 ton/crop)  | Number  | 34.00           | 1700.00             | 480.00               |
| 11     | Establishment of Medium RAS (with 6 tanks of minimum 30m 3 /tank capacity 10 ton/crop) | Number  | 10.00           | 250.00              | 72.00                |
| 12     | Establishment of Backyard mini-RAS units                                               | Number  | 20.00           | 10.00               | 3.12                 |
| 13     | Installation of Cages in Reservoirs                                                    | Number  | 300.00          | 900.00              | 254.16               |
| 14     | Construction of Cold Storages/Ice Plants (10 tons/day)                                 | Number  | 10.00           | 400.00              | 115.20               |
| 15     | Construction of Cold Storages/Ice Plants (20 tons/day)                                 | Number  | 1.00            | 80.00               | 19.20                |
| 16     | Construction of Cold Storages/Ice Plants (30 tons/day)                                 | Number  | 1.00            | 120.00              | 43.20                |
| 17     | Construction of Cold Storages/Ice Plants (50 tons/day)                                 | Number  | 4.00            | 600.00              | 162.00               |
| 18     | Insulated vehicles                                                                     | Number  | 200.00          | 4000.00             | 1152.00              |
| 19     | Live fish vending Centres                                                              | Number  | 245.00          | 4900.00             | 1408.80              |
| 20     | Motor cycle with Ice Box                                                               | Number  | 800.00          | 600.00              | 172.80               |
| 21     | Three-wheeler with Ice Box including e- rickshaws for fish vending                     | Number  | 400.00          | 1200.00             | 345.60               |
| 22     | Fish Feed Plants (Large)                                                               | Number  | 5.00            | 1450.00             | 450.00               |

| S. N   | Name of the Activity                                                                                                                                                             | Unit   | Physical unit   |   Project Cost (Rs) |   Central Share (Rs) |
|--------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|-----------------|---------------------|----------------------|
| 23     | Fish retail markets including ornamental fish/aquarium markets.                                                                                                                  | Number | 150.00          |             12000   |              3288    |
| 24     | Fish kiosks including kiosks of aquarium/ornamental fish                                                                                                                         | Number | 4615.00         |             14263.8 |              3992.73 |
| 25     | Fish Value Add Enterprises Units                                                                                                                                                 | Number | 25.00           |              1250   |               360    |
| 26     | E-platform for e-trading and e-marketing of fish and fisheries products                                                                                                          | Number | 1.00            |               100   |                24    |
| 27     | Support for acquisition of Deep-Sea fishing vessels for traditional fishermen                                                                                                    | Number | 50.00           |              6000   |              1526.4  |
| 28     | Establishment of Bio-toilets in mechanised fishing vessels                                                                                                                       | Number | 1300.00         |               650   |               159.6  |
| 29     | Disease diagnostic and quality testing labs                                                                                                                                      | Number | 2.00            |                50   |                15    |
| 30     | Disease diagnostic and quality testing Mobile labs/clinics                                                                                                                       | Number | 8.00            |               280   |                79.8  |
| 31     | Communication and /or Tracking Devices for traditional and motorised vessels like VHF/DAT/NAVIC/Transponders etc.                                                                | Number | 10000.00        |              3500   |               892.08 |
| 32     | Providing boats (replacement) and nets for traditional fishermen                                                                                                                 | Number | 2191.00         |             10955   |              2659.2  |
| 33     | Livelihood and nutritional support for socio-economically backward, active traditional fishers' families for conservation of fisheries resources during fishing ban/lean period. | Number | 123000.00       |             19922.4 |              6640.8  |
| 34     | Establishment of Brood Banks                                                                                                                                                     | Number | 1.00            |               500   |               300    |
| 35     | Integrated Aqua Parks                                                                                                                                                            | Number | 1.00            |              8808   |              5285    |
| 36     | Development of fishing harbours                                                                                                                                                  | Number | 3.00            |            113720   |             12000    |
| 37     | Modern Integrated Fish Landing Centres                                                                                                                                           | Number | 6.00            |             12691.3 |              7614.79 |
| 38     | Establishment of artificial reefs along the coast of Karnataka                                                                                                                   | Number | 22.00           |               770   |               462    |
| 39     | Multipurpose Support Services - SagarMitra                                                                                                                                       | Number | 600.00          |              2581.2 |              1548.72 |
|        | Total                                                                                                                                                                            |        |                 |            239873   |             55910.8  |

Statement  referred  to  in  reply  of  part  (a)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.2781 regarding Project under PMMSY for answer on 18 th  March, 2025-Activities-wise allocated and implemented in Prakasam District under PMMSY during the last five years.

| Sl.No                  | Name of the component              | Sanctioned units       | Completed unit         |
|------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 1                      | Seed Stocking of fingerlings       | 159.7                  | 31.42                  |
| 2                      | Large RAS Unit                     | 3                      | 1                      |
| 3                      | Ice Plants- 50T                    | 1                      | 1                      |
| 4                      | New Brackish Hatcheries            | 1                      | 0                      |
| 5                      | Biofloc ponds for Brackish water   | 6                      | 0                      |
| 6                      | Biofloc ponds for Fresh water      | 3                      | 0                      |
| 7                      | Motor cycles with Ice box          | 35                     | 35                     |
| 8                      | Insulated vehicles                 | 9                      | 8                      |
| 9                      | Ice Plants- 10T                    | 1                      | 0                      |
| 10                     | Boats (replacement) and nets       | 109                    | 35                     |
| 11                     | Establishment of open sea culture  | 15                     | 0                      |
| 12                     | Installation of cages in reservoir | 6                      | 0                      |
| 13                     | Live fish vending centers          | 9                      | 4                      |
| 14                     | Fish value added enterprises units | 4                      | 2                      |
| 15                     | Bio-toilets                        | 33                     | 0                      |
| 16                     | Disease diagnostic mobile labs     | 1                      | 0                      |
| 17                     | Construction of Fish kiosks        | 42                     | 4                      |
| 18                     | Fish retail Market (Hub)           | 5                      | 0                      |
| 19                     | Construction of Fish kiosks Mini   | 206                    | 100                    |
| 20                     | Three wheeler with ice box         | 17                     | 5                      |
| 21                     | SagarMitras                        | 207                    | 190                    |
| 22                     | Fishing Harbours                   | 1                      | 0                      |
| 23                     | Livelihood and Nutritional Support | 24246                  | 19025                  |
| 24                     | Communication and Tracking Devices | 35                     | 0                      |
| 25                     | Sea Weed units                     | 5191                   | 0                      |
| Total 30345.7 19441.42 | Total 30345.7 19441.42             | Total 30345.7 19441.42 | Total 30345.7 19441.42 |

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## Annexure-III

Statement  referred  to  in  reply  of  part  (c)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.2781 regarding  Project  under  PMMSY  for  answer  on  18 th   March,  2025-details  beneficiary covered in Andhra Pradesh including in Prakasam District under PMMSY during the last four years and current year.

## Andhra Pradesh

| Sl. No.   | year    |   SC |   ST |   Women |   Gen/ BC / EBC |
|-----------|---------|------|------|---------|-----------------|
| 1         | 2020-21 |  176 |  111 |     136 |            1002 |
| 2         | 2021-22 | 2018 |  589 |     140 |           97341 |
| 3         | 2022-23 | 1725 |  598 |      21 |           97088 |
| 4         | 2023-24 | 1718 |  555 |       0 |          114340 |
| 5         | 2024-25 |    0 |    0 |       0 |               0 |
| Total     | Total   | 5637 | 1853 |     297 |          309771 |

## Prakasam District

| Sl. No.   | year    |   SC |   ST |   Women |   Gen/ BC / EBC |
|-----------|---------|------|------|---------|-----------------|
| 1         | 2020-21 |    8 |    3 |       6 |              55 |
| 2         | 2021-22 |   70 |   51 |       6 |            4315 |
| 3         | 2022-23 |   52 |   48 |       0 |            4258 |
| 4         | 2023-24 |   52 |   48 |       0 |            4231 |
| 5         | 2024-25 |    0 |    0 |       0 |               0 |
| Total     | Total   |  182 |  150 |      12 |           12859 |

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Statement  referred  to  in  reply  of  part  (c)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.2781 regarding  Project  under  PMMSY for answer on 18 th   March,  2025  -  details  beneficiary covered in Andhra Pradesh including in Prakasam District under PMMSY during the last four years and current year.

## Training to fishermen in Andhra Pradesh:

| S.No   | Name of the Programme        | Duration                          |   No of fishers youth trained |
|--------|------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| 1      | Basic life support           | 3 days @50per batch in 8 batches  |                           400 |
| 2      | Basic life Guard Certificate | 6 days @25 per batch in 5 batches |                           125 |
|        |                              | Total                             |                           525 |

## Awareness/Outreach Programmes to Fishers under PMMSY in Andhra Pradesh:

| Awareness / Outreach Programmes to Fishers under PMMSY in Andhra Pradesh   | Awareness / Outreach Programmes to Fishers under PMMSY in Andhra Pradesh   | Awareness / Outreach Programmes to Fishers under PMMSY in Andhra Pradesh   | Awareness / Outreach Programmes to Fishers under PMMSY in Andhra Pradesh   | Awareness / Outreach Programmes to Fishers under PMMSY in Andhra Pradesh   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Year                                                                       | Particulars                                                                | No. of Fishers covered                                                     | No. of Fishers covered                                                     | No. of Fishers covered                                                     |
|                                                                            |                                                                            | Male                                                                       | Female                                                                     | Total                                                                      |
| 2020-21                                                                    | Awareness/ Outreach Programme on PMMSY schemes                             | 175                                                                        | 125                                                                        | 300                                                                        |
| 2022-23                                                                    | Swatch Sagar Surakshit Sagar (Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav programme            | 500                                                                        | 250                                                                        | 750                                                                        |
| 2022-23                                                                    | Awareness programme on Mankibath                                           | 800                                                                        | 400                                                                        | 1200                                                                       |
| 2023-24                                                                    | SAGAR PARIKRAMA - awareness on PMMSY Scheme.                               | 3700                                                                       | 1800                                                                       | 5500                                                                       |
|                                                                            | Total                                                                      | 5175                                                                       | 2575                                                                       | 7750                                                                       |

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