Lok Sabha Question No. 249 (STARRED), answered on 2025-03-18
Subject: Achievements under PMMSY
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Smt. Pratima Mondal

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

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO.*249 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18 th  MARCH, 2025

## Achievements under PMMSY

## *249. Smt. Pratima Mondal:

- Will the Minister of FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING  be pleased to state: (a) the manner in which the Government ensures the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) achieves its objective of doubling fishermen's income and enhancing fish production; (b) the details of steps/plans to address challenges such as declining fish stocks and climate change  which  directly impact  the livelihood of coastal and  inland fisher communities: and
- (c) the measures implemented to enhance veterinary infrastructure, particularly in rural areas, ensuring accessible and affordable healthcare for livestock owners?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING

## ( SHRI RAJIV RANJAN SINGH ALIAS LALAN SINGH )

(a) to (c) :  A Statement is placed on the Table of the House.

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Statement  referred  to  in  reply  to  the  Lok  Sabha  Starred  Question  No.249  due  for answer  on  18 th   March,  2025  put  in  by  Smt.  Pratima  Mondal,  Hon'ble  Member  of Parliament, Lok Sabha regarding Achievements under PMMSY

(a)  and  (b)  :  The  Department  of  Fisheries,  Ministry  of  Fisheries,  Animal  Husbandry  and Dairying, Government of India has been implementing a flagship scheme Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) for a period of five years from 2020-21 to 2024-25 in all States and Union Territories for  holistic  development  of fisheries  and  aquaculture  in  the country. To achieve its objectives of enhancing fish production and fish farmers income, the PMMSY  has  been  supporting  a  plethora  of  activities  for  expansion,  intensification, diversification and productive utilization of land and water, supply of quality inputs, infusion of technology, post-harvest infrastructure, modernisation and strengthening of value chain, traceability,  establishing  a  robust  fisheries  management  framework  and  fishers'  welfare. During the  last four years (2020-21 to 2023-24) and current year(2024-25), the Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying has accorded approvals to  the fisheries developmental proposals of various  State Governments Union Territories and other implementation agencies amounting to Rs.20,990.79 crore with central share of Rs.8926.28  crore  under  the  PMMSY.  The  key  interventions  projects/activities  approved under this scheme include; 32051 hectares of aquaculture area, 983 hatcheries, 25 Brood Banks  and  11  integrated  aquaparks.    Further,  PMMSY  supports  interventions  aimed  at technology infusion for intensified fish culture  and key projects/activities taken up in this regard include; 12081 Re-circulatory Aquaculture Systems(RAS), 4205 biofloc units, 55118 reservoir  cages,  1525  open  sea  cages,  5711  raceways  and  560.70  hectares  pens  in reservoirs.    Post-harvest  infrastructure  taken  up  under  PMMSY  include;  58  fishing harbours/fish  landing  centres,    634  ice  plants/cold  storages,  21  Modern  wholesale  fish markets including 2 Smart Wholesale Markets, 202 retail fish markets, 6694 fish kiosks, 27189 units of fish transportation facilities, 128 value add enterprises, 5 E-platform for etrading & e-marketing of fish and fisheries products.

The  PMMSY inter-alia focus  on  climate  resilient  activities  to  address  the  challenges  of climate change and a total 100 fishermen coastal villages situated very close to seashore are being developed as Climate Resilient Coastal Fishermen Villages in this regard. Further, the other key climate resilient activities supported under PMMSY primarily includes Open sea cage culture, seaweed cultivation, bivalve cultivation, installation of artificial reefs, sea ranching,  ornamental  fisheries,  pearl  cultivation,  conservation  and  regulatory  measures including ban on fishing during fish breeding season, diversification of fishing, safety and security measures for fishermen and fishing vessels, insurance, livelihood and nutritional supports.

The PMMSY during its implementation period has made vital contributions in overall growth of the fisheries and aquaculture especially, (i) increase of annual fish production from 141.64 lakh tonne in 2019-20 to 184.02 lakh tonne in 2023-24, (ii) increase in fisheries export from Rs.46,662.85 crore in 2019-20 to Rs.60,524.89 crore in 2023-24, (iii) enhanced per capita fish consumption from 5-6 kg to 12-13 kg and (iv) enhance aquaculture productivity from 3 tonne/hectare to 4.7 tonne per hectare.

To provide social-security net to fishers, the Department of Fisheries,  Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying under PMMSY provides Group accident insurance coverage to fishers and the insurance provided includes (i) Rs.5.00 lakh against accidental death or permanent total disability, (ii) Rs. 2.50 lakh against accidental permanent partial disability and  (iii)  Rs.  25,000  against  accidental  hospitalization.    Under  PMMSY,  central  funds  of Rs.64.50 crore has been released for insurance coverage of 131.30 lakh fishers with an average of 32.82 lakh fishers annually. To ensure the safety and security of fishers while they are out at sea for fishing, two-way communication devices namely transponders are being installed in a total one lakh marine fishing vessels with an investment of Rs. 364 crore and the devices are provided at free of cost under PMMSY to marine fishers to protect their lives and property at sea during emergencies and adverse weather conditions. PMMSY provides Livelihood and nutritional support for socio-economically backward active traditional fisher's families for conservation of fish resources during fishing ban/lean period. During the last four years  (2020-21  to  2023-24)  and  current  financial  year  (2024-25),  an  average  5.95  lakh fishers per annum with total investment of Rs. 1384.80 crore have been provided livelihood and nutritional support. To facilitate access to institutional credit, the Government of India with effect from Financial Year 2018-19 has extended facilities of Kisan Credit Card (KCC) to the fishers and fish farmers to meet their working capital requirement. A total of 4,61,246 KCCs  have  been  sanctioned  so  far  to  fishers  and  fish  farmers  with  a  loan  amount  of Rs.2930.87 crore.

(c) : The Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying , Government of India has been  implementing    various  measures  to  enhance  veterinary  infrastructure,  ensuring accessible and affordable healthcare for livestock owners  and details of such measure are as below:

- (i)  Supporting the states/UTs through the implementation of Livestock Health & Disease Control Programme (LHDCP) scheme in all States/UTs, with the aim of reducing risk to animal health by prophylactic vaccination against diseases of animals, capacity building  of  Veterinary  services,  disease  surveillance  and  strengthening  Veterinary infrastructure, training, publicity and awareness.
- (ii)  100% central assistance is provided to States/UT's for Vaccination against Foot and Mouth  Disease  (FMD)  and  Brucellosis  under  National  Animal  Disease  Control programme (NADCP) and for Vaccination against Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) and Classical Swine Fever (CSF) under Critical Animal Disease Control Programme (CADCP). The vaccine doses of 109.55 crore, 4.57 crore, 25.15 crore, 0.70 crore have  been  administered  to  the susceptible animal  population  against  FMD, Brucellosis, PPR and CSF respectively.
- (iii) States and UTs are financially supported under Assistance to States for Control of Animal Disease (ASCAD) of LHDCP for control of state prioritized exotic, emergent and zoonotic animal diseases including Lumpy Skin disease, African Swine Fever and Avian Influenza.
- (iv) Procurement and supply of the FMD, Brucella, PPR and CSF vaccine for required vaccination and ear tags for respective State and Union Territory is done centrally.
- (v) Financial  support  to  States  and  Union  Territories  for  procurement  of  vaccination accessories, strengthening cold chain infrastructure and for awareness generation of Stakeholders.
- (vi) Financial support  to laboratories like Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)National Institute of Foot and Mouth Disease (NIFMD)-Bhubaneswar, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institutes (IVRI)-Bareilly, ICAR-IVRI-Bengaluru, ICAR- National Institute of Veterinary Epidemiology and Disease Informatics (NIVEDI)Bengaluru, Regional Disease Diagnostic Laboratories and Chaudhary Charan Singh National  Institute  of  Animal  Health-Baghpat  for  quality  testing  of  vaccines,  seromonitoring, sero -surveillance, confirmation of doubtful cases, training of laboratory personnel and other related activities. Accordingly regular sero-surveillance is being done on diseases covered under National Disease Control Programme (NADCP).
- (vii)  Under  Assistance  to  States  for  Control  of  Animal  Disease  (ASCAD),  support  is provided to State Biological Production Units (BPUs) for supplementing production of disease diagnostic kits/vaccines. Also 100% financial assistance is also provided to States/UTs for activities under' Research & Innovation, publicity & awareness training and allied activities.
- (viii) Under LHDCP scheme provides financial support to States/UTs for establishment and  strengthening of diagnostic infrastructure including 'Continuing Veterinary

Education  (CVE)'  to  enhance  skills  &  knowledge  of  the  Veterinarians  and  Para Veterinarians.

- (ix) Under Establishment and Strengthening of Veterinary Hospitals and DispensariesMobile Veterinary Units (ESVHD-MVU), of LHDCP scheme provides financial support to  the  States/UTs  for  operation  of  Mobile  Veterinary  Units  (MVUs)  to  provide diagnosis, treatment at farmer's doorstep. Presently, 4016 MVUs are operationalised across the country in 28 states.
- (x) Capacity building, infrastructure enhancement  and  technical support is also supported under Pandemic Fund Project on 'Animal Health Security Strengthening in India for Pandemic Preparedness and Response'
- (xi) Formulation and circulation of the National Action Plans (NAPs) for identification and notification of the affected area, isolation of affected animals and implementation of biosecurity  measures, restriction  on  movement  of  livestock  etc. to  undertake  the control measures during disease outbreak.
- (xii)  The Crisis Management Plan (CMP) has been developed for Livestock diseases in managing and responding to animal disease outbreaks, ensuring swift containment and mitigation.
- (xiii) 'Standard Veterinary Treatment Guidelines (SVTGs) formulated by the Department for best practices in veterinary care to enhance livestock health and disease control.
- (xiv) National  Digital  Livestock  Mission  (NDLM)  has developed  data  base  named  as 'Bharat  Pashudhan'  by  utilizing  a  unique  12  digit  Tag  for registration  of  livestock using ear-tags and vaccination.

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