Lok Sabha Question No. 1195 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-11
Subject: Fisheries and Aquaculture Infrastructure
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Ms Iqra Choudhary

## MINISTRY OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1195 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11 TH  FEBRUARY, 2025

## Fisheries and Aquaculture Infrastructure

## 1195.  Ms Iqra Choudhary:

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

- (a) the funds allocated for the fisheries and aquaculture infrastructure development fund, year and State-wise;
- (b) the quantum of funds allocated for the development of inland fisheries, State-wise; and
- (c) the number of proposals that have been received and sanctioned as on January 2025 for the development of Inland Fisheries?

## 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 has been 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. Under 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 received from various State Governments/UTs and other eligible entities. The State/UT-wise  details  of  the  project  proposals  approved  under  FIDF  till  date  for Infrastructural development in Fisheries sector including Inland fisheries are furnished 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 |
| 15.     | Puducherry        |                          1 |                 2.46 |                                      1.97 |
| 16.     | Tamil Nadu        |                         66 |              1576.08 |                                   1337.81 |
| 17.     | Telangana         |                          1 |                 4.7  |                                      2.31 |
| 18.     | Uttar Pradesh     |                          1 |                 0.22 |                                      0.09 |
| 19      | West Bengal       |                         18 |                66.07 |                                     44.69 |
| Total   | Total             |                        136 |              5801.06 |                                   3858.19 |

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