Lok Sabha Question No. 4125 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-25
Subject: Fish Feed and Fish Products
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Dr. Thirumaavalavan Tholkappiyan

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 4125 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25 th  March, 2025

## Fish Feed and Fish Products

## 4125 . Dr. ThirumaavalavanTholkappiyan :

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

- (a)   whether the Government has fixed any targets in the Fish feed and Fish products industries;
- (b)  if so, the details of the target fixed during the last five years;
- (c)  whether the target have been achieved as fixed; and
- (d)  if so, the details thereof during the last five years?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (d):  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,  productivity  and strengthening fisheries and aquaculture infrastructure, 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.  Postharvest 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  e-trading  &  emarketing of fish and fisheries products.  Besides 1117 unit of fish feed mill have been approved under PMMSY to produce fish feed near to farmers field.

In  order  to  address  the  infrastructure  requirement  for  fisheries  sector,  the Department  of  Fisheries,  Government  of  India  has  created  a  dedicated  fund  namely 'Fisheries and Aquaculture Infrastructure Development Fund'(FIDF) with a total funds size of  Rs  7,522.48  crore  where  interest  subvention  up  to  3%  per  annum  is  provided  for fisheries infrastructure projects. Under FIDF, 141 projects at a total cost of Rs. 5915.54 crore have been approved to various States/UTs including 22 Fishing Harbours at a total cost of Rs. 4905.77 crore and 24 Fish Landing Centres at a total cost of Rs. 182.20 crore. 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.

The  PMMSY,  FIDF  &  KCC  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 202324, (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.

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