Lok Sabha Question No. 4162 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-19
Subject: PMMSY for Women
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Dr. Nishikant Dubey, Shri Bhojraj Nag, Dr. Hemant Vishnu Savara, Shri Rajkumar Chahar, Shri Pradeep Kumar Singh

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 4162.

TO BE ANSWERED ON 19 TH  AUGUST, 2025

## PMMSY for Women

## 4162.  Dr. Hemant Vishnu Savara:

Shri Pradeep Kumar Singh:

Shri Bhojraj Nag:

Dr. Nishikant Dubey:

Shri Rajkumar Chahar:

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

- (a)   the  total  number of women engaged in the fisheries sector in the country and the number  of  women  beneficiaries  under  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Matsya  Sampada  Yojana (PMMSY) till date, State-wise;
- (b)   the details of the funding mechanism for women beneficiaries and the total value of projects sanctioned for women under PMMSY, State-wise;
- (c)   the specific initiatives, training programmes and financial assistance being provided by the Government to promote women's participation in fisheries sector, State-wise;
- (d)   the steps being taken by the Gender Budget Cell to address the key gender-related issues identified in the sector, such as lack of access to markets, capital and social security for women workers; and
- (e)   the details of initiatives, training programmes and financial assistance being provided to promote women's participation in fisheries sector in Palghar district and Maharashtra?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING

## (SHRI GEORGE KURIAN)

(a) to (d) : The Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) implemented by the Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Government of India encompasses inclusive development by providing higher financial assistance of 60 percent of the unit cost for women beneficiaries under beneficiary-oriented activities. Further, under the Entrepreneur Model of PMMSY, women are supported with financial assistance up to 60% of the total project cost, with a ceiling limit of Rs. 1.50 crore per project. To promote women's participation in the fisheries sector, PMMSY supports women beneficiaries across a range of activities including fish farming, hatcheries, seaweed farming, bivalve cultivation, ornamental  fisheries, fish  processing,  and  marketing.  Training  and  capacity-building programs have been imparted to women beneficiaries under PMMSY, including initiatives for entrepreneurship, skill development, and livelihood generation and start-ups.

Under  the  PMMSY,  during  the  last  five  Financial  Years  (2020-21  to  2024-25),  fisheries development proposals amounting to Rs. 4061.96 crore with central share of Rs. 1534.46 crore have been sanctioned for covering a total 99,018 women beneficiaries across various States  and  UTs.  State-wise  details  of  the  fisheries  development  proposals  approved  for benefits of women beneficiaries are furnished at Annexure I.

(e): The Government of Maharashtra has reported that the State Government has taken various  initiatives  to  promote  women's  participation  in  fisheries  sector  which  includes  (i) Awareness  programmes,  workshops,  camps,  Government  at  doorstep,  exhibitions,  (ii) Outreach programmes, publicity through banners/flex at block level, (iii) Training programmes regarding implementation of various components related to fish culture, (iv) Advertisement published in newspaper for promotion of Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana  scheme  and  (v)  Issuance  of  information  through  pamphlets,  brochures,  leaflets regarding  the  publicity  and  promotion  of  schemes.    The  State  Government  has  further reported  that  in  order  to  run  the  PMMSY  scheme  smoothly  and  efficiently,  training programmes are conducted at District level and a total of 112 training programmes including 17 training programmes in Palghar District were conducted with Women's participation in the State. The Government of Maharashtra has reported that financial assistance of Rs. 401.25 crore to promote women's participation in fisheries has been sanctioned and released a sum of Rs. 271.87 crore to total 2119 women beneficiaries during last five years (FY 2020-21 to FY2024-25) under PMMSY. This include an amount of Rs 7.35 crore sanctioned and release of Rs 4.48 crore to a total 32 women beneficiaries in Palghar District of Maharashtra.

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## Annexure-I

Statement referred to in reply to parts (a) to (d) of the Lok Sabha unstarred Question No.4162 for answer on 19 th  August, 2025 put in by Dr. Hemant Vishnu Savara, Shri Pradeep Kumar Singh, Shri Bhojraj Nag, Dr. Nishikant Dubey and Shri Rajkumar Chahar, Hon'ble Members of Parliament (Lok Sabha) regarding PMMSY for Women: State-wise details of the projects sanctioned for covering women beneficiaries during the last five years (2020-21 to 2024-25) under Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana

(Rs.in lakhs)

| Sl. no   | State/UT                                 |   Number of Beneficiaries |   Total Project Cost |   Central shared |
|----------|------------------------------------------|---------------------------|----------------------|------------------|
| 1        | Andaman and Nicobar Islands              |                       281 |              1542.2  |           925.32 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh                           |                       715 |              4367.5  |          1572.3  |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh                        |                         2 |                80    |            43.2  |
| 4        | Assam                                    |                      2799 |             13883.9  |          7497.3  |
| 5        | Bihar                                    |                      3538 |             12073.2  |          4346.37 |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh                             |                      4567 |             24992.6  |          8934.25 |
| 7        | Delhi                                    |                         8 |               158    |            94.8  |
| 8        | Goa                                      |                       260 |              2040.5  |           734.58 |
| 9        | Gujarat                                  |                      5812 |             15109.8  |          5439.51 |
| 10       | Haryana                                  |                      4173 |             28251.5  |         10470.5  |
| 11       | Himachal Pradesh                         |                      1816 |              4839.01 |          2612.79 |
| 12       | Jammu and Kashmir                        |                        51 |               251.9  |           151.14 |
| 13       | Jharkhand                                |                      3366 |             20346.7  |          7293.32 |
| 14       | Karnataka                                |                     17956 |             30913.8  |         11122.6  |
| 15       | Kerala                                   |                       678 |              4874.5  |          1754.82 |
| 16       | Ladakh                                   |                         6 |                25.8  |            15.48 |
| 17       | Lakshadweep                              |                       353 |              1471.31 |           882.79 |
| 18       | Madhya Pradesh                           |                      3384 |             28343.5  |         10046.2  |
| 19       | Maharashtra                              |                     13804 |             70844.6  |         25378    |
| 20       | Manipur                                  |                       618 |              3502.5  |          1891.35 |
| 21       | Meghalaya                                |                       500 |               991.11 |           535.2  |
| 22       | Mizoram                                  |                       217 |              1337.5  |           722.25 |
| 23       | Nagaland                                 |                       136 |               657.4  |           355    |
| 24       | Odisha                                   |                      5479 |             28859.8  |         10378.8  |
| 25       | Puducherry                               |                       275 |              2078.25 |          1250.55 |
| 26       | Punjab                                   |                       624 |              4699.7  |          1691.89 |
| 27       | Rajasthan                                |                       541 |              2695    |           981.3  |
| 28       | Sikkim                                   |                        10 |                30    |            16.2  |
| 29       | Tamil Nadu                               |                     12619 |              7841.93 |          2823.09 |
| 30       | Telangana                                |                       634 |              4047    |          1446.42 |
| 31       | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu |                         2 |               100    |            60    |
| 32       | Tripura                                  |                      1654 |              4685.18 |          2529.93 |
| 33       | Uttar Pradesh                            |                     10633 |             59262.8  |         21451.3  |
| 34       | Uttarakhand                              |                       569 |              4534.18 |          2070.46 |
| 35       | West Bengal                              |                       938 |             16463.9  |          5926.99 |
|          | Total                                    |                     99018 |            406197    |        153446    |

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