Lok Sabha Question No. 1278 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-03
Subject: Scheme to Provide Employment
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Shri Ashok Kumar Rawat

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1278 TO BE ANSWERED ON 3 rd      DECEMBER, 2024

## Scheme to Provide Employment

## †1278. SHRI ASHOK KUMAR RAWAT:

Will the Minister of FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING मत्स्य पालन , पशु पालन और डेयरी मंत्री be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government proposes to expand the scheme to provide employment opportunities at district level through fisheries, if so, the details thereof district-wise, along  with  the  number  of  families  getting  employment  through  fisheries  in  Uttar Pradesh;

(b) whether the said scheme has been expanded, district-wise in Uttar Pradesh, if so the details thereof; and

(c) the details of training imparted to make people aware in this regard during the last three years?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING (SHRI RAJIV RANJAN SINGH ALIAS LALAN SINGH)

(a) to (c): The Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) being implemented by the Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying ,  Government of India over a period of 5 years from Financial Year 2020-21 to FY 2024-25 aims to generate direct and indirect employment opportunities to about 55 lakh fishers, fish farmers, fish workers, fish vendors and other rural/urban populations in  fishing  and  allied  activities  in  all  States/  UTs  including  Uttar  Pradesh.  For development  of  fisheries  and  aquaculture  in  Uttar  Pradesh,  the  projects  with  total outlay of Rs. 1294.32 Crore including central share of Rs. 412.30 Crore have been sanctioned  under  PMMSY  during  last  four  years  and  Current  Financial  Year.  As reported by Government of Uttar Pradesh, PMMSY Scheme has been expanded to 75 districts covering 14013 nos of beneficiaries directly and indirect employment to 3.5 lakh  beneficiaries  covering  various  activities  and  the  district  wise  details  is  at Annexure-I. Further, the district -wise details of training imparted to the people to make aware under the aforesaid scheme during the last three years is at Annexure-II.

Statement referred to in reply of Lok Sabha unstarred Question No 1278 put in by Shri Ashok Kumar Rawat, Hon'ble  Member of Parliaments for answer on 3 rd December, 2024 regarding 'Scheme to Provide Employment': District-wise details of number of families benefitted to provide employment opportunities under PMMSY in Uttar Pradesh during the year (FY-2020-21 to 2023-24).

|   S. No. | Name of the District   |   Total Beneficiary |
|----------|------------------------|---------------------|
|        1 | Agra                   |                 194 |
|        2 | Firozabad              |                 136 |
|        3 | Mainpuri               |                  80 |
|        4 | Mathura                |                 166 |
|        5 | Hathras                |                  82 |
|        6 | Kasganj                |                 181 |
|        7 | Aligarh                |                  93 |
|        8 | Etah                   |                  73 |
|        9 | Ayodhya                |                  92 |
|       10 | Ambedkarnagar          |                 207 |
|       11 | Sultanpur              |                 110 |
|       12 | Amethi                 |                 155 |
|       13 | Barabanki              |                 388 |
|       14 | Azamgarh               |                 231 |
|       15 | Mau                    |                 279 |
|       16 | Ballia                 |                  76 |
|       17 | Bareily                |                 107 |
|       18 | Pilibhit               |                  72 |
|       19 | Shahjahanpur           |                  68 |
|       20 | Badaun                 |                  67 |
|       21 | Basti                  |                 162 |
|       22 | Sant Kabir Nagar       |                 125 |
|       23 | Siddhartha Nagar       |                 117 |
|       24 | Chitrakoot             |                  36 |
|       25 | Banda                  |                 182 |
|       26 | Mahoba                 |                  56 |
|       27 | Hamirpur               |                  81 |
|       28 | Gonda                  |                 774 |
|       29 | Bahraich               |                1622 |
|       30 | Balrampur              |                 240 |
|       31 | Shravasti              |                  90 |
|       32 | Gorakhpur              |                 736 |
|       33 | Deoria                 |                 445 |
|       34 | Maharajganj            |                 425 |
|       35 | Kushinagar             |                 737 |
|       36 | Jhansi                 |                  99 |
|       37 | Jalaun                 |                 145 |
|       38 | Lalitpur               |                 271 |
|       39 | Kannauj                |                  86 |

| S. No.   | Name of the District   | Total Beneficiary   |
|----------|------------------------|---------------------|
| 41       | Kanpur Dehat           | 44                  |
| 42       | Farrukhabad            | 91                  |
| 43       | Auraiya                | 80                  |
| 44       | Kanpur Nagar           | 55                  |
| 45       | Lucknow                | 77                  |
| 46       | Lakhimpur Kheeri       | 83                  |
| 47       | Hardoi                 | 107                 |
| 48       | Raebareli              | 79                  |
| 49       | Sitapur                | 155                 |
| 50       | Unnao                  | 128                 |
| 51       | Meerut                 | 101                 |
| 52       | Ghaziabad              | 41                  |
| 53       | Bulandsahar            | 78                  |
| 54       | Hapur                  | 36                  |
| 55       | Bagpat                 | 63                  |
| 56       | G B Nagar              | 20                  |
| 57       | Mirzapur               | 738                 |
| 58       | Sonbhadra              | 458                 |
| 59       | Bhadohi                | 182                 |
| 60       | Moradabad              | 166                 |
| 61       | Amroha                 | 91                  |
| 62       | Rampur                 | 72                  |
| 63       | Sambhal                | 73                  |
| 64       | Bijnor                 | 114                 |
| 65       | Kaushambi              | 74                  |
| 66       | Prayagraj              | 118                 |
| 67       | Pratapgarh             | 68                  |
| 68       | Fatehpur               | 70                  |
| 69       | Mujaffarnagar          | 33                  |
| 70       | Shamli                 | 24                  |
| 71       | Saharanpur             | 94                  |
| 72       | Varanasi               | 243                 |
| 73       | Ghazipur               | 174                 |
| 74       | Chandauli              | 229                 |
| 75       | Jaunpur                | 381                 |
|          | Total                  | 14,013              |

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## Annexure-II

Statement referred to in reply of Lok Sabha unstarred Question No 1278 put in by Shri Ashok Kumar Rawat, Hon'ble  Member of Parliament for answer on 3 rd December, 2024 regarding 'Scheme to Provide Employment': district -wise details of training imparted to the people to make aware during the last three years under PMMSY.

| S.No.   | Name of the district District   | Number of fish farmers trained   |
|---------|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| (i)     | (ii)                            | (iii)                            |
| 1       | Agra                            | 52                               |
| 2       | Firozabad                       | 50                               |
| 3       | Mainpuri                        | 50                               |
| 4       | Mathura                         | 50                               |
| 5       | Aligarh                         | 50                               |
| 6       | Hathras                         | 50                               |
| 7       | Etah                            | 50                               |
| 8       | Kasganj                         | 50                               |
| 9       | Azamgarh                        | 50                               |
| 10      | Mau                             | 55                               |
| 11      | Ballia                          | 55                               |
| 12      | Prayagraj                       | 50                               |
| 13      | Kaushabhi                       | 71                               |
| 14      | Fatehpur                        | 50                               |
| 15      | Pratapgarh                      | 50                               |
| 16      | Kanpur Nagar                    | 51                               |
| 17      | Farukhabad                      | 50                               |
| 18      | Kannauj                         | 52                               |
| 19      | Gorakhpur                       | 59                               |
| 20      | Maharajganj                     | 50                               |
| 21      | Deoria                          | 50                               |
| 22      | Kushinagar                      | 52                               |
| 23      | Banda                           | 50                               |
| 24      | Chitrakut                       | 100                              |
| 25      | Hamirpur                        | 55                               |
| 26      | Mahoba                          | 75                               |
| 27      | Jhansi                          | 54                               |
| 28      | Jalaun                          | 50                               |
| 29      | Lalitpur                        | 81                               |
| 30      | Gonda                           | 50                               |
| 31      | Balrampur                       | 50                               |
| 32      | Bahraich                        | 50                               |
| 33      | Shravasti                       | 63                               |
| 34      | Ayodhya                         | 50                               |
| 35      | Barabanki                       | 52                               |
| 36      | Bareily                         | 50                               |
| 37      | Badaun                          | 50                               |
| 38      | Shhajahpur                      | 50                               |

| S.No.   | Name of the district District   | Number of fish farmers trained   |
|---------|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| (i)     | (ii)                            | (iii)                            |
| 39      | Pilibheet                       | 52                               |
| 40      | Basti                           | 50                               |
| 41      | Santkabeer Nagar                | 52                               |
| 42      | Sidarth Nagar                   | 51                               |
| 43      | Mirjapur                        | 52                               |
| 44      | Sonbhadra                       | 59                               |
| 45      | Bhadoi                          | 50                               |
| 46      | Muradabad                       | 65                               |
| 47      | Sambhal                         | 54                               |
| 48      | Amroha                          | 50                               |
| 49      | Rampur                          | 51                               |
| 50      | Bijnor                          | 80                               |
| 51      | Meerut                          | 50                               |
| 52      | Bagpath                         | 62                               |
| 53      | Hapur                           | 50                               |
| 54      | Ghaziabad                       | 50                               |
| 55      | Gautam Budh Nagar               | 50                               |
| 56      | Buland Shahar                   | 50                               |
| 57      | Luknow                          | 100                              |
| 58      | Sitapur                         | 50                               |
|         | Total                           | 3205                             |

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