Lok Sabha Question No. 3957 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-25
Subject: Assistance to Fisheries Scheme
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Shri P P Chaudhary, Dr. Hemant Vishnu Savara, Shri Naba Charan Majhi, Smt. Smita Uday Wagh, Smt. Aparajita Sarangi

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3957 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25 TH  MARCH, 2025

## Assistance to Fisheries Scheme

## 3957.    Dr. Hemant Vishnu Savara:

Shri P P Chaudhary:

Shri Naba Charan Majhi:

Smt. Smita Uday Wagh:

Smt. Aparajita Sarangi:

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

- (a)  the measures are being taken to ensure that the financial assistance provided under various fisheries scheme reaches small and marginal fish farmers efficiently, State-wise particularly in Maharashtra and especially in Jalgaon Parliamentary Constituency;
- (b)  the  extent  to  which  subsidies  under  schemes  like  Pradhan  Mantri  Matsya  Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) and the Fisheries and Aquaculture Infrastructure Development Fund (FIDF) directly impacted fish farmers' income and production levels during the last five years, State-wise including in Maharashtra, particularly in Jalgaon;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  is  considering  any  new  policies  to  enhance  the  global competitiveness  of  India's  fisheries  sector,  State-wise  including  Maharashtra  and districts like Jalgaon;
- (d)  if  so,  the  details  of  these  policies,  and  extent  to  which  they  benefit  fish  farmers  in Maharashtra, especially in Jalgaon; and
- (e)  whether  there  are  specific  programmes  being  implemented  to  improve  cold  storage, transportation and market linkages for fish farmers, State-wise particularly in Maharashtra and Jalgaon to boost their productivity and profitability?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  :  The  Department  of  Fisheries,  Government  of  India  (DoF,  GoI)  is  taking  various measures to create awareness about various scheme implemented and to ensure that the financial  assistance  provided  under  various  fisheries  scheme  efficiently  reaches  the  end beneficiaries including small and marginal fish farmers. This includes various awareness campaigns,  outreach  programmes  being  organized  at  State  level  and  Central  level  on schemes implemented by the Department. In addition, Under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) a flagship scheme being currently implemented by the DoF, GoI envisages formation of various institutional mechanisms at State/Union Territory level as well as district level for preparation and approval of annual District Fisheries plan, smooth implementation, supervision and monitoring of schemes.

Government of Maharashtra has informed that various camps, outreach programmes are being organized in the State and districts to create awareness of the schemes. Government of Maharashtra has further informed that under PMMSY, advertisements are published in newspapers and during FY 2020-21 to 2024-25, based on the response received to the advertisements projects of 4174 beneficiaries have been approved in Maharashtra, which comprises of 11 beneficiaries from Jalgaon district. Besides, 312 beneficiaries are benefited in Jalgaon under district level scheme for providing fisheries requisites.

(b):Under PMMSY and FIDF projects worth Rs. 1447.67 crore and 940.45 crore respectively has been approved to Maharashtra. Due to consistent efforts under various initiatives of Government of India and State/Union Territories, including implementation of schemes like PMMSY and the FIDF, fish production of the country has increased from 141.64 lakh tonnes in 2019-20 to 184.02 lakh tonnes in 2023-24. The fish production in Maharashtra has also increased from 5.61 lakh tonnes to 7.02 lakh tonnes during 2023-24. The State-wise details of fish  production during last five years including Maharashtra is annexed. This has also resulted in creation of employment, increasing in income and strengthening of livelihood of fishers/fish farmers in the States/UTs including Maharashtra. Government of Maharashtra has  informed  that  2854  direct  employment  and  3906  indirect  employment  has  been generated through the projects implemented in Maharashtra including Jalgaon district.

(c) and (d):  The schemes taken up by DoF, GoI namely PMMSY and FIDF focus is given towards enhancing competitiveness of sector, facilitate economies of scale, generate higher incomes, accelerate growth and expansion of the sector in an organized manner.  In addition, the DoF, GoI is also implementing a new Central Sector Sub-scheme namely the Pradhan Mantri  Matsya  Kisan  Samridhi  Sah-Yojana  (PM-MKSSY)  under  the  ongoing  PMMSY scheme for a period of four years from FY 2023-24 to FY 2026-27 at an estimated outlay of Rs. 6,000 crore. The scheme aims at formalization of fisheries sector, facilitating access of fisheries microenterprises to Government of India programs for working capital financing, facilitating  adoption  of  aquaculture  insurance,  supporting  microenterprises  to  improve fisheries sector value chain efficiencies, adoption and expansion of fish & fishery product safety,  quality  assurance  systems.  Under  the  PM-MKSSY,  National  Fisheries  Digital Platform (NFDP) has been launched focusing registration of fishers, fish farmers and related stakeholders in the value chain and till date, more than 21.0 lakh registrations have been made on the NFDP. Government of Maharashtra has informed that as on date 2.08 lakh fishers from Maharashtra have registered in the NFDP platform, including 3082 fishermen from Jalgaon.

(e)     The PMMSY implemented by the DoF, GoI envisages activities towards strengthening of  cold  chain  facilities  like  construction  of  ice  plants/cold  storages,  transport  vehicles  of various  capacities,  wholesale  and  retail  fish  markets,  fish  kiosks,  fish  value  added enterprises to reduce post-harvest loss, boost value chain system and profitability. Under PMMSY, 3 units of state of  art  whole  sale  fish  markets,  80    Nos.  of  new  ice  plant/cold storages, 863 units of fish transportation facilities, 47 units of fish kiosks and 13 units of fish value  added  enterprise  units  have  been  sanctioned  to  Maharashtra.  Government  of Maharashtra has informed that due to increased number of cold chain facilities, capacity of ice production and cold storage have increased.

Annexure Statement referred in the part (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3957 for answer on 25 th  March, 2025 regarding 'Assistance to Fisheries Scheme'. (in lakhs Tonnes)

| S.No.   | State/UT's        | 2019-20   | 2020-21   | 2021-22   | 2022-23   | 2023-24   |
|---------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    | 41.74     | 46.24     | 48.13     | 51.06     | 51.58     |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh | 0.05      | 0.05      | 0.05      | 0.09      | 0.09      |
| 3       | Assam             | 3.73      | 3.93      | 4.17      | 4.43      | 4.99      |
| 4       | Bihar             | 6.41      | 6.83      | 7.62      | 8.46      | 8.73      |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh      | 5.72      | 5.77      | 5.91      | 6.52      | 7.81      |
| 6       | Goa               | 1.05      | 1.11      | 1.16      | 1.40      | 1.36      |
| 7       | Gujarat           | 8.59      | 8.40      | 8.74      | 8.97      | 9.08      |
| 8       | Haryana           | 1.91      | 2.03      | 2.08      | 2.12      | 2.15      |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh  | 0.14      | 0.15      | 0.16      | 0.17      | 0.18      |
| 10*     | Jammu & Kashmir   | 0.21      | 0.21      | 0.25      | 0.27      | 0.28      |
| 11      | Jharkhand         | 2.23      | 2.38      | 2.57      | 2.80      | 3.11      |
| 12      | Karnataka         | 6.32      | 6.08      | 10.74     | 12.25     | 11.31     |
| 13      | Kerala            | 6.80      | 6.16      | 8.26      | 9.21      | 8.32      |
| 14      | Madhya Pradesh    | 2.00      | 2.49      | 2.93      | 3.42      | 3.82      |
| 15      | Maharashtra       | 5.61      | 5.24      | 5.90      | 5.90      | 7.02      |
| 16      | Manipur           | 0.32      | 0.33      | 0.33      | 0.34      | 0.45      |
| 17      | Meghalaya         | 0.14      | 0.16      | 0.18      | 0.19      | 0.20      |
| 18      | Mizoram           | 0.07      | 0.05      | 0.05      | 0.05      | 0.05      |
| 19      | Nagaland          | 0.09      | 0.09      | 0.09      | 0.09      | 0.10      |
| 20      | Odisha            | 8.18      | 8.73      | 9.90      | 10.52     | 11.24     |
| 21      | Punjab            | 1.51      | 1.65      | 1.90      | 1.85      | 1.84      |
| 22      | Rajasthan         | 1.16      | 0.60      | 0.66      | 0.79      | 0.91      |
| 23      | Sikkim            | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.01      | 0.01      |
| 24      | Tamil Nadu        | 7.57      | 7.23      | 8.07      | 8.29      | 8.84      |
| 25      | Telengana         | 3.00      | 3.49      | 3.90      | 4.38      | 4.56      |
| 26      | Tripura           | 0.78      | 0.82      | 0.82      | 0.83      | 0.86      |
| 27      | Uttarakhand       | 0.05      | 0.06      | 0.06      | 0.07      | 0.09      |
| 28      | Uttar Pradesh     | 6.99      | 7.46      | 8.09      | 9.15      | 11.60     |
| 29      | West Bengal       | 17.82     | 18.24     | 18.43     | 20.45     | 22.02     |
| 30      | A and N Islands   | 0.40      | 0.43      | 0.44      | 0.47      | 0.50      |
| 31      | Chandigarh        | 0.01      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      |
| 32      | D&Nagar Haveli    | 0.32      | 0.30      | 0.30      | 0.29      | 0.30      |
| 33      | Daman and Diu     |           |           |           |           |           |
| 34      | Delhi             | 0.01      | 0.01      | 0.01      | 0.00      | 0.01      |
| 10*     | Ladakh            | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.01      | 0.00      | 0.00      |
| 35      | Lakshadweep       | 0.20      | 0.15      | 0.12      | 0.11      | 0.13      |
| 36      | Puducherry        | 0.51      | 0.39      | 0.47      | 0.46      | 0.47      |
|         | India             | 141.64    | 147.25    | 162.48    | 175.45    | 184.02    |

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