Lok Sabha Question No. 3938 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-25
Subject: CRCFV Initiative under PMMSY
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Shri Captain Brijesh Chowta

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3938 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25 TH  MARCH, 2025

## CRCFV Initiative under PMMSY

## 3938. Shri Captain Brijesh Chowta:

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

- (a) the specific criteria and methodology adopted for selecting villages under the Climate Resilient Coastal Fishermen Villages (CRCFV) initiative of the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY);
- (b) whether  consultations  were  held  with  State  Governments  and  local  stakeholders  before finalization;
- (c) whether it is a fact that no village from Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka has been included under this initiative, despite the district's significant contribution to marine fisheries and coastal livelihoods, if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the details of the reasons for this exclusion and whether factors such as marine biodiversity, fisheries-dependent  livelihoods  and  climate  vulnerability  were  considered  in  the  selection process;
- (e) whether the Government has any plans to expand the initiative to include more villages in the future, particularly from Dakshina Kannada and if so, the details and timeline for such inclusion; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof?

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

(a)  to  (f)  :The  Department  of  Fisheries,  Ministry  of  Fisheries,  Animal  Husbandry  and  Dairying, recognizing  the  importance  of  developing  the  coastal  communities,  has  taken  up    one  of  the transformative  initiatives  under  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Matsya  Sampada  Yojana  (PMMSY)  to  develop existing 100 coastal fishermen villages situated close to the coastline in all coastal States and Union Territories(UTs) including in Karnataka as Climate Resilient Coastal Fishermen Villages (CRCFV) and to make them as economically vibrant fishermen villages. The fishermen villages located close to the shorelines  are  identified  for  development  as  Climate  Resilient  Coastal Fishermen  villages(CRCFV) based on the following broad criteria:

1.  Fishermen coastal villages located very close to the high tide line in the order of preference such as; (i) 0-5 km, (ii) 0-10 km (after saturation of (i) above), (iii) 0-20 km (after saturation of (i) & (ii) above),
2.  Fishermen coastal villages with higher population of fishermen in the order of preference such  as; (i)  100% fishermen, (ii) Fishers population of 90-100% (after saturation of (i) above), (iii) Fishers population of  80 to 90% (after saturation of (i) & (ii) above),
3.  Fishermen coastal villages having higher units in terms of; (i) fishermen population (ii) number of fishing boats, (iii) fish landings and (iv) allied fisheries based economic activities,
4.   Fishermen coastal villages, wherever feasible, taken up under the National Innovations in Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA) Scheme of Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR).

The Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Government of  India  has constituted two committees namely (i) Central Committee of Climate Resilient Coastal Fishermen Village, (ii) Central Standing Committee of Climate Resilient Coastal Fishermen Village for implementation of the Climate Resilient Coastal Fishermen Village programme. The fishermen coastal villages are identified after due consultations with the respective State Governments/Union Territories in accordance with the aforementioned broad criteria. The Government of Karnataka has reported that priority was given to the fishermen coastal villages which are selected under the National Innovations in  Climate  Resilient  Agriculture  (NICRA)  projects,  and  if  not  available  nearby  village  considered  in NICRA  were  prioritized  and  hence,  no  village  was  selected  from  Dakshina  Kannada  District  for development as Climate Resilient Coastal Fishermen Village under PMMSY. At present there is no proposal  for  expanding  the  coverage  of  Climate  Resilient  Coastal  Fishermen  Village  programme beyond the identified 100 coastal fishermen villages.

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