Lok Sabha Question No. 5106 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-24
Subject: Fisheries and Aquaculture Infrastructure Development Fund
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Shri Rajesh Naranbhai Chudasama, Dr. Hemant Vishnu Savara

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 5106

TO BE ANSWERED ON 24 TH  MARCH, 2026

Fisheries and Aquaculture Infrastructure Development Fund (FIDF)

## 5106.  Dr. Hemant Vishnu Savara:

Shri Rajesh Naranbhai Chudasama:

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

- (a) the details of projects approved under Fisheries and Aquaculture Infrastructure Development Fund (FIDF) since its inception and their current status, State/UT-wise including Maharashtra and Palghar districts in Maharashtra;
- (b) the number of many projects that have been completed so far and the sectorwise infrastructure created under FIDF;
- (c) the  details  of  funds  sanctioned,  disbursed  and  utilised  under  FIDF  during 2018-19 to 2025- 26;
- (d) the  details  of  new  infrastructure  components  proposed  during  the  extended period up to 2025-26; and
- (e) the  extent  to  which  FIDF  complements  Pradhan  Mantri  Matsya  Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) in achieving fisheries sector growth, also in coastal areas of the country like Palghar in Maharashtra?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (e): The Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, with effect from financial year 2018-19 is  implementing Fisheries and Aquaculture  Infrastructure  Development  Fund  (FIDF)  with  a  total  fund  size  of  Rs 7522.48 crore to create and strengthen fisheries and aquaculture infrastructure in the country.  FIDF inter-alia provides  concessional  finance  for  development  of  various fisheries infrastructure facilities to the Eligible Entities (EEs), including State Governments/Union Territories, State entities and other Stakeholders for development  of identified fisheries infrastructure facilities. Under  FIDF, the Department of Fisheries, Government of India provides interest subvention up to 3% per  annum  for  providing  the  concessional  finance  by  the  Nodal  Loaning  Entities (NLEs) at the interest rate not lower than 5% per annum. Under FIDF scheme, the Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying has so far approved a total 228 proposals/projects at a total cost of Rs. 5559.54 crore with  restricting  the  projects  cost  for  interest  subvention  at  Rs.  4351.86  crore  for various  States/UTs  including  for  Maharashtra.  Out  of  these,  the  Nodal  Loaning Entities (NLEs) have so far sanctioned the loan amount to 111 projects amounting to Rs.  4212.05  crore  and  disbursed  a  sum  of  Rs.  1600.56  crore  to  the  beneficiary States and other agencies. The State/UT-wise details of the projects approved under FIDF till date for Infrastructural development in Fisheries sector including in the State of Maharashtra are furnished below;

## (Rs. in crores)

| Sl No   | Name of State     |   No of private Projects |   No of Govt. Projects |   Total No. of projects approved |   Total Project Cost |   Amount eligible for interest subvention |
|---------|-------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    |                        8 |                      0 |                                8 |               211.88 |                                    124.42 |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh |                        1 |                      0 |                                1 |                 0.68 |                                      0.54 |
| 3       | Assam             |                        1 |                      0 |                                1 |                 0.41 |                                      0.18 |
| 4       | Goa               |                        1 |                      4 |                                5 |                38.05 |                                     36.58 |
| 5       | Gujarat           |                        1 |                      4 |                                5 |               984.74 |                                    617.45 |
| 6       | Himachal Pradesh  |                        0 |                      1 |                                1 |                 5.17 |                                      5    |
| 7       | Jammu and Kashmir |                        3 |                      0 |                                3 |               130.21 |                                    100.78 |
| 8       | Karnataka         |                        2 |                      2 |                                4 |                43.44 |                                     42.79 |
| 9       | Kerala            |                        6 |                      1 |                                7 |               262.9  |                                    234.97 |
| 10      | Maharashtra       |                       36 |                      6 |                               42 |              1230.9  |                                    941.17 |
| 11      | Manipur           |                        4 |                      0 |                                4 |                 1.15 |                                      0.9  |
| 12      | Mizoram           |                        1 |                      0 |                                1 |                 4.14 |                                      3.3  |
| 13      | Odisha            |                        1 |                      7 |                                8 |               120.17 |                                     59.48 |
| 14      | Puducherry        |                        2 |                      0 |                                2 |                 3.08 |                                      2.46 |
| 15      | Tamil Nadu        |                        7 |                    101 |                              108 |              2169.03 |                                   1955.98 |
| 16      | Telangana         |                        1 |                      0 |                                1 |                 4.7  |                                      2.31 |
| 17      | Uttar Pradesh     |                        2 |                      0 |                                2 |                75.22 |                                     60.09 |
| 18      | West Bengal       |                        4 |                      6 |                               10 |                71.78 |                                     49.6  |
| 19      | Uttarakhand       |                        0 |                      1 |                                1 |               170    |                                    133    |
| 20      | Madhya Pradesh    |                        4 |                      1 |                                5 |                 6.9  |                                      5.52 |
| 21      | Jharkhand         |                        7 |                      0 |                                7 |                24.51 |                                     16.67 |
| 22      | Bihar             |                        2 |                      0 |                                2 |                20.29 |                                     19.61 |
|         | Total             |                       95 |                    133 |                              228 |              5559.54 |                                   4351.86 |

The  projects  supported  under  FIDF  to  States  and  Union  Territories  are  primarily include;  Fishing  Harbours,  Fish  Landing  Centres,  Ice  Plants,  Cold  Storage,  Fish Transport  Facilities,  Integrated  Cold  Chain  (Marine  &  Inland  Sector),  Modern  Fish Markets, Brood Banks, Hatcheries, Modernization State Fish Seed Farms, Fisheries Training  Centres,  Fish  Processing  Units,  Fish  Feed  Mills/Plants,  Cage  culture  in Reservoir,  Mariculture  etc.    Out  of  approved  228  projects,  a  total  68  projects comprising 60 projects of Government implemented projects and 8 Private projects have been completed and remaining projects are at various stages of implementation.  The sector-wise details of infrastructure created under FIDF such as harbours, cold-chain and hatcheries, etc. are furnished below:

(Rs. in crore)

| Sl. No   | Name of the activity                                                         |   No. of Projects approved |   Total Project Cost |   Project cost restricted for Interest Subvention |
|----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Brood Banks                                                                  |                          2 |                14.2  |                                             11.36 |
| 2        | Ice Plants/Cold Storages                                                     |                          5 |                11.25 |                                              7.56 |
| 3        | Development of Aquaculture including Cage culture in reservoir &Mari culture |                          8 |                12.55 |                                              7.32 |
| 4        | Fish Landing Centres                                                         |                         60 |               343.46 |                                            298.39 |
| 5        | Fish Processing Unit                                                         |                         15 |               370.17 |                                            224.23 |
| 6        | Modernization Fish Seed Farm                                                 |                         34 |               144.43 |                                            127.33 |
| 7        | Fishing Harbours & Including Additional Facilities in Fishing Harbour        |                         28 |              3803.86 |                                           3053.04 |
| 8        | Development of Hatcheries                                                    |                          4 |                 7.86 |                                              2.1  |
| 9        | Fish Feed Mills                                                              |                          3 |                 3.57 |                                              2.86 |
| 10       | Training Centre/Technology Diffusion Centre                                  |                         11 |                60.78 |                                             49.51 |
| 11       | Deep-Sea Fishing Vessel                                                      |                          2 |                 4.96 |                                              1.92 |
| 12       | Innovative projects/activities                                               |                         55 |               782.18 |                                            566.03 |
| 13       | Establishment of Disease Diagnostic Laboratory                               |                          1 |                 0.27 |                                              0.21 |
|          | Total                                                                        |                        228 |              5559.54 |                                           4351.86 |

In order to supplement the effort of the other central Government scheme like Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) as well as State Government's owned  schemes,  FIDF  acts  as  an  enabling  financial  mechanism  for  infrastructure development, while PMMSY provides developmental support, together contributing to sustainable growth, augment of fish production, investment, employment generation and enhancement of fisheries export thereby attributing to enhancement of income of fishers & fish farmers in the country. During the last five years (2020-21 to 2024-25), fish production increased from 141.64 lakh tonne in 2019-20 to 197.75 lakh tonne  in 2024-25.  Similarly, seafood  exports  have  also  increased  from Rs.46,666 crore (2019-20) to Rs.62,408 crore (2024-25).

The Government of Maharashtra has reported that PMMSY has played a vital role in the  development  of  fisheries  sector  in  Palghar  District  and  the  fish  production  in Palghar  District  has  increased  from  21.45  tonnes  in  the  year  2020-21  to  138.54 tonnes  in  2024-25  registering  the  record  growth  of  546%.  The  development  of modern fisher infrastructure and entrepreneurship development projects in Palghar District includes (i) Construction of fishing harbour at Satpati, (ii) Construction of Fish landing  Centre  at  Dhakati,  Dahanu,  (iii) Providing  post-harvesting  facilities to fishermen at Fish Landing Centre at Lage Bunder and (iv) Dredging work near fish landing center/navigational channel at Dativare and Vasai creek, etc.

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