Lok Sabha Question No. 3990 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-17
Subject: Fish Landing Centres
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Shri Azad Kirti Jha

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3990 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17 th  MARCH, 2026

## Fish Landing Centres

## 3990.  Shri Azad Kirti Jha :

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

- (a) whether the Government has taken cognizance that only 287 out of the 1,547 notified Fish  Landing  Centres  (FLCs)  have  been  developed  as  Fishing  Harbours  since  1964, indicating only 18.5 percent are used;
- (b) if so, the details of notified and developed FLCs, completion status and reasons for slow progress hindering fisheries growth, State/UT-wise;
- (c)  the  details  of  Kisan  Credit  Cards  (KCC)  issuance  to  fish  farmers,  including  the  loan amounts, State/UT-wise;
- (d)  whether  the  Government  has  noticed  the  Standing  Committee  on  Agriculture's observation that only 4.6 lakh KCCs have been issued to fish farmers out of around 2.8 crore fish farmers nationally, reflecting a meagre 1.6 percent coverage; and
- (e) if so, the reasons for low penetration and the steps taken by the Government to cover all fish farmers?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (b)  :    The  Department  of  Fisheries,  Ministry  of  Fisheries,  Animal  Husbandry  and Dairying is implementing the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) with an outlay of ₹20,050 crore (2020-21 to 2025-26) to promote sustainable fisheries development and welfare of fishermen. The development of Fishing Harbours and Fish Landing Centres is one of the important area envisaged and are supported under the PMMSY.

The Government of India has so far taken up development of 380 notified Fish Landing Centres and Fishing Harbours out of total 1547 notified fish landing centres. The formulation of projects are done by respective State/UTs by prioritizing the projects as per technical and financial viability, social impact and availability of budget in concerned State/UTs.

The  Government  of  India  complement  and  supplement  the  efforts  of  State/UTs  for development of Fishing Harbours and Fish Landing Centres. The Department of Fisheries has issued a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for development of basic infrastructure facilities  in  the  remaining  notified  Fish  Landing  Centres,  to  maintain  uniformity  in  project formulation. The SOP serves as a guiding framework for planning, design, development and maintenance of Fish Landing Centres and provides guidance to States/UTs for preparing techno-financially  viable  proposals.  The  initiative  encourages  States/UTs  to  take  up development of more notified centres by improving project planning and addressing financial and  infrastructural  gaps.  The  State/U.T.  wise  details  of  notified  fish  landing  centre  with completion status is furnished at Annexure-I.

(c)  In the year 2018-19, Government of India extended the facility of the Kisan Credit Card (KCC) to the fishers and fish farmers to meet their working capital requirements. Under this scheme, fishers & fish farmers receive KCC loans up to Rs.2.00 Lakhs at a subsidized interest rate of 7%. Additionally, farmers who repay their loans promptly on time, receive a 3% Prompt Repayment Incentive (PRI), effectively reducing the interest rate to 4% per annum. As on date, a total number of 5,04,848 KCC have been sanctioned to fishers and fish farmers with Disbursed Amount of Rs. 3837.80 crore (approx.) and the State-wise issuance of KCC for Fisheries Sector is furnished at Annexure-II.

(d) & (e): The Department of Fisheries (DoF) has been actively coordinating with the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, the Department of Financial Services (DFS), Ministry of Finance and the States/UTs for enhancing penetration of issuance of KCC to Fish Farmers with various outreach programs from time to time like conducting Nationwide AHDF-KCC Campaign,  Ghar  Ghar  KCC  Abhiyan,  Viksit  Bharat  Sankalp  Yatra  and  by  facilitating  on boarding of the Fisheries sector on the JanSamarth portal (www.jansamarth.in).

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Annexure-I*

Statement referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3990 part (b) due for answer on 17 th  March, 2026: State-Wise/UT-Wise details of notified Fish Landing Centres.

| Sl. No.   | Name of the State/Union Territory   |   Notified marine fish landing centre |   FLCs taken up for development under CSS |   Completed | Under Construction   |
|-----------|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------|----------------------|
| 1.        | West Bengal                         |                                    66 |                                        22 |          22 | -                    |
| 2.        | Odisha                              |                                    73 |                                        36 |          33 | 3                    |
| 3.        | Andhra Pradesh                      |                                   350 |                                        42 |          27 | 15                   |
| 4.        | Tamil Nadu                          |                                   301 |                                        65 |          54 | 11                   |
| 5.        | Puducherry                          |                                    41 |                                        10 |           4 | 6                    |
| 6.        | Kerala                              |                                   204 |                                        53 |          44 | 9                    |
| 7.        | Karnataka                           |                                   115 |                                        28 |          23 | 5                    |
| 8.        | Goa                                 |                                    34 |                                         7 |           5 | 2                    |
| 9.        | Maharashtra                         |                                   173 |                                        59 |          38 | 21                   |
| 10.       | Gujarat                             |                                   107 |                                        32 |          27 | 5                    |
| 11.       | Daman & Diu                         |                                    12 |                                         4 |           3 | 1                    |
| 12.       | Andaman & Nicobar                   |                                    51 |                                        19 |          18 | 1                    |
| 13.       | Lakshadweep                         |                                    20 |                                         3 |           3 | -                    |
|           | Total                               |                                  1547 |                                       380 |         301 | 79                   |

* As on 12.03.2026 and as reconciled by the States/UTs from time to time.

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Annexure-II

Statement referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3990 part (c) due for  answer  on  17 th   March,  2026:  State-Wise/UT-Wise  details  of  Kisan  Credit  Card issued to fish farmer as of 06.02.2026.

Total No. of applications sanctioned:

| State/UT                  | Total No. of applications sanctioned:   |
|---------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 388                                     |
| Andhra Pradesh            | 29,538                                  |
| Arunachal Pradesh         | 221                                     |
| Assam                     | 2,346                                   |
| Bihar                     | 1,428                                   |
| Chandigarh                | -                                       |
| Chhattisgarh              | 4,147                                   |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli      | 3                                       |
| Daman & Diu               | 74                                      |
| Delhi                     | -                                       |
| Goa                       | 55                                      |
| Gujarat                   | 13,504                                  |
| Haryana                   | 362                                     |
| Himachal Pradesh          | 882                                     |
| Jammu & Kashmir           | 2,530                                   |
| Jharkhand                 | 1,837                                   |
| Karnataka                 | 15,076                                  |
| Kerala                    | 15,057                                  |
| Ladakh                    | 2                                       |
| Lakshadweep               | 1,657                                   |
| Madhya Pradesh            | 1,14,646                                |
| Maharashtra               | 10,870                                  |
| Manipur                   | 102                                     |
| Meghalaya                 | 375                                     |
| Mizoram                   | 60                                      |
| Nagaland                  | 74                                      |
| Odisha                    | 2,602                                   |
| Puducherry                | 1,466                                   |
| Punjab                    | 139                                     |
| Rajasthan                 | 487                                     |
| Sikkim                    | 919                                     |
| Tamil Nadu                | 2,59,947                                |
| Telangana                 | 5,645                                   |
| Tripura                   | 857                                     |
| Uttar Pradesh             | 13,069                                  |
| Uttarakhand               | 2,985                                   |
| West Bengal               | 1,498                                   |
| Grand Total               | 5,04,848                                |

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