Lok Sabha Question No. 5201 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-24
Subject: Funding for Fishing Harbours and Landing Centres
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Thiru D M Kathir Anand

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5201 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24 th  MARCH, 2026

## Funding for Fishing Harbours and Landing Centres

## 5201.  Thiru D M Kathir Anand :

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

(a) whether Government has any plans to increase the fundings to develop deep sea fishing harbours and fish landing centres in the country, particularly in Tamil Nadu, if so, the details thereof;

(b) the details of financial support provided for the development of fishing infrastructure and fishermen welfare during the last three years, year and State-wise; and

(c) whether the Government has any proposal to initiate insurance scheme for fishing vessels,  fishing  nets  and  fishermen  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  total beneficiaries under such scheme in Tamil Nadu?;

## 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  with  effect  from  the  FY  2020-21  to  FY  2025-26  in  all  the States/UTs including Tamil Nadu for the holistic development of fisheries sector. The development of fishing harbours and fish landing centres is one of the important area envisaged and are supported under the PMMSY. Such fisheries infrastructure projects are taken up on cost sharing basis between the centre and the concerned State on 60:40 ratio. To avail financial assistance, the concerned State Government/UTs are required to submit techno-financial viable proposals together with confirmation of availability of State share, required land and necessary clearances.

The  Department  of  Fisheries,  Government  of  India  has,  under  the  Pradhan  Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY), so far approved projects amounting to Rs 21,733.91 crore across all States/UTs, including projects worth Rs 1,237.57 crore in Tamil Nadu. These projects cover activities such as fishing harbours, fish landing centres, integrated aquaparks, ice plants and cold storage facilities, development of aquaculture (including marine, brackish water and reservoir fisheries), infrastructure development, technology infusion, strengthening of fish marketing and related infrastructure, value addition, and establishment  of  efficient  cold  chain  facilities  etc.  The  state  wise  details  of  projects approved under PMMSY is furnished at Annexure I.

Besides, the Department of Fisheries, Government of India with effect from financial year 2018-19 has been 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 interest subvention up to 3% 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. The projects supported under FIDF to States and Union Territories are primarily include Fishing Harbours, Fish Landing Centers, 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. 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 for various States/UTs including 108 projects at a total cost of Rs 2404.03 crore in the State of Tamil Nadu. The state wise details of projects approved under FIDF is furnished at Annexure II.

(c) The PMMSY scheme inter-alia provides social security measure to fishers including inland fishermen and fish workers through Group Accidental Insurance Scheme (GAIS) under  PMMSY  to  fishers  including  both  marine  and  inland  fishers  and  fish  farmers wherein the entire insurance premium amount is shared between the Centre & State in the ratio of 60:40 basis for General States, 90:10 for the Himalayan & North Eastern states while in the case of the Union territories, the entire premium amount is paid by the Centre. The insurance coverage provided under Group Accidental Insurance Scheme includes (i) Rs.5,00,000/- against death or permanent total disability (ii) Rs.2,50,000/- for permanent partial disability and (iii) hospitalization expenses in the event of accident for a sum of Rs. 25,000/. Under PMMSY. Since its inception, the Government has released an amount of ₹149.07 crore towards premium for group accident insurance coverage for 167.30 lakh fishers, covering a total of 21.99 lakh fishers from Tamil Nadu, without any contribution  from  fishers  and  fish  farmers.  Under  PMMSY,  financial  assistance  is provided to States/UTs for replacement of fishing boats and nets for traditional fishermen. So far, proposals of the Government of Tamil Nadu for 500 fishing boats (replacement) and nets have been approved at a total cost of ₹25.00 crore, including central assistance of ₹6.30 crore. The State-wise details of number of fishers insured under PMMSY during the last four years (2021-22 to 2024-25) is furnished at Annexure III. The State-wise details of livelihood and nutritional support to fishers during fishing ban period provided under PMMSY during last 3 years (2022-23 to 2024-25) is furnished at Annexure IV.

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## Annexure-I

Statement referred to in reply to part (a) to (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.  5201  for  answer  on  24.03.2026  put  in  by  Thiru  D  M  Kathir  Anand,  Hon'ble Member  of  Parliament:  State-wise  details  of  projects  approved  under  Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana

(Rs. In Lakhs)

| Sl. No   | State/UT                                     | Total Project Cost   | Central Share   | Funds Released   |
|----------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------|-----------------|------------------|
| (i)      | (ii)                                         | (iii)                | (iv)            | (v)              |
| 1        | Andaman and Nicobar Islands                  | 25497.22             | 23046.11        | 1196.70          |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh                               | 229648.67            | 67167.32        | 43013.68         |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh                            | 21456.09             | 14500.72        | 11354.52         |
| 4        | Assam                                        | 54163.08             | 29844.28        | 18760.09         |
| 5        | Bihar                                        | 54851.24             | 17439.91        | 8794.08          |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh                                 | 95,386.45            | 32,004.73       | 23666.00         |
| 7        | The Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 13517.20             | 13243.80        | 178.90           |
| 8        | Delhi                                        | 533.25               | 286.08          | 163.30           |
| 9        | Goa                                          | 10777.19             | 4857.06         | 4769.74          |
| 10       | Gujarat                                      | 91075.11             | 34674.17        | 10365.69         |
| 11       | Haryana                                      | 76086.75             | 26216.03        | 12136.61         |
| 12       | Himachal Pradesh                             | 15608.86             | 7995.31         | 5045.07          |
| 13       | Jammu and Kashmir                            | 15456.83             | 8142.51         | 11850.39         |
| 14       | Jharkhand                                    | 47263.46             | 16658.23        | 9607.34          |
| 15       | Karnataka                                    | 97299.45             | 35032.72        | 29502.15         |
| 16       | Kerala                                       | 132963.23            | 57048.65        | 34415.24         |
| 17       | Ladakh                                       | 3349.40              | 2009.64         | 1470.62          |
| 18       | Lakshadweep                                  | 6245.27              | 4421.69         | 1442.12          |
| 19       | Madhya Pradesh                               | 91080.93             | 30550.53        | 24287.17         |
| 20       | Maharashtra                                  | 162144.58            | 59391.34        | 30452.07         |
| 21       | Manipur                                      | 20181.70             | 9584.33         | 2944.63          |
| 22       | Meghalaya                                    | 13262.36             | 7425.74         | 4596.18          |
| 23       | Mizoram                                      | 15416.68             | 8560.57         | 6947.36          |
| 24       | Nagaland                                     | 16833.38             | 10955.73        | 7332.54          |
| 25       | Odisha                                       | 125730.60            | 46295.15        | 34726.21         |
| 26       | Puducherry                                   | 35126.03             | 29644.01        | 6124.91          |
| 27       | Punjab                                       | 16322.58             | 4726.35         | 2695.92          |
| 28       | Rajasthan                                    | 7038.14              | 2449.75         | 512.93           |
| 29       | Sikkim                                       | 8093.19              | 5020.84         | 3300.05          |
| 30       | Tamil Nadu                                   | 123757.18            | 47482.50        | 15394.38         |
| 31       | Telangana                                    | 35,430.39            | 11,138.8        | 3287.61          |
| 32       | Tripura                                      | 26293.21             | 15059.51        | 6791.59          |
| 33       | Uttar Pradesh                                | 129432.08            | 41230.37        | 28165.28         |
| 34       | Uttarakhand                                  | 31724.62             | 17020.17        | 18355.72         |
| 35       | West Bengal                                  | 54574.02             | 22296.75        | 5507.70          |
| 36       | Others (Transponders, etc.)                  | 36,400.00            | 21,840.00       | 49780.40         |
| 37       | Insurance activities                         | 11,721.46            | 10,712.81       | 8927.77          |
| 38       | PMMKSSY                                      | 9,193.07             | 9,193.07        | 1181.61          |
| 39       | Old Liability                                |                      |                 | 33323            |
|          | Total A                                      | 19,59,547.4          | 8,05,098.1      | 5,22,367.3       |
| 40       | Central Sector Projects                      | 213843.68            | 1,76,114.68     | 1,76,114.7       |
|          | Total A+B                                    | 21,73,391.1          | 9,81,212.8      |                  |

Annexure-II

Statement referred to in reply to part (a) to (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.  5201  for  answer  on  24.03.2026  put  in  by  Thiru  D  M  Kathir  Anand,  Hon'ble Member of Parliament: State-wise details of projects approved under Fisheries and Aquaculture Infrastructure Development Fund (FIDF)

(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 |

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Statement referred to in reply to part (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 5201 for answer on 24.03.2026 put in by Thiru D M Kathir Anand, Hon'ble Member of  Parliament:  State-wise  details  of  number  of  fishers  insured  under  PMMSY during the last four years (2021-22 to 2024-25)

|   Sl. No. | Name of the State/UT   | Number of Fishers Insured   |
|-----------|------------------------|-----------------------------|
|         1 | Bihar                  | 600,000                     |
|         2 | Chhattisgarh           | 881,855                     |
|         3 | Goa                    | 11,040                      |
|         4 | Gujarat                | 381,237                     |
|         5 | Haryana                | 6,576                       |
|         6 | Jharkhand              | 662,941                     |
|         7 | Karnataka              | 282,272                     |
|         8 | Madhya Pradesh         | 376,482                     |
|         9 | Maharashtra            | 291,159                     |
|        10 | Odisha                 | 4,543,618                   |
|        11 | Punjab                 | 12,477                      |
|        12 | Rajasthan              | 18,925                      |
|        13 | Tamil Nadu             | 2,199,335                   |
|        14 | Telangana              | 1,432,656                   |
|        15 | Uttar Pradesh          | 399,275                     |
|        16 | West Bengal            | 8,499                       |
|        17 | Arunachal Pradesh      | 2,756                       |
|        18 | Assam                  | 683,630                     |
|        19 | Himachal Pradesh       | 43,990                      |
|        20 | Manipur                | 7,034                       |
|        21 | Meghalaya              | 3,057                       |
|        22 | Sikkim                 | 2,086                       |
|        23 | Tripura                | 71,065                      |
|        24 | Uttarakhand            | 12,865                      |
|        25 | Andaman & Nicobar      | 52,859                      |
|        26 | Delhi                  | 1,381                       |
|        27 | Daman & Diu            | 30,178                      |
|        28 | Jammu & Kashmir        | 95,806                      |
|        29 | Ladakh                 | 265                         |
|        30 | Lakshadweep            | 10,590                      |
|        31 | Puducherry             | 133,395                     |

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Statement referred to in reply to part (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 5201 for answer on 24.03.2026 put in by Thiru D M Kathir Anand, Hon'ble Member of Parliament: State-wise details of livelihood and nutritional support to fishers during fishing ban period provided under PMMSY during last 3 years (2022-23 to 2024-25)

| Sl. No.   | Name of State/UT   |   Physical (Nos.) |   Project Cost (Rs. in lakh) |   GoI share (Rs. in lakh) |
|-----------|--------------------|-------------------|------------------------------|---------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh     |            344360 |                     15496.2  |                   5165.4  |
| 2         | Assam              |             63000 |                      2835    |                   1512    |
| 3         | Chhattisgarh       |             30000 |                      1350    |                    450    |
| 4         | Himachal Pradesh   |             10151 |                       456.81 |                    243.63 |
| 5         | Jammu and Kashmir  |             48286 |                      2172.87 |                   1448.6  |
| 6         | Karnataka          |             71961 |                      3238.25 |                   1079.42 |
| 7         | Kerala             |            497584 |                     21287    |                   7095.65 |
| 8         | Madhya Pradesh     |             38023 |                      1711.04 |                    570.35 |
| 9         | Maharashtra        |              4000 |                       180    |                     60    |
| 10        | Mizoram            |              6304 |                       283.68 |                    151.3  |
| 11        | Odisha             |             24000 |                      1080    |                    360    |
| 12        | Puducherry         |             76800 |                      3456    |                   2304    |
| 13        | Sikkim             |               495 |                        22.28 |                     11.88 |
| 14        | Tamil Nadu         |            548365 |                     30941.4  |                   8225.48 |
| 15        | Telangana          |              4000 |                       180    |                     60    |
| 16        | Tripura            |              8154 |                       366.93 |                    195.69 |
| 17        | Uttar Pradesh      |              1000 |                        45    |                     15    |
| Total     | Total              |           1776483 |                     85102.4  |                  28948.4  |

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