Conversion of Cooperative Societies into FFPOs

Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying Conversion of Cooperative Societies into FFPOs

Posted On: 10 FEB 2026 2:03PM by PIB Delhi The Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) implemented by this Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying inter-alia provides for setting up Fish Farmers Producer Organizations/Companies (FFPOs/Cs) to economically empower the fishers and fish farmers and enhance their bargaining power. The Department of Fisheries, Government of India in March, 2023 has accorded approval to the proposal of National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) for formation of 1000 existing primary fisheries cooperatives in Coastal States/UTS into Fish Farmer Producer Organisation (FFPOs) at a total cost of Rs.225.50 crore with 100 percent Central financial assistance under Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY). State/UT-wise details of 1000 Primary Fisheries Cooperative Societies (PFCS) allocated for formation as FFPOs under PMMSY are

furnished below:

Sl.No State/UT Fisheries Cooperative Societies Allocated for formation as FFPOs 1 Andhra Pradesh 182 2 Goa 4 3 Maharashtra 316 4 Gujarat 146 5 Karnataka 62 6 Kerala 124 7 Odisha 21 8 Tamil Nadu 105 9 West Bengal 40 Total 1000The Central grant to the each FFPO is provided in the form of formation and Incubation Cost, Management Cost and Equity Grant under PMMSY. In addition, NCDC also provides concessional finance and technical assistance to FFPOs. The details of total financial assistances provided to FFPOs by NCDC as reported by NCDC are furnished at Annexure-I.

(d) and (e) : In addition, the Department of Fisheries, Government of India in March, 2023 has also accorded approval to another proposal of NCDC for formation of 70 new Fish Farmers Producer Organisation(FFPOs) across the country at a cost of Rs.37.80 crore with 100% central grant. This includes formation of seven new FFPOs in the Andhra Pradesh. State-wise details of the 70 new FFPOs registered including that of Andhra Pradesh are furnished at Annexure-II. The District-wise details of number of FFPOs promoted, formed and supported by NCDC in Andhra Pradesh is furnished at Annexure-III.

***** Annexure-I Details of total financial assistances provided to FFPOs by NCDC Sl.No. Name of the Project Organization Name NCDC- Central Regional Share Office eligible (Rs. in lakh) 1 Establishment of an lntegrated Matsya Kisan Utpadak Patna, Bihar 38.79 Fish Farming unit with Duck & Sangathan Goat at Motihari District of Sahakari Samiti Limited Bihar (Block Cost Rs. 96.48 lakh) 2 Value Addition of Fish and Universal Schedule Caste Pune, 50.00 Development of Supply Chain Matsya ShetkariUtpadak Maharashtra Marketing, Bibwewadi, Pune, Sah. Sanstha Ltd Maharashtra (Block Cost Rs.

88.12 lakh) 3 The Integrated Reservoir Gujarat Fish Farmers Gandhinagar, 48.74 Development, Soldhara, Producers cooperative Gujarat Navsari, Gujarat (Block Cost society Limited Rs. 48.74 lakh) 4 Value Addition of Fish and Maharashtra Zilla Pune, 50.00 Development of Supply Chain Ekveera Fisheries and Maharashtra Marketing, Arnala, Palghar, Farming Organisation Maharashtra (Block Cost Rs.

88.34 lakh)5 Proposal of Start-up activity of Kashi Srijan Lucknow, 38.50 value addition of fish & BahuuddesiyaSahkari Uttar Pradesh development of cold chain Samiti Limited supply market at block cost of Rs. 77.00 lakh under start-up activities of central component of PMMSY scheme ***** Annexure-II Conversion of Cooperative Societies into FFPOs; State/UT-wise details of formation/registration of new 70 FFPOs under PMMSY Sl.No. Name of State/UTs No of Registered FFPOs 1 Madhya Pradesh 5 2 Jharkhand 1 3 Odisha 6 4 Uttar Pradesh 2 5 Maharashtra 5 6 Jammu & Kashmir 2 7 Himachal Pradesh 1 8 Ladakh 1 9 Chhattisgarh 1 10 Gujarat 4 11 Daman and Diu 2 12 Bihar 613 Manipur 2 14 Meghalaya 1 15 Assam 1 16 Mizoram 1 17 Tripura 1 18 Telangana 2 19 Andhra Pradesh 7 20 Tamil Nadu 6 21 Uttarakhand 5 22 West Bengal 1 23 Kerala 4 24 Karnataka 3 Total 70 ***** Annexure-III I. District-wise Detail of 7 FFPOs along with Districts and Blocks in Andhra Pradesh under 70 FFPOs Sl.No Name of the FFPO in Andhra Pradesh District Block 1 Kurnool Sri Matsyanarayana Fish Farmers Kurnool Gudur Producers MACS Ltd.

2 Nandyala Sri Matsyanarayana Fish Farmers Nandyala Panyam Producers MACS Ltd.

3 Ananthapuram Sri Matsya Narayana Fish Farmer Anantapur Pamidi Producers MACS Ltd.4 Jalapushpa Fish Farmers Producers MACS Ltd. SPSR Nellore Kavali 5 Prakasam Coastal Marine Fish Farmers Producers Prakasam Singarayakonda MACS Ltd.

6 Siva Shakthi Fish Farmers Producers Mutually Sri Balaji Thada Aided Cooperative Society Ltd.

7 Jai Surya Fish Farmers Producers Mutually Aided Bapatla Bapatla Cooperative Society Ltd.

II. District-wise number of FFPOs under the 1000 PFCS in Andhra Pradesh S. No. Name of the District No. of PFCS 1 Anakapalli 2 2 Ananthapuram 4 3 Bapatla 11 4 Chittoor 2 5 Konaseema 34 6 East Godavari 12 7 Eluru 18 8 Guntur 6 9 Kakinada 10 10 Krishna 7 11 Kurnool 3 12 Nandyal 1 13 NTR 1 14 Palnadu 2S. No. Name of the District No. of PFCS 15 PVP Manyam 5 16 Prakasam 3 17 SPSR Nellore 6 18 Sri Satya Sai 1 19 Srikakulam 19 20 Tirupati 5 21 Vishakhapatnam 3 22 Vizianagaram 6 23 West Godavari 20 24 YSR Kadapa 1 25 ASR 0 26 Annamayya 0 Total 182 This information was given by Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairy Minister Shri Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh in the Lok Sabha today in response to a question asked.

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