**Executive Summary**
The Department of Fisheries is implementing the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) and the Fisheries and Aquaculture Infrastructure Development Fund (FIDF) to modernize India's fisheries sector by FY 2025-26. These schemes provide substantial financial outlays for infrastructure like fishing harbours, interest subventions for development projects, and social security for fishers. States and Union Territories must submit techno-financial proposals and ensure land availability to access these funds.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY)**
* Operates from FY 2020-21 to FY 2025-26 with a total outlay of ₹20,050 crore for holistic sector development.
* Infrastructure projects, including fishing harbours and landing centres, are funded on a 60:40 cost-sharing basis between the Centre and States.
* Covers diverse activities: integrated aquaparks, ice plants, cold storage, technology infusion, and value addition.
* Provides financial assistance for the replacement of fishing boats and nets for traditional fishermen.
* **Fisheries and Aquaculture Infrastructure Development Fund (FIDF)**
* Implemented since FY 2018-19 with a total fund size of ₹7522.48 crore to strengthen infrastructure.
* Offers concessional finance with interest subvention of up to 3% to Eligible Entities (EEs).
* Supports facilities such as brood banks, hatcheries, fish processing units, fish feed mills, and cage culture in reservoirs.
* **Social Security and Insurance**
* The Group Accidental Insurance Scheme (GAIS) provides coverage of ₹5,00,000 for death or permanent total disability.
* Includes ₹2,50,000 for permanent partial disability and ₹25,000 for accidental hospitalization expenses.
* Premium sharing: 60:40 for General States, 90:10 for Himalayan and North Eastern states, and 100% Central funding for Union Territories.
* **Livelihood Support**
* Provision of livelihood and nutritional support to fishers during the designated fishing ban periods.
* The government has released ₹149.07 crore towards insurance premiums, covering approximately 167.30 lakh fishers to date.
**Impact Analysis**
**State Governments and Union Territories**
**Impact**
They receive significant financial support and central assistance (60% to 100% depending on the region/scheme) to modernize local fisheries infrastructure and provide social safety nets.
**Action Required**
Must submit techno-financially viable proposals, confirm the availability of the State's financial share, secure required land, and obtain necessary clearances.
**Fishers and Fish Workers (Marine and Inland)**
**Impact**
Beneficiaries receive insurance coverage without personal contribution to premiums and gain access to modernized landing facilities and nutritional support during ban periods.
**Action Required**
Traditional fishermen may apply for financial assistance for the replacement of old boats and nets through state-approved proposals.
**Eligible Entities (Private and State Entities)**
**Impact**
Access to concessional finance and 3% interest subventions for developing identified fisheries infrastructure like processing units and ice plants.
**Action Required**
Submit project proposals for fisheries and aquaculture infrastructure to benefit from the FIDF interest subvention scheme.
Key Entities Referenced
Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY): A flagship scheme for the holistic development of the fisheries sector (FY 2020-21 to 2025-26) focused on infrastructure like fishing harbours and social security.
Fisheries and Aquaculture Infrastructure Development Fund (FIDF): A dedicated fund providing concessional finance and interest subventions to create and strengthen fisheries and aquaculture infrastructure.
Department of Fisheries: The primary regulatory body under the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying responsible for implementing national fisheries schemes and approving infrastructure projects.
Group Accidental Insurance Scheme (GAIS): A social security initiative under PMMSY providing accidental insurance coverage and financial assistance for death, disability, or hospitalization to fishers.
Tamil Nadu: A key state central to the report’s applicability, cited for receiving significant project approvals and having a high number of insured fishers under national programs.
Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying
Funding for Fishing Harbours and Landing
Centres
Posted On: 24 MAR 2026 12:18PM by PIB Delhi
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 State-wise details of projects approved under Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana
(Rs. In Lakhs)
Sl. State/UT Total Central Funds Released
No Project Cost Share
(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 13517.20 13243.80 178.90
and Diu
8 Delhi 533.25 286.08 163.30
9 Goa 10777.19 4857.06 4769.7410 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 3287.6132 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 State-wise details of projects approved under Fisheries and Aquaculture Infrastructure
Development Fund (FIDF)
(Rs. in crores)
Sl Name of State No of No of Total No. Total Amount
No private Govt. of projects Project Cost eligible for
Projects Projects approved 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 5.007 Jammu and Kashmir 3 0 3 130.21 100.78
8 Karnataka 2 2 4 43.44 42.79
9 Kerala 6 1 7 262.90 234.97
10 Maharashtra 36 6 42 1230.901 941.17
11 Manipur 4 0 4 1.15 0.90
12 Mizoram 1 0 1 4.14 3.30
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 4.70 2.31
17 Uttar Pradesh 2 0 2 75.22 60.09
18 West Bengal 4 6 10 71.78 49.60
19 Uttarakhand 0 1 1 170.00 133.00
20 Madhya Pradesh 4 1 5 6.90 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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Annexure-III
Statement 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 881,8553 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 12,86525 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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Annexure-IV
Statement 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 Project Cost GoI share
(Nos.) (Rs. in lakh) (Rs. in lakh)
1 Andhra Pradesh 344360 15496.20 5165.40
2 Assam 63000 2835.00 1512.00
3 Chhattisgarh 30000 1350.00 450.00
4 Himachal Pradesh 10151 456.81 243.63
5 Jammu and Kashmir 48286 2172.87 1448.60
6 Karnataka 71961 3238.25 1079.42
7 Kerala 497584 21286.95 7095.65
8 Madhya Pradesh 38023 1711.04 570.35
9 Maharashtra 4000 180.00 60.00
10 Mizoram 6304 283.68 151.3011 Odisha 24000 1080.00 360.00
12 Puducherry 76800 3456.00 2304.00
13 Sikkim 495 22.28 11.88
14 Tamil Nadu 548365 30941.43 8225.48
15 Telangana 4000 180.00 60.00
16 Tripura 8154 366.93 195.69
17 Uttar Pradesh 1000 45.00 15.00
Total 1776483 85102.44 28948.40
This information was given by Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Minister Shri Rajiv Ranjan
Singh alias Lalan Singh in the Lok Sabha in response to a question asked.
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