Parliament Question: Fish Landing Centres

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3990 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17th 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). *****Annexure-I* Statement referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3990 part (b) due for answer on 17th March, 2026: State-Wise/UT-Wise details of notified Fish Landing Centres. Sl. Name of the Notified FLCs taken Completed Under No. State/Union marine fish up for Construction Territory landing development centre under CSS 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 & 51 19 18 1 Nicobar 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. ******Annexure-II Statement referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3990 part (c) due for answer on 17th March, 2026: State-Wise/UT-Wise details of Kisan Credit Card issued to fish farmer as of 06.02.2026. 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 ******