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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5201
TO BE ANSWERED ON 24th 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.
*******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)
Total
Sl. Central Funds
State/UT Project
No Share Released
Cost
(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
The Dadra and Nagar Haveli and
7 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 9,81,212.8Annexure-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)
Total No. Amount
No of No of Total
Sl of eligible for
Name of State private Govt. Project
No projects interest
Projects Projects Cost
approved subvention
1 Andhra Pradesh 8 0 8 211.88 124.42
Arunachal
2 1 0 1 0.68 0.54
Pradesh
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
Himachal
6 0 1 1 5.17 5.00
Pradesh
Jammu and
7 3 0 3 130.21 100.78
Kashmir
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
*****Annexure-III
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)
Number of Fishers
Sl. No. Name of the State/UT
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
*****Annexure-IV
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 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 283.68 151.30
11 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
*****