PMMSY for Women

Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying PMMSY for Women Posted On: 19 AUG 2025 2:05PM by PIB Delhi The Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) implemented by the Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Government of India encompasses inclusive development by providing higher financial assistance of 60 percent of the unit cost for women beneficiaries under beneficiary-oriented activities. Further, under the Entrepreneur Model of PMMSY, women are supported with financial assistance up to 60% of the total project cost, with a ceiling limit of Rs. 1.50 crore per project. To promote women’s participation in the fisheries sector, PMMSY supports women beneficiaries across a range of activities including fish farming, hatcheries, seaweed farming, bivalve cultivation, ornamental fisheries, fish processing, and marketing. Training and capacity-building programs have been imparted to women beneficiaries under PMMSY, including initiatives for entrepreneurship, skill development, and livelihood generation and start-ups. Under the PMMSY, during the last five Financial Years (2020-21 to 2024-25), fisheries development proposals amounting to Rs. 4061.96 crore with central share of Rs. 1534.46 crore have been sanctioned for covering a total 99,018 women beneficiaries across various States and UTs. State-wise details of the fisheries development proposals approved for benefits of women beneficiaries are furnished at Annexure I. The Government of Maharashtra has reported that the State Government has taken various initiatives to promote women’s participation in fisheries sector which includes (i) Awareness programmes, workshops, camps, Government at doorstep, exhibitions, (ii) Outreach programmes, publicity through banners/flex at block level, (iii) Training programmes regarding implementation of various components related to fish culture, (iv) Advertisement published in newspaper for promotion of Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana scheme and (v) Issuance of information through pamphlets, brochures, leaflets regarding the publicity and promotion of schemes. The State Government has further reported that in order to run the PMMSY scheme smoothly and efficiently, training programmes are conducted at District level and a total of 112 training programmes including 17 training programmes in Palghar District were conducted with Women’s participation in the State. The Government of Maharashtra has reported that financial assistance of Rs. 401.25 crore to promote women’s participation in fisheries has been sanctioned and released a sum of Rs. 271.87 crore to total 2119 women beneficiaries during last five years (FY 2020-21 to FY2024-25) under PMMSY. This include an amount of Rs 7.35 crore sanctioned and release of Rs 4.48 crore to a total 32 women beneficiaries in Palghar District Annexure-I State-wise details of the projects sanctioned for covering women beneficiaries during the last five years (2020-21 to 2024-25) under Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (Rs.in lakhs) N u m b e r o f Total Project Sl. no State/UT Central shared Beneficiaries Cost 1 Andaman and Nicobar Islands 281 1542.20 925.32 2 Andhra Pradesh 715 4367.50 1572.303 Arunachal Pradesh 2 80.00 43.20 4 Assam 2799 13883.88 7497.30 5 Bihar 3538 12073.23 4346.37 6 Chhattisgarh 4567 24992.61 8934.25 7 Delhi 8 158.00 94.80 8 Goa 260 2040.50 734.58 9 Gujarat 5812 15109.76 5439.51 10 Haryana 4173 28251.50 10470.54 11 Himachal Pradesh 1816 4839.01 2612.79 12 Jammu and Kashmir 51 251.90 151.14 13 Jharkhand 3366 20346.70 7293.32 14 Karnataka 17956 30913.80 11122.56 15 Kerala 678 4874.50 1754.82 16 Ladakh 6 25.80 15.48 17 Lakshadweep 353 1471.31 882.79 18 Madhya Pradesh 3384 28343.55 10046.19 19 Maharashtra 13804 70844.57 25378.04 20 Manipur 618 3502.50 1891.35 21 Meghalaya 500 991.11 535.20 22 Mizoram 217 1337.50 722.25 23 Nagaland 136 657.40 355.00 24 Odisha 5479 28859.75 10378.83 25 Puducherry 275 2078.25 1250.55 26 Punjab 624 4699.70 1691.89 27 Rajasthan 541 2695.00 981.30 28 Sikkim 10 30.00 16.20 29 Tamil Nadu 12619 7841.93 2823.09 30 Telangana 634 4047.00 1446.42 Dadra and Nagar Haveli 31 2 100.00 60.00 and Daman and Diu 32 Tripura 1654 4685.18 2529.93 33 Uttar Pradesh 10633 59262.83 21451.27 34 Uttarakhand 569 4534.18 2070.46 35 West Bengal 938 16463.88 5926.99 Total 99018 406196.53 153446.04 This information was given by Union Minister of State, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Shri George Kurian, in a written reply in Lok Sabha on 19th August, 2025.***** AA (Release ID: 2157844)