**Executive Summary**
The Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) has received its highest ever budgetary support of Rs. 2500.00 crore for FY 2026-27. The document details the financial allocations and releases for the scheme across various states and Union Territories for the fiscal years 2022-23 through 2024-25, with a specific focus on the Government of Tamil Nadu's utilization of funds.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Budgetary Allocations:**
* Highest ever budgetary support of Rs. 2500.00 crore allocated for FY 2026-27.
* Allocations for FY 2025-26 and FY 2024-25 are Rs. 2465.00 crore and Rs. 2352.00 crore respectively.
* **Support for Tamil Nadu:**
* Government of Tamil Nadu received proposals approved for Rs. 1240.95 crore with a central share of Rs. 479.73 crore under PMMSY from FY 2020-21 to FY 2024-25.
* Rs. 202.05 crore released to Tamil Nadu for approved project activities from the central share.
* In FY 2025-26, Rs. 50.00 crore was initially released, followed by an additional Rs. 20.00 crore in February 2026.
* Tamil Nadu has utilized Rs. 48.32 crore out of the Rs. 70 crore released in FY 2025-26 for fisheries and aquaculture projects.
* **PMMSY Scheme Provisions:**
* Provides support for traditional fishermen and small-scale fish farmers for fisheries and allied activities.
* Includes acquisition of fishing boats and nets to enhance capacity.
* Offers livelihood and nutritional support during the annual fishing ban period.
* Provides accidental insurance cover for fishers.
* Supports activities like sea cage farming, seaweed cultivation, ornamental fish farming, and pearl farming.
* Promotes climate-resilient and alternative livelihood support.
* Facilitates deployment of Artificial Reefs for fisheries resource replenishment and ecosystem restoration.
* Supports upgrading fishing vessels to modern deep-sea fishing vessels.
* Encourages mariculture activities, training, and capacity building to enhance skills and knowledge in modern fishing practices and technology infusion.
**Impact Analysis**
**State Governments / Union Territories**
* **Impact:** Receive central financial assistance for implementing fisheries and aquaculture development projects under PMMSY. The allocations and releases detailed in the document inform their financial planning and project implementation strategies.
* **Action Required:** Utilize released funds efficiently for approved project activities and ensure timely reporting on fund utilization as per scheme guidelines.
**Traditional Fishermen and Small-Scale Fish Farmers**
* **Impact:** Benefit from various support measures including enhanced fishing capacity, financial assistance during fishing bans, insurance, diversification into new farming activities, and access to modern technologies and training, all aimed at improving their socio-economic conditions and ensuring sustainable fishing practices.
* **Action Required:** Participate in PMMSY programs, acquire new skills and knowledge through training, and adopt sustainable fishing and mariculture practices as supported by the scheme.
Key Entities Referenced
Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana: The main government scheme discussed in the document, focusing on the development of fisheries and allied activities.
Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying: The central ministry responsible for overseeing the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana.
Department of Fisheries, Government of India: The department within the Ministry that allocates budgetary support and approves proposals under the scheme.
Tamil Nadu: A specific state highlighted for its significant engagement and fund utilization under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana.
Annexure-I: A referenced document containing detailed year-wise and State-wise data on funds allocated and released for the scheme.
Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying
Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana
Posted On: 10 MAR 2026 1:35PM by PIB Delhi
Department of Fisheries, Government of India has been allocated highest ever budgetary support of Rs.
2500.00 crore in BE for the year 2026-27 under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana.However,
the Budget allocation for the year 2025-26 and 2024-25 are Rs. 2465.00 crore and Rs. 2352.00 crore
respectively. The year-wise and State-wise details of funds allocated and funds released under thePradhan
Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana during last three years including for Government of Tamil Nadu is
annexed at Annexure-I.
Based on the proposals received from the State Government, Department of Fisheries, Government of
India during the last five years (FY2020-21 to Fy2024-25) has accorded approvals to the proposals of
Government of Tamil Nadu amounting to Rs. 1240.95 crore with a central share of Rs. 479.73 crore under
the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana. Out of the central share approved, an amount of Rs. 202.05
crore has been released to the Government of Tamil Nadu for implementation of the approved project
activities under PMMSY. Central funds are released to the State Governments based on the utilization of
the earlier releases and during the FY 2025-26, central funds of Rs. 50.00 crore was released initially in
April, 2025 to the Government of Tamil Nadu through the Mother Sanctions under PMMSY.
Subsequently, based on the request received from the State Government, an additional amount of Rs.20.00
crore has been released in February, 2026 to Government of Tamil Nadu through the mother sanction. Out
of Such central funds of Rs.70 crore released during the FY 2025-26, the Government of Tamil Nadu has
so far utilized a sum of Rs.48.32 crore for implementation of the approved fisheries and aquaculture
development projects under PMMSY.
(f) : Under the PMMSY, support is provided for the welfare of traditional fishermen, small scale fish
farmers for development of fisheries and allied activities in the country including Government of Tamil
Nadu. The activities includes, acquiring new fishing boats and nets to enhance their fishing capacities,
Livelihood and Nutritional Support in the form of financial assistance during the annual fishing ban period
to mitigate their economic hardships, accidental insurance cover for protection of fishers, support
undertaking sea cage farming, seaweed cultivation, ornamental fish farming, pearl farming etc., for
climate resilient and alternative livelihood support to coast fishers, deployment of Artificial Reefs in the
coastal areas for replenishment of fisheries resources in the traditional fishing grounds and restoration of
coastal ecosystems, support for upgrading their present fishing vessels to modern deep-sea fishing vessels
for diversification and enhancement of income of fishers. Further, alternative sustainable livelihoods
activities through the mariculture activities like cage culture, seaweed, Training and Capacity Building
programs to enhance skills and knowledge in modern fishing practices and infusion of technologies are
also supported under the PMMSY to improve the socio-economic conditions of traditional fishers and
ensure sustainable fishing practices.
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Annexure-I
Statement regarding Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana.(Rs. in lakh)
Sl. State/UT Central share approved Funds released
No.
2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25
1 Andaman and 405.05 892.55 386.10 0.00 0.00 500.00
Nicobar Islands
2 Andhra Pradesh 38,514.40 2,748.00 2,457.00 19258 687 659.68
3 Arunachal Pradesh 5,801.98 2,387.16 2,550.10 3178.47 3566.38 3325.12
4 Assam 8,367.32 5,479.23 6,338.40 2654.18 7360.64 1028.2
5 Bihar 809.60 6,294.28 1,713.18 202.4 1573.75 865.59
6 Chhattisgarh 9,607.89 10,759.49 3,965.27 7919.5 5155.13 4048.37
7 Daman and Diu 12,886.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
8 Delhi 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
9 Goa 568.44 337.44 281.70 1059 1130.94 337.21
10 Gujarat 8,533.26 2,178.72 8,361.84 0.00 0.00 3742.14
11 Haryana 4,090.02 16,084.70 1,168.14 3577.76 4000.00 1984.88
12 Himachal Pradesh 1,424.31 1,473.39 1,718.47 1126.96 900.00 1205.68
13 Jammu and 2,075.00 1,857.90 1,110.34 2020.00 1219.73 2239.83
Kashmir
14 Jharkhand 2,900.74 4,256.63 759.38 1450.36 854.10 1036.98
15 Karnataka 11,901.04 9,214.68 1,522.15 6608.00 2981.36 3793.06
16 Kerala 15,233.48 13,327.98 13,226.17 15316.38 7988.25 2499.66
17 Ladakh 568.44 337.44 281.70 294.35 216.93 502.74
18 Lakshadweep 8,533.26 2,178.72 8,361.84 0.00 0.00 0.0019 Madhya Pradesh 4,090.02 16,084.70 1,168.14 3339.85 5038.41 5937.93
20 Maharashtra 1,424.31 1,473.39 1,718.47 10252.00 9999.67 2499.99
21 Manipur 2,075.00 1,857.90 1,110.34 0.00 1000.00 0.00
22 Meghalaya 2,900.74 4,256.63 759.38 659.07 1380.80 999.97
23 Mizoram 11,901.04 9,214.68 1,522.15 694.94 1967.76 1730.88
24 Nagaland 15,233.48 13,327.98 13,226.17 1227.80 1665.63 2291.82
25 Odisha 568.44 337.44 281.70 6570.00 3882.00 7929.21
26 Puducherry 11,242.79 1,230.75 13,445.35 2841.00 0.00 1390.00
27 Punjab 1,615.31 468.16 391.99 676.94 1231.49 219.65
28 Rajasthan 489.12 686.34 272.04 0.00 0.00 148.81
29 Sikkim 1,215.54 1,608.06 201.54 679.11 1084.51 999.80
30 Tamil Nadu 17,528.81 4,377.10 6,991.05 0.00 8748.61 1671.26
31 Telangana 3,759.63 1,979.99 1,075.20 0.00 397.36 939.11
32 Tripura 2,411.87 4,639.70 4,293.38 1061.19 2144.49 931.75
33 Uttar Pradesh 8,032.23 11,894.44 2,398.68 3789.17 3888.62 6554.98
34 Uttarakhand 6,181.02 3,197.80 1,377.54 6181.02 2553.59 3709.89
35 West Bengal 17,740.68 2,760.32 1,557.74 5075.97 0.00 431.73
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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