India, March 25 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
S.No.
Name of State/UTs
Number of FFPOs formed
1
Madhya Pradesh
107
2
Jharkhand
28
3
Odisha
30
4
Uttar Pradesh
75
5
Maharashtra
196
6
Jammu & Kashmir
2
7
Himachal Pradesh
18
8
Ladakh
1
9
Chhattisgarh
56
10
Gujarat
95
11
Daman and Diu
2
12
Bihar
48
13
Manipur
148
14
Meghalaya
9
15
Assam
176
16
Mizoram
18
17
Tripura
122
18
Telangana
245
19
Andhra Pradesh
176
20
Tamil Nadu
113
21
Uttarakhand
32
22
West Bengal
41
23
Kerala
127
24
Karnataka
64
25
Haryana
2
26
Rajasthan
10
27
Nagaland
43
28
Goa
3
29
Puducherry
1
30
Arunachal Pradesh
2
Total
1990
The Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) inter-alia provides financial assistance for setting up of Fish Farmers Producer Organizations (FFPOs) to economically empower the fishers and fish farmers and enhance their bargaining power. The Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying during the last five years (FY2020-21 to FY 2024-25) has approved projects worth of Rs.544.86 crore for formation of a total 2195 FFPOs in the country including 64 FFPOs in the State of Karnataka. This project is implemented through central agencies namely the National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB), Small Farmers Agri-business Consortium (SFAC), National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED) and National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC). It is reported that so far a total 1990 Fish Farmers Producer Organizations (FFPOs) have been formed in the country including 64 FFPOs in the State of Karnataka. The State-wise details of the Fish Farmers Producer Organizations (FFPOs) formed in the country under PMMSY are furnished at Annexure-I.
The Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying under PMMSY during the last five years (2020-21 and 2024-25) and current year (2025-26) has approved various fisheries developmental projects worth Rs.1,078.12 crore to the Government of Karnataka with a Central share of Rs. 375.04 crore. The major activities approved include construction of ponds, Recirculatory Aquaculture System (RAS), fish/prawn hatcheries, cage culture, ice plants/cold storages, fish transportation facilities, ornamental fisheries units, matsya seva kendras, seaweed culture rafts etc. Besides, two projects namely (i) Establishment of Fish Trade centre at a cost of Rs.805 lakh and (ii) Expansion of fishmeal, fish oil & fish soluble paste manufacturing unit and creation of additional facilities at a cost of Rs.500 lakh restricting the central share of Rs.1.25 crore each have been approved under the Entrepreneurship Model Component of PMMSY.
This information was given by Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Minister Shri Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh in the Rajya Sabha in response to a question asked.
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