India, Aug. 11 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
Sl. No.
Name of the States/UTs
Number of Small and Micro Fisheries Enterprises supported
1
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
3,942
2
Andhra Pradesh
2,04,967
3
Assam
1,09,494
4
Bihar
1,10,350
5
Chhattisgarh
46,313
6
Goa
2,234
7
Gujarat
1,02,813
8
Haryana
4,592
9
Himachal Pradesh
11,288
10
Jammu and Kashmir
21,005
11
Jharkhand
26,970
12
Karnataka
82,185
13
Kerala
1,79,487
14
Ladakh
82
15
Lakshadweep
2,895
16
Madhya Pradesh
69,636
17
Maharashtra
2,15,000
18
Manipur
9,673
19
Meghalaya
8,794
20
Mizoram
3,521
21
Nagaland
5,304
22
Odisha
1,41,400
23
Punjab
3,022
24
Rajasthan
3,264
25
Sikkim
1,598
26
Tamil Nadu
1,93,612
27
Telangana
2,35,665
28
Tripura
94,791
29
Uttar Pradesh
98,707
30
Uttarakhand
7,833
31
Arunachal Pradesh
3,579
32
Delhi
494
33
Puducherry
552
34
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
4,230
35
West Bengal
49
20,09,341
Sl. No.
Name of the States
Number of Small and Micro Fisheries Enterprises supported
1
Assam
20
2
Bihar
6
3
Chhattisgarh
1
4
Gujarat
1
5
Karnataka
7
6
Madhya Pradesh
28
7
Maharashtra
9
8
Punjab
1
9
Tamil Nadu
4
10
Uttar Pradesh
4
11
Uttarakhand
2
12
West Bengal
1
Total
84
The Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries Animal Husbandry and Dairying has been implementing a Central Sector Sub-scheme namely the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Kisan Samridhi Sah-Yojana (PM-MKSSY) under the ongoing Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) for a period of four years from FY 2023-24 to FY 2026-27 at an estimated outlay of Rs.6000 crore. The National Fisheries Digital Platform (NFDP) was launched under PM-MKSSY to meet the following aims and objectives of the sub-scheme: -
Under the PM-MKSSY, the Sub-scheme provides support for: (i) formalization of the unorganized part of fisheries sector through National Fisheries Digital Platform and its Apps (ii) facilitating access to institutional credit, (iii) adoption of aquaculture insurance by providing 'one-time incentive' to the farmers by providing 40% of the premium (up to Rs.25,000 per hectare, or Rs.1 lakh per farmer for 4 hectares, SC/ST and women beneficiaries get an additional 10% incentive (iv) improvement of fisheries value-chain efficiencies and establishment of supply chains of safe fish products to consumers through Performance grant for a Microenterprise i.e. 25% of the total investment or Rs.35 lakhs, whichever is lower, for General Category and 35% of total investment or Rs.45 lakhs, whichever is lower, for SC, ST and Women owned microenterprises. In addition, Performance Grant for Village Level Organizations and Federations of SHGs, FFPOs and Cooperatives shall not exceed 35% of total investment or Rs.200 lakhs, whichever is lower. Along with this, PM-MKSSY aims to provide an amount of Rs.10,000 and Rs.15,000 per year for creation and maintenance of jobs for men and woman respectively subject to the limit of 50% of total eligible grant.
As on 06-08-2026, about 35.92 lakh fishers, fish farmers and other stakeholders have registered on NFDP. A total of 3829 primary fisheries cooperatives has been approved for strengthening at a total cost of Rs. 72.75 crores. Aquaculture Insurance policies for 2294 hectare has been covered against which 127 beneficiaries covering 321.74 ha have availed the One-Time Incentive (OTI) amounting to Rs. 40.03 lakh. Further, under the Credit Module, 535 loans have been sanctioned by the banks with loan amount of Rs 28.04 crores and 180 beneficiaries have availed the Success Fee benefit. Under Performance Grant, 84 applications have been approved with eligible Performance Grant of Rs.20.55 crore, out of these, an amount of Rs. 4.33 crore has been released to 21 beneficiaries. The State-wise details of the micro and small fisheries enterprises supported under PM-MKSSY is given at Annexure-I.
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