Under Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY), during the last five years (2020-21 to 2024-25), the Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying has supported fisheries infrastructure projects with a total outlay of Rs.17,210.46 crore including central share of Rs.6761.80 crore to enhance fisheries infrastructure to various States/UTs including Karnataka, Tripura and Jammu & Kashmir. The State-wise details of fisheries infrastructure approved to the States of Karnataka, Tripura and Jammu & Kashmir is furnished as Annexure-I

The PMMSY has been playing a vital role in generating significant direct and indirect employment opportunities in the fisheries and allied activities such as fishing, aquaculture, processing, transportation and marketing, ponds preparation etc. The estimated employment generation (both direct and indirect) in Karnataka, Tripura and Jammu & Kashmir since inception of PMMSY are 260392, 142292 and 26364 respectively.

The Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying has notified 34 fisheries clusters in the country including organic fisheries cluster in Sikkim and Meghalaya. The State-wise details of the fisheries clusters notified including Karnataka, Tripura and Jammu & Kashmir is furnished as Annexure-II.

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 has accorded approval for formation of existing 2000 fisheries cooperative as FFPOs and formation of new 195 FFPOs. The Department of Fisheries through National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB) has formulated action plan to form 12,000 fisheries co-operatives in uncovered panchayats/villages with large water bodies/coastal areas over a period of ten years from the year 2023-24 to 2032-33 in two phases i.e 6000 from 2023-24 to 2027-28 & 6000 from 2028-29 to 2032-33. In addition, the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Kisan Samridhi Saha-Yojana (PM-MKSSY) a sub-scheme of PMMSY envisages to support formalisation and strengthening of 5500 primary fisheries cooperatives with mentoring, capacity building and need based financial support.

The Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Government of India is supporting fisheries startups and entrepreneurs under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) - with the aim to encourage the startups to develop transformative solutions in the fisheries sector and to drive innovation, sustainability and efficiency by supporting Startups with seed funding and incubation through Startup India (Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade). To promote innovation, boost private investment, enhance productivity, strengthen market linkages in the fisheries sector, the Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying has approved 39 Nos of project proposals with subsidy assistance of Rs. 31.22 Crores, under the Entrepreneur Model of the PMMSY scheme.

Annexure-I

State-wise details of fisheries infrastructure approved to the States of Karnataka, Tripura and Jammu & Kashmir

 

S.No.	Name of the State	Total investment (Rs. in crores)	Fisheries infrastructure projects/ Activities supported under PMMSY
1	Karnataka	1058.98	Fishing Harbours & Fish Landing Centres, Fish hatcheries, construction of ponds, acquisition of deep sea fishing vessels, cage culture, Recirculatory Aquaculture Systems, ornamental fisheries units, ice plant/cold storages, Fish kiosks, upgradation of existing fishing vessels, Communication & Tracking devices like transponders.
2	Tripura	259.74	Aqua Park, Fish hatcheries, construction of ponds, Ornamental fisheries units, Re-circulatory Aquaculture Systems, Biofloc units, fish feed mills, Fish value addition units.
3	Jammu and Kashmir	150.20	Trout Raceways, Trout Hatcheries, Re-circulatory Aquaculture Systems, Biofloc units, ponds, fish feed mills, fish kiosks, fish transport vehicles, Ornamental fisheries units, fish value addition units.

 

Annexure-II

State-wise details of the fisheries clusters notified under PMMSY

Sl. No.	Name of the State/UT	Name of the Cluster	Leading District	Partnering District
(i)	(iii)	(ii)	(iv)	(v)
	Jammu & Kashmir	Coldwater Fisheries	Anant Nag	Kulgam & Shopian
	Haryana	Saline Water Aquaculture	Sirsa	Rohtak, Hissar & Fatehabad
	Madhya Pradesh	Reservoir Fisheries	Bhopal (Halali Dam)	Khandwa (Indira Sagar Dam)
	Chhattisgarh	Tilapia Cluster	Raipur	Dhamtri & Kanker
	Bihar	Wetland Fisheries	Siwan	Gopalganj & Chapra
	Uttar Pradesh	Pangasius Cluster	Sidarth Nagar	Maharajganj and Kabir Nagar, Basti
	Odisha	Scampi Cluster	Balasore	Mayurbhanj & Bhadrakh
	Andhra Pradesh	Brackish water Aquaculture	West Godavari (Bhimavaram)	Krishna, Elluru & Nellore
	Karnataka	Sea Cage Cluster	Karwar	Badkal & Kumtta
	Sikkim	Organic Fisheries cluster	Soreng	-
	Jharkhand	Pearl Cluster	Hazaribagh	-
	Tamil Nadu	Ornamental Fisheries Cluster	Madurai	-
	Lakshadweep Islands	Seaweed Cluster	-	-
	Andaman & Nicobar Islands	Tuna Cluster	--	--
	Telangana	Murrel Cluster	Mancherial	Peddapalli
	Kerala	Pearl Spot Cluster	Kollam	Kottayam
	Gujarat	Fishing Harbour	Veraval	Mangrol fishing Harbour
	Punjab	Saline water Aquaculture	Muktsar Sahib	Fazilka
	Uttarakhand	Cold water Fisheries	Pithoragarh	Chamoli Bageswar
	West Bengal	Dry Fish Cluster	Purba Mednipur	Sagar Island
	Puducherry	Fishing Harbour	Karaikal Fishing Harbour	Thengaithitu Fishing Harbour
	Nagaland	Integrated fish farming	Mokokchung	Chumoukedima
	Manipur	Pengba fish cluster	Bishnupur	Loktak Lake
	Assam	Riverine Fisheries	Golpara	Kamrup & Darang
	Mizoram	Paddy cum fish cluster	Kolasib	Serchhip
	Arunachal Pradesh	Aqua-tourism cluster	Ziro	Tawang, West Kameng & Shi-Yomi
	Ladakh	Coldwater fisheries	Kargil	Leh
	Goa	Estuarine cage culture	North Goa	South Goa
	Himachal Pradesh	Coldwater Fisheries	Kullu District	Mandi
	Tripura	Pabda fisheries cluster	Unakoti	North Tripura
	Rajasthan	Saline water aquaculture	Churu	Hanumangarh
	Maharashtra	Fisheries Cooperatives	Raigad	Ratnagiri
	Dadar & Nagar Haveli and Daman Diu	Fishing Harbour	Diu (Vanakbara)	--
	Meghalaya	Organic fish farming	West Khasi Hills	East Khasi Hills

 

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 29th July, 2025.

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