The Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, with effect from financial year 2018-19 is implementing Fisheries and Aquaculture Infrastructure Development Fund (FIDF) with a total fund size of Rs 7522.48 crore  to create and strengthen fisheries and aquaculture infrastructure in the country. FIDF inter-alia provides concessional finance for development of various fisheries infrastructure facilities to the Eligible Entities (EEs), including State Governments/Union Territories, State entities and other stakeholders for development of identified fisheries infrastructure facilities.  Under FIDF, the Department of Fisheries, Government of India provides interest subvention up to 3% per annum for providing the concessional finance by the Nodal Loaning Entities (NLEs) at the interest rate not lower than 5% per annum. Under FIDF scheme, the Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying has so far approved a total 228 proposals/projects at a total cost of Rs. 5559.54 crore with restricting the project cost for interest subvention at Rs. 4351.86 crore for various States/UTs including for the State of Tamil Nadu. Out of these, the Nodal Loaning Entities (NLEs) have so far sanctioned the loan amount to 111 projects amounting to Rs. 4212.05 crore and disbursed a sum of Rs. 1600.56 crore to the beneficiary States and other agencies. The State/UT-wise details of the projects approved under FIDF till date for infrastructural development in Fisheries sector including in the State of Tamil Nadu are furnished below;

 

(Rs. in crores)

Sl No	Name of State	No of private Projects	No of Govt. Projects	Total No. of projects approved	Total Project Cost	Amount eligible for interest subvention
1	Andhra Pradesh	8	0	8	211.88	124.42
2	Arunachal Pradesh	1	0	1	0.68	0.54
3	Assam	1	0	1	0.41	0.18
4	Goa	1	4	5	38.05	36.58
5	Gujarat	1	4	5	984.74	617.45
6	Himachal Pradesh	0	1	1	5.17	5.00
7	Jammu and Kashmir	3	0	3	130.21	100.78
8	Karnataka	2	2	4	43.44	42.79
9	Kerala	6	1	7	262.90	234.97
10	Maharashtra	36	6	42	1230.901	941.17
11	Manipur	4	0	4	1.15	0.90
12	Mizoram	1	0	1	4.14	3.30
13	Odisha	1	7	8	120.17	59.48
14	Puducherry	2	0	2	3.08	2.46
15	Tamil Nadu	7	101	108	2169.03	1955.98
16	Telangana	1	0	1	4.70	2.31
17	Uttar Pradesh	2	0	2	75.22	60.09
18	West Bengal	4	6	10	71.78	49.60
19	Uttarakhand	0	1	1	170.00	133.00
20	Madhya Pradesh	4	1	5	6.90	5.52
21	Jharkhand	7	0	7	24.51	16.67
22	Bihar	2	0	2	20.29	19.61
	Total	95	133	228	5559.54	4351.86

 

The Department of Fisheries, Government of India based on receipt of the techno-financial proposals, has accorded approvals to a total 108 proposals of Government of Tamil Nadu at a total cost of Rs 2404.03 crore restricting the project cost for interest subvention at Rs 2129.84 crore under FIDF. Out of the approved 108 projects, 60 projects have completed and remaining projects are under various stages of implementation.

The projects supported under FIDF to States and Union Territories are primarily include Fishing Harbours, Fish Landing Centers, Ice Plants, Cold Storage, Fish Transport Facilities, Integrated Cold Chain (Marine & Inland Sector), Modern Fish Markets, Brood Banks, Hatcheries, Modernization State Fish Seed Farms, Fisheries Training Centres, Fish Processing Units, Fish Feed Mills/Plants, Cage culture in Reservoir, Mariculture etc.  Out of approved 228 projects, total 68 projects comprising 60 Government implemented projects and 8 Private projects have been completed and remaining projects are at various stages of implementation.  The sector-wise details of infrastructure created under FIDF such as harbours, cold-chain and hatcheries, etc. are furnished below:

 

(Rs. in crores)

Sl. No	Name of the activity	No. of Projects approved	Total Project Cost	Project cost restricted for Interest Subvention
1	Brood Banks	2	14.20	11.36
2	Ice Plants/Cold Storages	5	11.25	7.56
3	Development of Aquaculture including Cage culture in reservoir &Mari culture	8	12.55	7.32
4	Fish Landing Centres	60	343.46	298.39
5	Fish Processing Unit	15	370.17	224.23
6	Modernization Fish Seed Farm	34	144.43	127.33
7	Fishing Harbours & Including Additional Facilities in Fishing Harbour	28	3803.86	3053.04
8	Development of Hatcheries	4	7.86	2.10
9	Fish Feed Mills	3	3.57	2.86
10	Training Centre/Technology Diffusion Centre	11	60.78	49.51
11	Deep-Sea Fishing Vessel	2	4.96	1.92
12	Innovative projects/activities	55	782.18	566.03
13	Establishment of Disease Diagnostic Laboratory	1	0.27	0.21
	Total	228	5559.54	4351.86

 

In order to complement and supplement the effort of the other central Government scheme like Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) as well as State Government’s owned schemes, FIDF acts as an enabling financial mechanism for infrastructure development, while PMMSY provides developmental support, together contributing to sustainable growth, augment of fish production, investment, employment generation and enhancement of fisheries export thereby attributing to enhancement of income of fishers & fish farmers in the country. During the last five years (2020-21 to 2024-25), fish production increased from 141.64 lakh tonne in 2019-20 to 197.75 lakh tonne in 2024-25. Similarly, seafood exports have also increased from Rs.46,666 crore (2019-20) to Rs.62,408 crore (2024-25).

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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