Fish Farmer Producer Organisation
Fish Farmer Producer Organisation
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 2195 FFPOs in the country including 113 FFPOs in the State of Tamil Nadu. 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 113 FFPOs in the State of Tamil Nadu. The State-wise details of the Fish Farmers Producer Organizations (FFPOs) formed in the country under PMMSY are furnished at Annexure-I. There is no specific proposal at present to form FFPO in the State of Tamil Nadu, particularly in Mayiladuthurai Lok Sabha Constituency.
Annexure-I
Statement regarding Fish Farmer Producer Organizations – State-wise details of the Fish Farmer Producer Organizations (FFPOs) formed under Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) during the last five years (FY2020-21 to FY2024-25)
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
This information was given by Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Minister Shri Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh in the Lok Sabha in response to a question asked.