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Aquaculture parks established under PMMSY

Aquaculture parks established under PMMSY

Integrated Aquaparks are developed under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) as hubs, comprising multifarious fisheries covering various aspects of fisheries and aquaculture value chain. Inter-alia, Aquaparks are envisaged as a hub of production of quality seed and feed, pre and post-harvest infrastructure, business & commerce, logistics, marketing, export promotion, innovation, technology incubation, knowledge dissemination, recreation amongst the many others.

The Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying during the last four financial years (FY 2020-21 to FY 2023-24) and current financial year (FY 2024-25) has accorded approval for setting up of a total 11 integrated aquaparks in the country at a total cost of Rs 682.6 crore with central share of Rs 459.18 crore. State-wise details of the Integrated Aquaparks approved under PMMSY are furnished at Annexure-I.

Under PMMSY, Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying during the last five financial years (2020-21 to 2024-25) has sanctioned 48 projects worth Rs.1156.15 crore to Government of Tamil Nadu with Rs. 448.65 crore of total share of Government of India in the total project cost, which includes Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs).

State-wise consolidated details of projects approved and central fund released under Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana during last 4 years (FY2020-21 to 2023-24) and current financial year  2024-25 are furnished at Annexure-II.

The Development Monitoring and Evaluation Office (DMEO), National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog, Government of India has taken up an evaluation of all the Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) of Government of India implemented during the current Finance Commission Cycle. This comprehensive evaluation of all the schemes of agriculture and allied sectors taken up by the NITI Aayog also include evaluation of PMMSY being implemented by the Department of Fisheries.

Besides, the Department of Fisheries, GoI, through the National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB) is also taking up evaluation of the PMMSY through an independent agency.

Annexure-I

State-wise details of the Integrated Aquaparks approved under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) during the last four financial years (FY 2020-21 to FY 2023-24) and current financial year (FY 2024-25)

 

Sl. No

Name of the State

Details of Integrated Aquaparks

Physical (No.)

Proj. Cost

GoI Share

1

Andhra Pradesh

1

8808

5285

2

Arunachal Pradesh

1

4359.04

3923.14

3

Assam

1

3296.61

2966.94

4

Chhattisgarh

1

3710.69

2226.41

5

Haryana

1

9890

4868

6

Madhya Pradesh

1

2500

1500

7

Nagaland

1

4234.99

3811.49

8

Odisha

1

10000

6000

9

Tamil Nadu

1

12771

7516

10

Tripura

1

4239.94

3815.95

11

Uttarakhand

1

4450

4005

Total

11

68260.27

45917.93

 

Annexure-II

 

State-wise consolidated details of projects approved and central fund released under Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana during last 4 years (FY2020-21 to 2023-24) and current financial year  2024-25

                                                                                    (Rs. in lakhs)

Sl. No.

State/UT

Total Project Cost

Central Share

Funds Released

(i)

(ii)

(iii)

(iv)

(v)

1

Andaman & Nicobar

5867.10

3122.53

696.70

2

Andhra Pradesh

239872.67

55910.38

48211.79

3

Arunachal Pradesh

20028.09

13232.27

9847.62

4

Assam

53962.88

29682.11

20731.89

5

Bihar

52241.50

15882.35

7928.31

6

Chhattisgarh

92338.45

30404.41

20569.40

7

D & D& Dadra & NH

12916.89

6500.65

178.90

8

Delhi

533.25

286.08

163.30

9

Goa

11616.49

4849.74

4405.68

10

Gujarat

96068.53

29277.71

6516.70

11

Haryana

76086.75

26216.03

10151.73

12

Himachal Pradesh

15388.15

7861.50

3813.69

13

Jammu & Kashmir

15019.86

7773.04

7961.80

14

Jharkhand

43856.06

14818.28

11570.76

15

Karnataka

105634.95

36350.59

35958.72

16

Kerala

135811.54

57628.59

31842.33

17

Ladakh

3374.60

2036.76

1016.99

18

Lakshadweep

6763.48

4458.13

1419.12

19

Madhya Pradesh

80745.00

26145.18

19013.71

20

Maharashtra

144767.36

54426.66

27877.83

21

Manipur

20181.70

9584.33

2944.63

22

Meghalaya

13262.36

7425.73

3596.21

23

Mizoram

14785.80

8128.27

6347.38

24

Nagaland

16368.38

10543.52

6709.46

25

Odisha

113867.60

46425.75

25983.27

26

Puducherry

33866.46

22996.05

5713.91

27

Punjab

16792.95

4514.79

2476.27

28

Rajasthan

7095.14

2372.65

864.12

29

Sikkim

7827.43

4681.43

3300.05

30

Tamil Nadu

115284.67

44535.55

13631.12

31

Telangana

34117.09

10842.16

9582.93

32

Tripura

25862.81

14762.41

5859.84

33

Uttar Pradesh

129432.10

41230.99

28911.70

34

Uttarakhand

32297.07

16667.37

8780.37

35

West Bengal

54439.43

22554.70

5075.97

36

Others (Transponders, etc.)

36400.00

21840.00

0.00

Total A

1886774.58

724445.67

399654.16

This reply was given by the Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Shri Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh in Rajya Sabha today.

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