Credit Schemes for Fisherman
Credit Schemes for Fisherman
In the year 2018-19, Government of India extended the facility of the Kisan Credit Card (KCC) to the fish farmers and fishers to help them to meet their working capital requirements. Reserve Bank of India, vide circular dated 04.02.2019 issued the guidelines for issuance of KCC for fisheries. Till date (08.11.2024), a total of 4,39,493 KCCs have been issued to fishers and fish farmers with a credit amount of Rs. 2810.00 crore. The total budgetary allocation and disbursement towards the KCC credit/loan (including the KCC for fisheries sector), since the year 2014-15, as reported by the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India, since 2014 is at Annexure-I.
Further, the Department of Financial Services (DFS), Ministry of Finance, Government of India has reported that a total credit/loan of Rs.57864.40 crore has been provided to the fisheries sector over the last three financial years, i.e., 2021-22, 2022-23 and 2023-24, including the KCC fishery sector’s working capital loan. The State/UT-wise details of the fisheries sector’s credit/loan for the last 3 years furnished at Annexure-II. The DFS has also reported that prior to the financial year 2021-2022 no separate data had been captured for the fisheries sector.
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Annexure-I
Credit/loan for the overall KCCs, including the KCC for Fisheries Sector.
(Rs. in Crore)
Sr. No.
Year
Budget Allocation
Disbursement of Funds
1
2014-15
6000
6000
2
2015-16
13000
13000
3
2016-17
13397.13
13397.13
4
2017-18
15000
13045.72
5
2018-19
15000
11495.67
6
2019-20
18000
16218.75
7
2020-21
21175
17789.72
8
2021-22
19468.31
21476.93
9
2022-23
19500
17997.88
10
2023-24
23000
14251.92
Annexure-II
State/UT-wise credit/loan disbursement to the Fisheries Sector, including the KCC fishery sector for the last three years
(Rs. in Crore)
Sr.No
Name of the State/UT
FY:2021 – 2022
FY: 2022 – 2023
FY: 2023 – 2024
Total
1
DELHI
4.77
7.32
9.58
21.67
2
HARYANA
579.67
768.47
849.99
2198.13
3
HIMACHAL PRADESH
93.67
128.10
163.67
385.44
4
JAMMU and KASHMIR
31.05
41.29
73.76
146.10
5
PUNJAB
858.61
1314.61
1502.21
3675.43
6
RAJASTHAN
235.00
356.51
586.80
1178.31
7
CHANDIGARH UT
0.73
1.53
0.82
3.08
8
LADAKH
11.17
15.54
19.21
45.92
9
ARUNACHAL PRADESH
1.47
2.77
9.58
13.82
10
ASSAM
80.48
83.56
108.52
272.56
11
MANIPUR
25.50
30.95
15.12
71.57
12
MEGHALAYA
0.86
1.83
2.06
4.75
13
MIZORAM
11.23
21.14
24.69
57.06
14
NAGALAND
0.58
4.13
2.61
7.32
15
SIKKIM
0.73
0.71
3.19
4.63
16
TRIPURA
55.80
36.54
51.54
143.88
17
A and N ISLAND
26.95
28.65
43.12
98.72
18
BIHAR
248.90
287.24
396.60
932.74
19
JHARKHAND
109.62
154.45
189.56
453.63
20
ODISHA
405.62
502.66
715.11
1623.39
21
WEST BENGAL
856.47
968.38
1041.65
2866.50
22
CHHATTISGARH
70.61
103.61
92.96
267.18
23
MADHYA PRADESH
244.38
294.34
309.95
848.67
24
UTTARAKHAND
34.45
45.10
68.12
147.67
25
UTTAR PRADESH
347.80
444.99
515.48
1308.27
26
GOA
50.46
70.83
116.83
238.12
27
GUJARAT
403.41
778.51
1072.94
2254.86
28
MAHARASHTRA
576.23
637.27
1203.24
2416.74
29
D and N HAVELI UT
0.10
0.24
0.16
0.50
30
DAMAN and DIU UT
30.98
45.48
53.91
130.37
31
ANDHRA PRADESH
2088.39
3,103.02
4,262.77
9454.18
32
TELANGANA
739.79
1211.37
1800.03
3751.19
33
KARNATAKA
772.30
1017.77
1396.83
3186.90
34
KERALA
1599.15
2,530.57
2866.12
6995.84
35
PUDUCHERRY
24.28
40.43
87.62
152.33
36
TAMILNADU
3116.04
4,390.85
4993.78
12500.67
37
LAKSHADWEEP UT
0.33
3.79
2.14
6.26
Total
13,737.59
19,474.54
24,652.27
This information was given by the Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Shri Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh, in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.