Fisheries Infrastructure Development

2025-07-30 Information

The Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying is implementing a flagship scheme namely ‘Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana” (PMMSY) with an investment of Rs.20,050 crore in all States/ Union Territories for a period from financial Year 2020-21 to 2025-26 to bring about Blue Revolution through sustainable and responsible development of fisheries sector and welfare of fishermen. The development of fisheries infrastructure in form of Fishing Harbours, Fish Landing Centers and wholesale fish markets is one of the important areas supported under Pradhan Mantri Matsya Samapada Yojana (PMMSY). The Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying has approved the proposal of development/modernization of 26 fishing harbours, 22 fish landing centres and 21 whole sale fish market under PMMSY. The State/UT wise details of the projects approved during last five years of fishing harbour, fish landing centre and wholesale fish market under PMMSY are furnished at Annexure I. The State/UT wise details of fisheries development project approved under various central schemes are furnished at Annexure II.

The Department of Fisheries, Government of India under PMMSY supports cold chain infrastructure in the form of cold storages, ice plants, freezing and packing plants, fish transportation vehicles including refrigerated and insulated vehicles, fish kiosks, ice/fish holding boxes etc. that helps in strengthening of cold chain logistics for fisheries. So far, the Department of Fisheries, Government of India has approved cold chain projects/activities comprising 634 ice plants/cold storages, 6694 mobile fish kiosks, 27189 units of fish transportation facilities under PMMSY.

In order to enhance fish and seafood export competitiveness and higher price realization, the PMMSY supports a basket of interventions/activities along the fisheries value chain including quality fish production, expansion, diversification and intensification of brackish water aquaculture, promotion of export-oriented species, infusion of technology, robust disease management and traceability, training and capacity building, creation of modern postharvest infrastructure with seamless cold chain, development of modern fishing harbours and fish landing centres, etc. During the financial year 2023-24, India exported an all-time high volume of 17,81,602 MT of Seafood worth Rs. 60,523.89 crore

Annexure-I

A. State/UT-Wise details of Fishing Harbour(FH)/Fish Landing Centre (FLC) Projects approved under PMMSY

Sl no.

Name of State/U.T.

Name of Activity

Approved Units (No.)

Project Cost

(Rs in Crore)

Central Share

(Rs in Crore)

Funds Released

(Rs in Crore) *

Kerala

Fishing Harbour

472.39

281.92

99.41

Tamil Nadu

Fishing Harbour

124.21

113.71

55.75

Fish Landing Centre

26.42

15.85

3.97

Odisha

Fishing Harbour

288.81

149.47

74.80

Maharashtra

Fishing Harbour

96.60

62.64

Fish Landing Centre

114.26

55.97

35.26

Andhra Pradesh

Fishing Harbour

1315.71

340.00

167.93

Fish Landing Centre

126.91

76.14

38.07

Gujarat

Fishing Harbour

121.00

72.60

Nil*

Karnataka

Fishing Harbour

72.17

43.29

Nil*

West Bengal

Fishing Harbour

109.42

65.65

16.14

Assam

Fish Landing Centre

19.91

17.92

8.96

10.

Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu

Fishing Harbour

128.86

Nil*

11.

Puducherry

Fishing Harbour

173.33

13.34

Fish Landing Centre

39.08

9.76

Total

3229.08

1670.39

586.03

B. State/UT-Wise details of Wholesale Fish Market Projects approved under PMMSY

Sl no.

Name of State/U.T.

Name of Activity

Approved Units (No.)

Project Cost (Rs in Crore)

Central Share

(Rs in Crore)

Arunachal Pradesh

Construction of state of art whole sale fish market

19.54

17.59

Assam

Construction of state of art whole sale fish market

25.85

19.79

Bihar

Construction of state of art whole sale fish market

24.71

14.83

Sl no.

Name of State/U.T.

Name of Activity

Approved Units (No.)

Project Cost (Rs in Crore)

Central Share

(Rs in Crore)*

Goa

Construction of state of art whole sale fish market

38.46

23.08

Kerala

Construction of state of art whole sale fish market

103.41

58.94

Maharashtra

Construction of state of art whole sale fish market

35.08

17.38

Odisha

Construction of state of art whole sale fish market

137.38

60.00

Sikkim

Construction of state of art whole sale fish market

2.19

1.97

Telangana

Construction of state of art whole sale fish market

47.04

28.22

10.

Uttar Pradesh

Construction of state of art whole sale fish market

61.88

30.00

11.

Uttarakhand

Construction of state of art whole sale fish market

15.92

14.33

12.

West Bengal

Construction of state of art whole sale fish market

25.26

15.16

Total

536.72

301.29

* Funds are now channelized through SNA-SPARSH in form of Mother Sanctions as per guidelines of Ministry of Finance, Government of India and the concerned State Government/U.T. are utilising the allocated funds under Mother Sanction for implementation of various approved activities including the fishing harbour, fish landing centre & whole sale fish market projects.

Annexure-II

A. State/UT wise details of cumulative investment approved under Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY)

(Rs in lakhs)

Sl. No.

State/UT

Total Project Cost

Central Share approved

Central Funds Released

(i)

(ii)

(iii)

(iv)

(v)

Andaman and Nicobar

5822.10

3095.53

1196.70

Andhra Pradesh

240552.67

56331.08

43013.68

Arunachal Pradesh

20028.09

13232.11

11354.52

Assam

54162.88

29844.11

18760.09

Bihar

54850.48

17440.25

8794.08

Chhattisgarh

93211.45

30876.37

23666.00

Daman & Diu, Dadra and NH

13516.89

13243.49

178.90

Delhi

533.25

286.08

163.30

Goa

11685.19

4911.44

4769.74

Gujarat

89754.81

32486.72

10365.69

Haryana

76086.75

26216.03

12136.61

Himachal Pradesh

15450.52

7921.83

5045.07

Jammu and Kashmir

15019.86

7773.04

11850.39

Jharkhand

44548.36

15163.90

9607.34

Karnataka

105898.15

36613.93

29502.15

Kerala

134755.43

57743.01

34415.24

Ladakh

3399.20

2061.36

1470.62

Lakshadweep

6746.48

4441.63

1442.12

Madhya Pradesh

91960.97

30550.92

24287.17

Maharashtra

147263.78

56029.31

30452.07

Manipur

20181.70

9584.34

2944.63

Meghalaya

13262.36

7425.72

4596.18

Mizoram

14785.80

8128.27

6947.36

Nagaland

16538.38

10696.52

7332.54

Odisha

129842.00

47944.55

34726.21

Puducherry

35230.01

29176.00

6124.91

Punjab

16792.95

4703.61

2695.92

Rajasthan

6612.14

2222.73

512.93

Sikkim

7827.78

4681.83

3300.05

Tamil Nadu

115615.80

44865.07

15394.38

Telangana

33937.09

10872.64

3287.61

Tripura

25974.81

14853.41

6791.59

Uttar Pradesh

129432.78

41230.51

28165.28

Uttarakhand

32297.12

16667.56

18355.72

West Bengal

54439.44

22554.68

5507.70

Others (Transponders, etc.)

36400.00

21840.00

49780.40

Insurance activities

8927.77

Pradhan Mantri Matsya Kisan Samridhi Sah-Yojana (PM-MKSSY)

1193.07

1181.61

Central Sector Projects

202877.29

165148.29

69712.20

Total

2127415.58

918978.71

558756.47

B. State/UT wise details of cumulative investment approved under Fisheries and Aquaculture Infrastructure Development Fund (FIDF)

(Amount 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

Andhra Pradesh

1396.83

653.06

Arunachal Pradesh

0.68

0.54

Assam

0.41

0.18

Goa

6.42

5.00

Gujarat

1354.92

750

Haryana

1.17

0.64

Himachal Pradesh

5.17

5.00

Jammu and Kashmir

120.7

93.17

Karnataka

1.44

0.79

Kerala

211.975

186.56

Maharashtra

1112.98

834.05

Manipur

1.15

0.90

Mizoram

12.710

10.162

Odisha

144.8674

84.18

Puducherry

2.46

1.97

Tamil Nadu

1577.7

1338.3

Telangana

4.7

2.31

Uttar Pradesh

75.22

60.09

West Bengal

66.81

45.37

Uttarakhand

170

133

Madhya Pradesh

Total

107

163

6273.31

4209.05

This information was given by Union Minister of State, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Shri George Kurian, in a written reply in Rajya Sabha on 30^th July, 2025.