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Fisheries Infrastructure under PMMSY
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Thursday, 31 July, 2025, 08 : 00 AM [IST]
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Our Bureau, New Delhi
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Under Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY), during the last five years (2020-21 to 2024-25), the Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying has supported fisheries infrastructure projects with a total outlay of Rs 17,210.46 crore including central share of Rs 6761.80 crore to enhance fisheries infrastructure to various States/UTs including Karnataka, Tripura and Jammu & Kashmir.
The PMMSY has been playing a vital role in generating significant direct and indirect employment opportunities in the fisheries and allied activities such as fishing, aquaculture, processing, transportation and marketing, ponds preparation etc. The estimated employment generation (both direct and indirect) in Karnataka, Tripura and Jammu & Kashmir since inception of PMMSY are 260392, 142292 and 26364 respectively.
The Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying has notified 34 fisheries clusters in the country including organic fisheries cluster in Sikkim and Meghalaya.
The Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) inter-alia, provides financial assistance for setting up of Fish Farmers Producer Organisations (FFPOs) to economically empower the fishers and fish farmers and enhance their bargaining power. The Department of Fisheries has accorded approval for formation of existing 2000 fisheries cooperative as FFPOs and formation of new 195 FFPOs. The Department of Fisheries through National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB) has formulated action plan to form 12,000 fisheries co-operatives in uncovered panchayats/villages with large water bodies/coastal areas over a period of ten years from the year 2023-24 to 2032-33 in two phases i.e 6000 from 2023-24 to 2027-28 & 6000 from 2028-29 to 2032-33. In addition, the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Kisan Samridhi Saha-Yojana (PM-MKSSY) a sub-scheme of PMMSY envisages to support formalisation and strengthening of 5500 primary fisheries cooperatives with mentoring, capacity building and need based financial support.
The Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Government of India is supporting fisheries startups and entrepreneurs under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) - with the aim to encourage the startups to develop transformative solutions in the fisheries sector and to drive innovation, sustainability and efficiency by supporting Startups with seed funding and incubation through Startup India (Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade). To promote innovation, boost private investment, enhance productivity, strengthen market linkages in the fisheries sector, the Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying has approved 39 Nos of project proposals with subsidy assistance of Rs 31.22 crore, under the Entrepreneur Model of the PMMSY scheme.
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