Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying
Fisheries and Aquaculture Infrastructure
Posted On:
11 FEB 2025 4:24PM by PIB Delhi
The Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying with effect from financial year 2018-19 has been implementing Fisheries and Aquaculture Infrastructure Development Fund (FIDF) with a total fund size of Rs 7522.48 crore. FIDF inter-alia provides concessional finance for development of various fisheries infrastructure facilities to the Eligible Entities (EEs), including State Governments/Union Territories, State entities and other Stakeholders for development of identified fisheries infrastructure facilities. Under FIDF, the Department of Fisheries provides interest subvention up to 3% per annum for providing the concessional finance by the NLEs at the interest rate not lower than 5% per annum. Under FIDF scheme, the Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying has approved a total 136 project proposals/projects at a total cost of Rs.5801.06 crore with project cost restricted for interest subvention at Rs.3858.19 crore received from various State Governments/UTs and other eligible entities. The State/UT-wise details of the project proposals approved under FIDF till date for Infrastructural development in Fisheries sector including Inland fisheries are furnished below:
(Rs. in crores)
|
Sl No
|
Name of State
|
No. of projects approved
|
Total Project Cost
|
Amount eligible for interest subvention
|
|
1.
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
10
|
1396.83
|
653.06
|
|
2.
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
1
|
0.68
|
0.54
|
|
3.
|
Assam
|
1
|
0.41
|
0.18
|
|
4.
|
Goa
|
1
|
6.42
|
5.00
|
|
5.
|
Gujarat
|
5
|
1354.92
|
750.00
|
|
6.
|
Haryana
|
1
|
1.17
|
0.64
|
|
7.
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
1
|
5.17
|
5.00
|
|
8.
|
Jammu and Kashmir
|
2
|
120.70
|
93.17
|
|
9.
|
Karnataka
|
2
|
1.44
|
0.79
|
|
10.
|
Kerala
|
3
|
162.82
|
151.20
|
|
11.
|
Maharashtra
|
13
|
1031.30
|
770.25
|
|
12.
|
Manipur
|
4
|
1.15
|
0.90
|
|
13.
|
Mizoram
|
1
|
8.57
|
6.85
|
|
14.
|
Odisha
|
4
|
60.18
|
33.83
|
|
15.
|
Puducherry
|
1
|
2.46
|
1.97
|
|
16.
|
Tamil Nadu
|
66
|
1576.08
|
1337.81
|
|
17.
|
Telangana
|
1
|
4.70
|
2.31
|
|
18.
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
1
|
0.22
|
0.09
|
|
19
|
West Bengal
|
18
|
66.07
|
44.69
|
|
Total
|
136
|
5801.06
|
3858.19
|
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.
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