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Insurance to Deep-Sea Fishermen

Posted On: 18 MAR 2025 3:51PM by PIB Delhi

The Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Government of India is implementing the following schemes and programme in the country for all round development of Fisheries and Dairy Sectors:

  1. Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY),
  2. Fisheries and Aquaculture Infrastructure Development Fund (FIDF),
  3. Supporting Dairy Cooperatives and Farmer Producer Organizations (SDCFPO)
  4. National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD) and
  5. Dairy Processing and Infrastructure Development Fund (DIDF),

The year-wise Budget allocations under the aforesaid schemes implemented by the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying for development of fisheries and dairy sector during the period of 2021-22 to 2025-26 is furnished at Annexure-I.  The State/ UT-wise details funds provided by the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying and utilization thereof by the States/ UTs under the aforesaid schemes for development of fisheries and dairy sector during the last four years are furnished at Annexure-I, II, III, IV, V and VI.

In order to provide social security measure to fishers, the Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Government of India under the ongoing Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) provides accidental insurance coverage to fishers including Deep-Sea Fishermen, wherein the entire insurance premium amount is borne by the Central and State Government, with no contribution from the beneficiary. The insurance coverage provided under the PMMSY includes (i) Rs.5,00,000/- against death or permanent total disability, (ii) Rs.2,50,000/- for permanent partial disability and (iii) hospitalization expenses in the event of accident for a sum of Rs. 25,000/. Besides, the insurance premium subvention scheme for fishing vessels intended to cover partial loss/ total loss arising due to natural calamities and accidental risks causing damage to hull, machineries and accessories including fishing nets is at its final stage for rollout with a premium rate of 2 % [plus applicable Goods and Services Tax (GST)] of the sum insured for fishing vessels irrespective of the size and categories.

During last four years (2020-24) under the PMMSY, the Department of Fisheries, Government of India has accorded approval to the various marine fisheries developmental projects including mariculture activities for sustainable utilization of marine resources in Indian coastal waters. These activities include support for introduction of 480 numbers of deep-sea fishing vessels and 1,338 numbers of upgradation of existing vessels for traditional fishermen for export competency, 1525 numbers of sea cages, 10 numbers of marine fin-fish hatcheries, 2307 numbers of bivalve cultivation units (including mussels, clams, pearl etc.) and 47,245 numbers of rafts and 65,480 numbers of monoline tube nets for Seaweed cultivation. Further, the Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Government of India is also providing training and capacity building programme amongst fishers and fish farmers for various activities including application of modern technologies in fisheries and aquaculture under Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) with 100 % central share through National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB). The said training and skill development programs includes diverse areas of aquaculture, like intensive freshwater aquaculture, brackish water aquaculture, mariculture, Seaweed cultivation, coldwater aquaculture, ornamental fisheries, fish processing and marketing, species-specific hatchery/ breeding technologies of various commercial important fish species.

The Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, with effect from financial year 2018-19 is 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 Next Level Entrepreneurs (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 to various States/ UTs. The State/ UT-wise details of the project approved under FIDF till date for infrastructural development in Fisheries sector.  The projects supported under FIDF to States and Union Territories are including Fishing Harbours (FHs), Fish Landing Centres (FLCs), ice plants, cold storage, fish transport facilities, integrated cold chain (marine and inland sectors), modern fish markets, brood banks, hatcheries, modernization State fish seed farms, Fisheries Training Centres (FTCs), fish processing units, fish feed mills/ plants, cage culture in reservoirs, mariculture etc. 

Annexure-I

Year-wise Budget Allocations under the various schemes implemented for development of fisheries and Dairy sector during the period of 2021-22 to 2025-26):

Year

BE

RE

Expenditure

I. Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY),

2021-22

1000.00

1200.00

1169.19

2022-23

1879.00

1410.00

1169.86

2023-24

2000.00

1500.00

1148.88

2024-25

2352.00

1500.00

989.32*

2025-26

2465.00

 

 

II. Fisheries and Aquaculture Infrastructure Development Fund (FIDF)

2021-22

1500.00

1000.00

1000.00

2022-23

1200.00

1200.00

1200.00

2023-24

2500.00

2500.00

2440.00

2024-25

3000.00

2500.00

625.00

2025-26

3000.00

-

 

III. National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD)

2021-22

255.00

402.90

402.90

2022-23

340.01

220.00

219.40

2023-24

326.93

371.00

370.83

2024-25

371.00

450.00

420.29*

2025-26

 

 

 

IV. Dairy Processing and Infrastructure Development Fund (DIDF)

2021-22

49.00

 

10.00

2022-23

100.00

 

23.52

2023-24

40.00

 

40.00

2024-25

100.00

 

51.26*

2025-26

100.00

 

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V. Supporting Dairy Cooperatives and Farmer Producer Organizations (SDCFPO)

2021-22

100.00

130.00

130.00

2022-23

100.00

100.00

100.00

2023-24

100.00

121.00

117.75

2024-25

100.00

100.00

100.00 (Assignment)

2025-26

100.00

 

 

                        *Expenditure till date

Annexure-II

State-wise details of funds released under Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) during the last four years and current years (i.e. 2020-21 to 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

54712.98

17365.23

7928.31

 

6

Chhattisgarh

92338.45

30404.41

20569.40

 

7

D & D& Dadra & NH

13516.89

6800.65

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

89925.00

29449.98

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

 

Total

18,606,26.07

6,992,16.37

3,996,54.2

 

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Annexure-III

The State/UT-wise details of the project approved under Fisheries and Aquaculture Infrastructure Development Fund (FIDF) till date for Infrastructural development in Fisheries sector;

(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

 

Puducherry

1

2.46

1.97

15.

Tamil Nadu

66

1576.08

1337.81

16.

Telangana

1

4.70

2.31

17.

Uttar Pradesh

1

0.22

0.09

18.

West Bengal

18

66.07

44.69

Total

136

5801.06

3858.19

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Annexure-IV

The State-wise details of release of funds under the National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD) during last five years (i.e. 2020-21 to 2024-25).

(Rs. in lakhs)

Sl. No.

NAME OF STATE/ UT

Total Expenditure made

1

Andhra Pradesh

7342.25

2

Assam

336.4

3

Bihar

275.3

4

Goa

39.81

5

Gujarat

17267.24

6

Haryana

502.69

7

Himachal Pradesh

2627.18

8

Jammu & Kashmir

9849.43

9

Jharkhand

915.79

10

Karnataka

12657.83

11

Kerala

3872.73

12

Ladakh

50

13

Madhya Pradesh

1621.78

14

Maharashtra

1349.59

15

Manipur

901.89

16

Meghalaya

3062.52

17

Nagaland

394.71

18

Odisha

1591.08

19

Puducherry

481.05

20

Punjab

9296

21

Rajasthan

9551.93

22

Sikkim

2427.82

23

Tamil Nadu

10352.22

24

Telangana

1082.29

25

Tripura

604.14

26

Uttar Pradesh

544.9

27

Uttarakhand

2342.16

28

West Bengal

71.47

 

Grand total

101412.2

Annexure-V

The State-wise details of release of funds for the infrastructure development support Supporting Dairy Cooperatives and Farmer Producer Organizations (SDCFPO) during last four years (i.e. 2020-21 to 2024-25).

S No

Name of the State/UTs

Total

1

Andhra Pradesh

12.94

2

Assam

0.04

3

Bihar

3.22

4

Gujarat

516.34

5

Haryana

2.16

6

Jammu and Kashmir

0.00

7

Jharkhand

0.35

8

Karnataka

26.68

9

Madhya Pradesh

1.03

10

Maharashtra

19.74

11

Odisha

0.00

12

Punjab

29.20

13

Rajasthan

8.40

14

Tamil Nadu

7.73

15

Telangana

0.65

16

Uttar Pradesh

0.22

 

Total

628.70

 

Annexure-VI

The State-wise details of release of funds for the infrastructure development support Dairy Processing and Infrastructure Development Fund (DIDF) as on 31-12-2024 during last four years (i.e. 2020-21 to 2024-25).

Sl. No.

State

No of Projects

(Rs in Crore)

Total Project Cost

Loan sanctioned

Loan disbursed

Total

NDDB's projects

1

Andhra Pradesh

1

97.75

78.20

34.73

2

Bihar

1

113.27

78.80

76.39

3

Gujarat

5

1879.11

1469.59

1280.76

4

Haryana

4

420.19

336.14

197.50

5

Karnataka

10

2479.90

1344.83

1028.98

6

Kerala

1

15.25

12.20

8.62

7

Madhya Pradesh

1

338.00

270.40

237.86

8

Maharashtra

2

488.33

290.66

247.13

9

Punjab

4

318.41

249.77

205.73

10

Rajasthan

1

79.33

59.77

55.35

11

Telangana

3

261.51

156.70

134.22

12

Tamil Nadu

3

239.16

191.32

28.08

 

TOTAL

36

6730.21

4538.38

3535.34

NCDC's projects

1

Tamil Nadu

1

46.66

37.33

19.33

GRAND TOTAL

37

6776.87

4575.71

3554.67

 

This information was given by Union Minister of State, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Shri George Kurian, in a written reply in Lok Sabha on 18th March, 2025.

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