Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying
Fish Farmer Producer Organisation
Posted On:
17 MAR 2026 3:21PM by PIB Delhi
The Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) inter-alia provides financial assistance for setting up of Fish Farmers Producer Organizations (FFPOs) to economically empower the fishers and fish farmers and enhance their bargaining power. The Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying during the last five years (FY2020-21 to FY 2024-25) has approved projects worth of Rs.544.86 crore for formation of 2195 FFPOs in the country including 113 FFPOs in the State of Tamil Nadu. This project is implemented through central agencies namely the National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB), Small Farmers Agri-business Consortium (SFAC), National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED) and National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC). It is reported that so far a total 1990 Fish Farmers Producer Organizations (FFPOs) have been formed in the country including 113 FFPOs in the State of Tamil Nadu. The State-wise details of the Fish Farmers Producer Organizations (FFPOs) formed in the country under PMMSY are furnished at Annexure-I. There is no specific proposal at present to form FFPO in the State of Tamil Nadu, particularly in Mayiladuthurai Lok Sabha Constituency.
Annexure-I
Statement regarding Fish Farmer Producer Organizations - State-wise details of the Fish Farmer Producer Organizations (FFPOs) formed under Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) during the last five years (FY2020-21 to FY2024-25)
|
S.No.
|
Name of State/UTs
|
Number of FFPOs formed
|
|
1
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
107
|
|
2
|
Jharkhand
|
28
|
|
3
|
Odisha
|
30
|
|
4
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
75
|
|
5
|
Maharashtra
|
196
|
|
6
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
2
|
|
7
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
18
|
|
8
|
Ladakh
|
1
|
|
9
|
Chhattisgarh
|
56
|
|
10
|
Gujarat
|
95
|
|
11
|
Daman and Diu
|
2
|
|
12
|
Bihar
|
48
|
|
13
|
Manipur
|
148
|
|
14
|
Meghalaya
|
9
|
|
15
|
Assam
|
176
|
|
16
|
Mizoram
|
18
|
|
17
|
Tripura
|
122
|
|
18
|
Telangana
|
245
|
|
19
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
176
|
|
20
|
Tamil Nadu
|
113
|
|
21
|
Uttarakhand
|
32
|
|
22
|
West Bengal
|
41
|
|
23
|
Kerala
|
127
|
|
24
|
Karnataka
|
64
|
|
25
|
Haryana
|
2
|
|
26
|
Rajasthan
|
10
|
|
27
|
Nagaland
|
43
|
|
28
|
Goa
|
3
|
|
29
|
Puducherry
|
1
|
|
30
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
2
|
|
|
Total
|
1990
|
This information was given by Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Minister Shri Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh in the Lok Sabha in response to a question asked.
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