Schemes for Empowerment of Fisher Women

Schemes for Empowerment of Fisher Women

मत्स्य पालन विभाग, मत्स्य मंत्रालय, पशुपालन और डेयरी विभाग द्वारा दी गई जानकारी के अनुसार, भारत सरकार 2015-16 के दौरान शुरू की गई “नीली क्रांति: मछली उत्पादन की दिशा मे एक बहुत बड़ा कदम है।इस योजना के द्वारा फिशर मैन , मछली किसान, उद्यमी, सहकारिता, स्वयं सहायता समूह, कोई अन्य निजी प्राप्तकर्ता आदि को लाभ हो रहा है। नीली क्रांति योजना के तहत सभी लाभार्थी उन्मुख घटकों के संबंध में इकाई लागत के 60% के लाभ के लिए महिला लाभार्थियों को वित्तीय सहायता प्रदान की जा रही है।

(a) to (c)  As per the information given by Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Government of India is implementing the umbrella Centrally Sponsored Scheme on “Blue Revolution: Integrated Development and Management of Fisheries” launched during 2015-16, with the following components:

• i.  Development of Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture,
• ii. Development of Marine Fisheries, Infrastructure and Post-Harvest Operations,
• iii.National Scheme on Welfare of Fishermen
• iv.Monitoring, Control and Surveillance and other need-based Interventions (MCS),
• v. Institutional Arrangement for Fisheries Sector,
• vi.Strengthening of Database & Geographical Information System of the Fisheries Sector (SoDGIS),
• vii.National Fisheries Development Board and its activities(NFDB)

The eligible beneficiaries for aforesaid scheme are Fishers, Fish farmers, Entrepreneurs, Cooperatives, SHGs, any other private recipients etc. including women beneficiaries. Under the Blue Revolution scheme the financial assistance is being provided for women beneficiaries to the tune of the 60% of the unit cost in respect of the all the beneficiary oriented components. The details of funds released to Government of Tamil Nadu during the last three years and current year is below

Sl. No.	Financial Year	Funds Released (Rs.in lakh)
1	2016-17	2492.50
2	2017-18	11342.80
3	2018-19	7155.91
4	2019-20 (till date)	0.00
	Total	20991.21

Further, foreseeing the immense scope for development of fisheries  and aquaculture sector, various initiatives have been taken by the Department of Fisheriesby launching a specified scheme on Fisheries and Aquaculture Infrastructure Development Fund (FIDF) on 24th October, 2018, at a total outlay of Rs 7522.48 crore to assist in creating several infrastructural needs of the sector in the country. The details of State/UT -wise release in Fisheries Sector including the State of TamilNadu during 2014-15 to 2019-20 is at Annexure.

Annexure

Statement referred to in the reply to part (c) to the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3397 for 12.07.2019 by

SHRI H VASANTHAKUMAR regarding “Schemes for Empowerment of Fisherwomen”

State/UT -wise release in Fisheries Sector during 2014-15 to 2019-20 (Till date)
(Rs. In lakh)
S.	State/UT/Institutes	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20 (Till date)	Total
1	A & N Islands	84.72	275.00	54.00	179.89	129.09		722.70
2	Andhra Pradesh	1043.60	777.15	1897.00	2162.88	1302.31		7182.94
3	Arunachal Pradesh	88.33	81.30	0.00	222.90	374.68		767.21
4	Assam	462.35	971.14	1641.45	799.66	524.14		4398.74
5	Bihar	309.58	93.84	1948.04	2.25	4078.69		6432.40
6	Chhattisgarh	500.93	446.51	1346.69	1091.92	1045.69	735.76	5167.50
7	Daman & Diu	7.50	21.77	0.00	226.69	0.00		255.96
8	Delhi	15.00	0.00	0.00	136.29	0.00		151.29
9	Goa	280.05	70.82	1000.00	265.24	63.82		1679.93
10	Gujarat	249.13	491.43	386.50	1527.43	1420.80		4075.29
11	Haryana	134.82	194.95	1122.05	779.36	605.90		2837.08
12	Himachal Pradesh	49.34	181.57	1082.32	572.26	1046.13		2931.62
13	Jammu & Kashmir	21.08	213.23	1111.18	404.69	439.54		2189.72
14	Jharkhand	297.72	589.12	2300.20	75.00	925.40		4187.44
15	Karnataka	1401.03	2352.58	2870.54	3324.31	5847.28		15795.74
16	Kerala	3088.85	6713.78	1298.10	812.34	5093.01		17006.08
17	Lakshadweep	0.00	42.25	0.00	53.57	39.90		135.72
18	Madhya Pradesh	416.49	346.09	1400.00	672.02	711.39	404.70	3950.69
19	Maharashtra	1292.45	1263.62	2051.53	2256.81	2861.17		9725.58
20	Manipur	171.96	590.22	0.00	456.15	382.13		1600.46
21	Meghalaya	0.00	36.10	1003.17	139.60	2598.95		3777.82
22	Mizoram	544.37	1016.49	1376.77	261.39	403.75		3602.77
23	Nagaland	1792.36	867.92	965.84	219.40	194.67		4040.19
24	Odisha	1373.16	1256.93	2593.59	1077.68	1022.13	38.40	7361.89
25	Pondicherry	196.00	859.95	999.95	150.00	1448.00		3653.90
26	Punjab	139.57	42.59	999.00	465.36	581.34		2227.86
27	Rajasthan	29.49	34.21	262.10	83.28	70.20		479.28
28	Sikkim	23.19	26.94	379.16	0.00	416.52		845.81
29	Tamil Nadu	5088.69	5700.73	2492.50	11342.80	7155.91		31780.63
30	Telangana	1513.96	165.94	1465.00	479.78	1574.80		5199.48
31	Tripura	54.89	361.96	867.88	341.92	2004.18		3630.83
32	Uttar Pradesh	474.15	672.63	1760.85	238.14	3050.06		6195.83
33	Uttarakhand	82.97	48.85	954.95	746.16	471.08		2304.01
34	West Bengal	987.62	925.84	774.38	649.32	185.40		3522.56
35	NFDB	5997.51	5339.99	3239.03	1399.00	10162.00		26137.53
36	Fisheries Institutes	5157.15	5439.75	165.44	8324.14	8944.39	3173.16	31204.03
37	Others	1965.97	3167.75	601.97	138.35	377.92	15.00	6266.96
	Total	35335.98	41680.94	42411.18	42077.97	67552.37	4367.02	233425.46

The above statement was submitted by Ministry of Women and Child Development of undermentioned Lok Sabha Question:-

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

LOK SABHA 

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3397 

TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.07.2019

SCHEMES FOR EMPOWERMENT OF FISHER WOMEN

3397.  SHRI H VASANTHAKUMAR

Will the Minister of WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

• (a) whether the Government  has launched any new scheme during the last three years with special focus on development of fisherwomen and their children;
• (b) if so, the details thereof; and
• (c) the financial allocations made under these new schemes, State/UT-wise particularly for Tamil Nadu and Kanyakumari district?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVLOPMENT 

(SHRIMATI SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

As above

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