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A look at PMMSY milestones Increasing budget allocation 2,352
for the PMMSY scheme crore

5.99 26,588 2,356 1,168 1,500

crore
lakh fishermen vehicles were ornamental crore
families assisted arranged fish farming
during the for fish units started.
period of ban on transportation.
fishing. Amount
in rupees
429 16 lakh estimated 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25

beneficiaries directly
cold storages. and indirectly. Fish production increased by more than 83% in a
decade. In 2012-13 it was 95.79 lakh tonnes which
lakh Kisan Credit
increased to 175.45 lakh tonnes in 2022-23.
4.27 Cards were given to
fishermen and fish
farmers.
1.31 63 lakh fishermen and Our government will continue to work

fish farmers got
crore fishermen employment and towards improving the lives of fish farmers
livelihood opportunities. with more credit, access to better markets,
and fish farmers
provided and a vibrant fisheries sector.
group accident
insurance
- Narendra Modi, Prime Minister
coverage of up
to Rs 5 lakh
small enterprises of the fisheries sector by 2025. very slow pace. From independence till 2014, only
Under it, an attempt is being made to formalize the Rs 3,682 crore was invested in this sector. When
unorganized fisheries sector by creating a National the country's leadership changed in 2014-15, the
Fisheries Digital Platform. When Prime Minister direction of this sector also changed. With a budget
Narendra Modi took the country's leadership in provision of Rs 30,572 crore from 2014 to 2024-
2014, the Blue Revolution scheme was started for 2025 including PMMSY, Blue Revolution Scheme,
the first time in the country after the Green and and Fisheries Infrastructural Development Fund,
White Revolution. Taking it forward, the Pradhan work is underway to increase the income of fish
Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana was launched in farmers by helping them in infrastructure and
September 2020 in which Rs 20.50 thousand crore fisheries. In the last decade, India's annual fish
will be spent till 2024-25. In the last 4 years, projects production has increased by about 83 percent from
worth Rs 18,721 crore have been approved. 95.79 lakh tonnes to a record of 175.45 lakh tonnes.
This has strengthened the infrastructure in These figures show that the income of aquaculture
the fisheries sector and has also fostered the farmers in the country is increasing. The sector of
possibility of opportunities and profits. In the 75 fisheries and aquaculture is becoming a source of
years after independence, the fisheries sector employment, income, and entrepreneurship among
transformed into a commercial enterprise at a the youth. n

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