The Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Government of India has been focusing on progressive growth of the seaweed sector. In this regard, financial assistances provided for culture rafts and monolines/tubenets along with inputs at a unit costs Rs 1500 and Rs 8000 respectively for seaweed cultivation under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) which is being implemented w.e.f. Financial year (FY) 2020-21. Projects with total cost of Rs. 6258.085 lakh with central share of Rs. 2089.175 lakh have been approved under PMMSY during FY 2020-21 and FY 2021-22 (till date) for various States/Union Territories (UT) and R&D institutions .The year-wise and State/UT-wise details of funds allocated are given in Annexure 1.
A proposal for establishment of Seaweed Park in Tamil Nadu has been received for assistance under PMMSY. So far, no proposal has been received regarding establishment of Seaweed Park in Odessa.
Annexure 1
Year-wise and State/UT-wise details of funds allocated for seaweed cultivation under PMMSY during FY 2020-21 and FY2021-22 (till date)
|
S. No. |
State/UT |
Approved cost of the projects (Rs. in lakh) |
|
|
FY 2020-21 |
FY 2021-22 |
||
|
1 |
Andaman & Nicobar |
82.74 |
– |
|
2 |
Andhra Pradesh |
186 |
3,500 |
|
3 |
Daman & Diu |
– |
120 |
|
4 |
Gujarat |
– |
15 |
|
5 |
Karnataka |
1,750 |
80 |
|
6 |
Maharashtra |
94 |
30 |
|
7 |
Tamil Nadu |
237.48 |
49.98 |
|
8 |
Other Approved Seaweed Projects under Central Sector |
53.185 |
59.70 |
|
Total |
2,403.405 |
3,854.68 |
|
This information was given by The Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying Shri. Parshottam Rupala in the Lok Sabha in a written reply today.
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