Guwahati: The first review meeting of the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) on June 21 discussed the development of fisheries in the North East region (NER).
NER state fisheries department officials attended the meeting and interacted with the senior central officials.
The development of fisheries in NER receives special attention from Niti Aayog as well as the Ministry of Development of NER. Under PMMSY, a project worth Rs 958.26 crore has been sanctioned with a central share of Rs 525.28 crore (FY 2020-21 to FY 2022-23).
The NER has achieved 72% of its total envisaged investment (Rs 1331 crore) and 68.39% of the allotted central share (Rs 768 crore). It is pertinent to note that no such specific allocation has been done for NER states before 2014.
The sanctioned activities comprised new ponds, integrated fish farming, ornamental fisheries, biofloc, RAS, hatcheries, brood banks, feed mills, etc.
As per the meeting agenda, financial and physical progress was discussed. It was highlighted that all states should expedite the grounding and implementation of approved activities/projects and ensure submission of Utilisation Certificates (UCs) for the release of the next instalment of funds.
Besides, to fulfil SNA compliance, all states were urged to transfer the deficit amount from the state treasury to SNA along with regular submission of important reports of Monthly Progress Report (MPR), PRAYAS and Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT).
PMMSY (2020-21 to 2024-25) was launched at an investment of Rs 20,050 crore with the central government share of Rs 9,407 crore.
To date, under PMMSY, projects worth Rs 14,654.67 crore have been approved from 2020-21 to 2022-23. Nearly 73% of the envisaged investment has been achieved so far.
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