PMMSY Brackish Aquaculture Inputs

Under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY), the Department of Fisheries provides funding towards input costs for the first crop raised in newly built brackish-water ponds and tanks. This corresponds to item 1.9 of the scheme's activity list.

The unit cost is benchmarked at ₹6.00 lakh per hectare, which covers seed, feed and other production inputs. For a general beneficiary, government assistance works out to ₹2.40 lakh per hectare; for an SC/ST/Women beneficiary, it is ₹3.60 lakh per hectare. Support is one-time and applies to the first crop alone, and is usually claimed alongside the pond-construction activity.

Proposals must be submitted to the State/UT Fisheries Department.

- Build the new brackish-water pond or tank against which inputs are being claimed. - Draw up an input-cost proposal using the unit cost of ₹6.00 lakh per hectare. - File it with your District or State Fisheries Officer under PMMSY, attaching pond particulars and, where the higher rate is being claimed, a category certificate. - The State Fisheries Department carries out appraisal and sanctions the claim under the Annual Action Plan. - Funds are disbursed once the stocked pond has been verified.

State and UT Fisheries Departments check each proposal against the activity norms and unit costs laid down under PMMSY. Those that clear the check are ranked by priority within the outlay fixed in the approved Annual Action Plan, after which the proposals go forward for sanction. Assistance is released only once the asset created has been physically verified.