Development Scheme for Fisheries

Pattern of Assistance:

S.No. Item Maximum Cost of Item Subsidy @ Maximum Admissible Subsidy

1. For setting up of Cold storage / Fish Processing Plant. Upto ₹80 Lakh 25% ₹ 20 lakh
2. Installation of Solar Fish Dryer Plant. Upto ₹ 50 Lakh 50% ₹ 25 lakh
3. Purchase of Crane by the Fisheries Coop. Societies for fishing activity. Upto ₹ 100 Lakh 50% ₹ 50 lakh
4. Installation of Ice Making Machine on fishing vessels. Upto ₹ 10 Lakh 50% ₹ 5 lakh
5. Payment of Insurance premium / Corpus fund for the group insurance of fishing vessels. Upto ₹ 0.50 Lakh 50% ₹ 0.25 lakh/boat



For Insurance of the fishing boats:

To provide the insurance coverage for the fishing vessels, a combined corpus fund would be made for Daman & Diu by paying one time 50% amount by the boat owners through Coop. Society and 50% by the Govt. each.

The corpus fund would be kept in the Nationalised Bank by opening a joint account in the name of the Secretary (Fisheries) and the Fisheries Co-operative Society.

The fund shall be used to provide assistance to boat owners of Daman & Diu only in case of total loss of their registered fishing boat.

The insurance /corpus fund will provide minimum insurance coverage of the multiple of ₹ 1 lakh each, by paying ₹ 1000/- by the owner of the boat and ₹ 1000/- by the Government.

Under this Scheme all the boat owners of Daman & Diu should compulsorily be covered. The 50% amount shall be paid only one time by the boat owner and Govt.

The applicant should be the owner of a fishing vessel registered in Daman & Diu under the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958.

The applicant should possess a valid Vessel Registration Certificate, issued as per online registration under the National Portal “Realcraft”.

The applicant should be an active fisherman.

The applicant should be a resident of Daman & Diu.

The applicant should possess a valid identity proof.

The applicant should be engaged in fisheries-related activities.

The applicant’s fishing boat should be operated only from Daman District or Diu District.

Only such fishing boats operated from Daman or Diu District shall be eligible for back-ended subsidy, assistance, or benefits under the scheme.

The applicant may be a Registered Fisheries Co-operative Society, Insurance Company, boat owner, beneficiary, or entrepreneur of Daman & Diu.

Such applicants shall be eligible for back-ended subsidy or assistance for setting up cold storage, fish preservation or processing plant, fish solar dryer, modernisation of fishing vessels, and installation of ice-making machines on fishing boats.

The applicant, being a boat owner of Daman & Diu, should be compulsorily covered under the insurance scheme for fishing boats.

Insurance-Specific Eligibility Conditions:

The applicant should contribute 50% of the insurance corpus amount on a one-time basis through the Fisheries Co-operative Society.

The remaining 50% contribution shall be paid by the Government.

The corpus fund shall be used only in case of total loss of a registered fishing boat belonging to Daman & Diu.

Offline

The applicant should contact the respective Fisheries Department, UT Administration of Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu to avail the benefits under the scheme.

Identity proof

Passport size photograph

Residence proof

Ration Card

Bank account details

Any other documents (As per requirement)