"Input Assistance to Farmers for Taking up Fish Farming in Farm Ponds" Component of the "Mukhyamantri Maschyajibi Kalyan Yojana" Scheme

One-day training and awareness programme will be conducted by the District Fisheries Officers for skill up-gradation of the beneficiaries.



Type of Farm Pond with Unit Cost and Pattern of Assistance

The input assistance towards pisciculture on the unit cost of ₹4,00,000/- hectare shall be given to the farmer as a one-time support at 40% for General Category, and 60% for Scheduled Castes (SC)/ Scheduled Tribes (ST)/Women/Transgender/Person with Disability (PwD) Category of farmers.



Model 1

Specification of Farm Pond: 20m x 20m

Seed: 2400

Feed: 10800

Other Input: 2800

Unit Cost (₹): 16000

Subsidy Assistance (₹)

General (40%): 6400

SC/ST/Women/Transgender/PwD (60%): 9600

Model 2

Specification of Farm Pond: 15m x 15m

Seed: 1350

Feed: 6075

Other Input: 1575

Unit Cost (₹): 9000

Subsidy Assistance (₹)

General (40%): 3600

SC/ST/Women/Transgender/PwD (60%): 5400

Model 3

Specification of Farm Pond: 10m x 10m

Seed: 600

Feed: 2700

Other Input: 700

Unit Cost (₹): 4000

Subsidy Assistance (₹)

General (40%): 1600

SC/ST/Women/Transgender/PwD (60%): 2400

*Other Inputs include fertiliser, lime, pro/pre/grow biotics, Vit-min mix, disinfectant, medicines, castnet, etc.

NOTE 1: Farmers are free to stock more seed as per their choice for seed raising purpose.

NOTE 2: The assistance shall be limited to 0.5 acres of water spread area per beneficiary.

The applicant should be a resident of Odisha.

The applicant must have a bank account in his/her name in Odisha.

The farm pond should have been excavated by the applicant.

The farm pond should have been excavated under the various Government schemes including Watershed Development Projects & MGNREGA through the Directorate of Soil Conservation & Watershed Development.

The farm pond should have a minimum 5 feet water depth.

The farm pond should have sufficient water retaining capacity for a minimum 5 months of culture period.

While availing subsidy, the beneficiary family will be considered instead of individual member of the family.

Offline

Step 1: The applicant should take print of the prescribed format of the application form.

Step 2: In the application form, fill in all the mandatory fields, paste the passport-sized photograph (signed across, if required), and attach copies of all the mandatory documents (self-attest, if required).

Step 3: Submit the duly filled and signed application form along with the documents to the Block Level Office.

Step 4: Request a receipt or acknowledgement from the concerned authority to whom the application has been submitted. Ensure that the receipt contains essential details such as the date and time of submission, and a unique identification number (if applicable).

Aadhaar Card (photocopy).

Identification & Residential Proof (Aadhaar card).

A Mobile Number (Aadhaar linked Mandatory).

First page of Bank Passbook (photocopy).

Land Document.

Caste Certificate.

The certificate of identity as transgender person issued by the District Magistrate as per "The Transgender persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019 will be accepted for transgender category.

For differently abled persons the certificate of disability issued by certifying authority/ competent authority indicating 40% or more disability as per "The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 will be acceptable."