46. Promoting aquaculture through easy access to credit
Status: Key steps include launching Pradhan Mantri Matsya Kisan Samridhi Sah-Yojana to let fishery MSMEs/cooperatives access institutional credit, the Fisheries and Aquaculture Infrastructure Development Fund (FIDF) for concessional finance to state governments for developing fisheries infrastructure projects, credit limit of up to Rs 3 lakh to fishery farmers for their working capital, and inserting food and agro-processing (including fish and sea foods) as eligible under Priority Sector Lending (PSL).i ii iii