Department of Fisheries, Government of Mizoram, India

GOVT. OF INDIA'S PATTERN OF ASSISTANCE UNDER DEVELOPMENT OF FRESHWATER AQUACULTURE (FFDA's)

Sl.No.	Description of Items	Rate
1.	Construction of new ponds/tanks	Rs.3.00 lakh/ha in the plain areas. Subsidy @ 20% with a ceiling of Rs.60,000/ha for all farmers except SCs/STs for whom it will be Rs.75,000/-ha(25%). Rs4.00 lakh/ha in the hill States/Districts and North-Eastern region. Subsidy @ 20% with a ceiling of Rs.80,000/-ha for all farmers except SCs/STs for whom it will be Rs.1,00,000/-ha(25%).
2.	Reclamation/Renovation of ponds/tanks	Rs.75,000/ha. Subsidy @ 20% with a ceiling of Rs.15,000/ha for all farmers except SCs/STs for whom it will be Rs.18,750/ha(25%)
3.	Cost of inputs	a) Finfish Culture-Rs.50,000/ha. Subsidy @ 20% with a ceiling of Rs.10,000/ha for all farmers except SCs/STs for whom it will be Rs.12,500/ha(25%)b) Freshwater Prawn/trout culture-Unit cost Rs.1.8 lakhs/ha. Subsidy @ 20% with a ceiling of Rs.36,000/-per ha except for SC/ST for whom it will be Rs.45,000/ha @ 25%.
4.	Running Water fish culture in hilly areas as well as in plain areas	Rs.20,000/unti of 100sq.meters. The above cost is inclusive of Rs.4,000 towards inputs. Subsidy @ 20% with a ceiling of Rs.4,000/-unit for all farmers except SCs/STs for whom it will be Rs.5,000/unit(25%) ceiling of 3units for each farmer in terms of admissibility of grant.
5.	Freshwater Fish Seed Hatchery	Rs.12 lakh for a fish seed hatchery with 10million(fry) capacity for the plain areas and Rs.16 lakhs for same capacity in the hill States/Districts and NE Region. Subsidy @ 10% with a ceiling of Rs.1.2 lakh and Rs.1.60 lakh in the plain and hilly areas respectively to entrepreneurs only.
6.	Fish feed units	Small Units – Unit cost is Rs.7.5 lakh with a capacity of 1.2 quintals/day. The subsidy would be @ 20% with a ceiling of Rs.1.5 lakh per unit to entrepreneurs.
7.	Establishment of trout and freshwater prawn seed hatchery	(i) Unit cost of Rs.30 lakh for trout and for a large freshwater prawn hatchery with a minimum capacity of 25million PL/year. This would be one time grant to the States for establishment of hatchery at state level.(ii) Unit cost is Rs.12.0 lakh for a small hatchery of 5-10million PL/Year capacity. Subsidy @ 20% with a ceiling of Rs.2.40 lakhs to entrepreneurs as one time grant.
8.	Provision of soil and water testing kits to each FFDA	Unit cost of each soil and water testing kit at Rs.40,000. The kits are sanctioned once to each FFDA as one time grant.
9.	Setting up of integrated units, including hatcheries for ornamental fishes	Unit cost is Rs.15 lakhs which includes hatchery of 5-10million(fry) capacity. Subsidy @ 10% with a maximum ceiling of Rs.1.50 lakh to all categories of fish farmers.
10.	Brood banks for ornamental fishes	Rs.25 lakh per unit including a farm, transport arrangements for dissemination. Available for the State Governments.
11.	Ornamental/fish seed certification	Rs.25 lakh per unit including fish holding facilities and diseases diagnostic laboratories. Available for the State Governments.
12.	Transportation of fish/prawn seed	This will be applicable only for the hill States/ Districts and North-Eastern Region. Subsidy @ Rs.30 for 1000 fry transported to all FFDAs. Not applicable to individual fish farmer.
13.	Purchase of vehicle	50% cost of vehicle for each new FFDA and 50% cost for the replaced vehicle(second vehicle)

Expenditure on all items above except purchase of vehicles (item 12) will be shared on 75:25 basis between Government of India and States . In case of UTs, expenditure will be borne to the extent of 100 percent.
The above assistance under FFDA programme is available only once to a beneficiary.
Subsidy for the construction of new ponds and tanks, reclamation/renovation of ponds/tanks and first year inputs to an individual beneficiary up to 5ha is available with or without institutional finance in the plain areas and 1.0 ha in the hill States/Districts on pro-rata basis.

GOVT. OF INDIA'S PATTERN OF ASSISTANCE UNDER DEVELOPMENT OF WATERLOGGED AREAS

Sl.No	Description of Items	Rate
1.	Development of Waterlogged areas	Unit cost Rs.2.0 lakh/ha. Subsidy @ 20% to the beneficiary with a ceiling of Rs.40,000/-per ha.
2.	Inputs (fish/prawn) seed, feed, manure, fertilizers, preventing measures for disease, transportation charges, etc.)	Unit cost Rs.75,000/-per ha. Subsidy @ 20% to the beneficiary ceiling of Rs.15,000/-per ha.