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Uttar Pradesh Fish Farmers’ Welfare Fund (Matsya Palak Kalyan Kosh)

Shown as running by: UP fish farmers’ welfare fund 2026-27 sanction (9 Jun 2026) (9 Jun 2026, Para 2: वित्तीय वर्ष 2026-27 में उ0प्र0 मत्स्य पालक कल्याण कोष के अन्तर्गत … 13-मत्स्य पालक कल्याण कोष 42- अन्य व्यय में धनराशि रू0 2500.00 लाख (रू0 पच्चीस करोड मात्र) की वित्तीय स्वीकृति)

UP fish farmers’ welfare fund · Department of Fisheries, Uttar Pradesh · State scheme

From the state’s fish farmers’ welfare fund: 40% (₹24,000) of an ice box and heavy-duty moped for selling fish, 40% of the electricity bills of a fish-pond tube well, and the 4% interest a fish farmer pays on a fisheries Kisan Credit Card loan up to ₹2 lakh, once.

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40%of the cost, at most
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Who can apply
6kinds of applicant
Closing date
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What it pays

40%of the cost, at most

40% of a heavy-duty moped (₹56,000) and a 50-litre ice box (₹4,000) for selling fish — up to ₹24,000.

Read from UP Matsya Palak Kalyan Kosh — guidelines for 4 items (3 Apr 2025) · clause Para 1.1 table (मद 1–2, योग) · p. 1–2 · Our copy (PDF)
What the document says, word for word

For traditional fishing communities (Kewat, Mallah, Nishad, Bind, Dhimar, Kashyap and others named in para 1.2) or anyone who has earned a living from fish farming for a year or more, living in UP. Not for those who already got a moped/ice-box type subsidy, e.g. under the Nishadraj boat scheme or PMMSY fish marketing (para 1.1, 1.4). You must keep using it for fish work for at least 5 years or the money is recovered (para 1.5(3)).

“1.मछली पकड़ने के जाल /उपकरणों की सुविधा की व्यवस्था करना और मछली विक्रय हेतु मोपेड आइस बॉक्स आदि उपलब्ध कराना: … आइस बॉक्स (न्यूनतम क्षमता 50 ली0) 01 — 4000 — 2400 — 1600; हैवी ड्यूटी मोपेड 01 — 56000 — 33600 — 22400; योग 60000 — 36000 — 24000 [परियोजना धनराशि (₹) — लाभार्थी अंश (%60) — अनुदान (%40)]”
40%of the cost, at most

40% of the electricity bills you paid for a tube well that fills fish ponds or a hatchery, on a commercial connection, for ponds of 0.2 to 2 ha.

Read from UP Matsya Palak Kalyan Kosh — guidelines for 4 items (3 Apr 2025) · clause Para 2.1(अ)–(द), 2.2 · p. 3–4 · Our copy (PDF)
What the document says, word for word

The connection must be commercial (LMV5) and only for fisheries, in the name of the lease-holder/fish farmer; pond area 0.2–2.0 ha (for RAS/biofloc/hatchery the project is the unit) (para 2.2).

“(द) आवेदक द्वारा भुगतान किए गए बीजक एवं भुगतान रसीद के साथ आवेदन प्रस्तुत करने पर संबंधित मत्स्य पालक/मछुआ को उसके द्वारा विद्युत विभाग को कुल भुगतान की गई धनराशि का 40% धनराशि अनुदान सहायता के रूप में उ.प्र. मत्स्य पालक कल्याण कोष से प्रदान किया जाएगा ।”
4%interest relief a year

If you repay a fisheries Kisan Credit Card loan on time, the fund pays back the 4% interest you paid, on a loan of up to ₹2 lakh, once.

Read from UP Matsya Palak Kalyan Kosh — guidelines for 4 items (3 Apr 2025) · clause Para 4.1, 4.4(1)–(2) · p. 7–8 · Our copy (PDF)
What the document says, word for word

This sits on top of the Centre’s 3% prompt-repayment incentive on KCC (para 4.1), so the loan becomes interest-free. Only for KCC working-capital loans for fisheries, ponds of at least 0.2 ha; not for defaulters or anyone covered by another interest relief or loan waiver (para 4.1, 4.4(3), 4.4(5)).

“मत्स्य पालक द्वारा बैंक को समय से भुगतान किए जाने पर क्रेडिट कार्ड ऋण की धनराशि के सापेक्ष लाभार्थी द्वारा ब्याज की भुगतान की गई 4% धनराशि को उ0 प्र0 मत्स्य पालक कल्याण कोष से ब्याज पर आर्थिक सहायता के रूप में प्रदान किया जा सकेगा। … 4.4(2) योजना का लाभ लाभार्थी को केवल एक बार एवं अधिकतम ऋण सीमा रू० 2.00 लाख तक पर ही प्राप्त होगा”

How much can I claim?

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Read from UP Matsya Palak Kalyan Kosh — guidelines for 4 items (3 Apr 2025) · clause Para 1.1 table (मद 1–2, योग) · p. 1–2 · Our copy (PDF)

For traditional fishing communities (Kewat, Mallah, Nishad, Bind, Dhimar, Kashyap and others named in para 1.2) or anyone who has earned a living from fish farming for a year or more, living in UP. Not for those who already got a moped/ice-box type subsidy, e.g. under the Nishadraj boat scheme or PMMSY fish marketing (para 1.1, 1.4). You must keep using it for fish work for at least 5 years or the money is recovered (para 1.5(3)).

Who can apply

  • Other farmer
  • Small or marginal farmer
  • SC farmer
  • ST farmer
  • Woman farmer
  • Landless

Papers you need

  • For the moped: vehicle purchase receipt, registration certificate, ice-box receipt, copy of driving licence and geo-tagged photographs (para 1.5(2))
  • For electricity: the bills and payment receipts of the commercial (LMV5) fisheries connection, in your own or the lease-holder’s name (para 2.1(द), 2.2(2)–(3))
  • For interest: a certificate from the bank that the KCC loan was for fisheries, and a certificate of the interest paid, plus an affidavit that you got no other interest relief or loan waiver (para 4.2(2), 4.3(4), 4.4(4))

How to apply

  1. Apply online on the fisheries department portal (para 1.3(1), 2.3(1), 4.3(1)).
  2. A district committee chaired by the District Magistrate fixes the order of eligible applicants by a digital lottery (para 1.3(2)).
  3. Upload the purchase receipts (or the electricity bills and payment receipts, or the bank’s interest certificate); the district fisheries officer verifies them on the spot (para 1.5, 2.1(द), 4.4(4)).
  4. The help is paid back-ended by DBT to your bank account (for interest, to your KCC account) (para 1.5(2), 2.4(2), 4.4(2)).
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When to apply

The guidelines set no closing date.

Combining with other schemes

  • KCC – Interest Subvention (MISS): can be combined
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