Subsidy

PILOT SHRIMP FARMING CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

Total Cost:                                                              Rs.4147.025 Million       

Punjab Govt. Share:                                              Rs.2647.025 Million

Farmer share:                                                          Rs.1500.000 Million

Gestation period:                                                      60 months (2019-20 to 2023-24)

INTERVENTIONS

• Shrimp farm development financial support for 2500 Acres (75:25 on 1^st crop and 50:50 on 2^nd crop) (Govt. : Framer)
• Establishment of Saline Water Aquaculture Research Center at Muzaffarghar
• Value chain development (fish/shrimp  hatcheries (04),  fish/shrimp feed mills (02) & fish/shrimp processing plants(02)
• Up-gradation of training sub centers Bahawalpur and Rawalpindi.

SUBSIDY CRITERIA

• Each farmer will be allotted five or ten acres and total 2500 acres (1250 in 2^nd year and 1250 in 4^th year of the project).
• Subsidy of 75 % of the actual total cost of shrimp seed and feed (per acre) or Rs.300,000/acre whichever is less during the first crop/season.
• Similarly, subsidy of 50 % of the actual total cost of shrimp seed and feed (per acre) or Rs.200,000/acre.
• Subsidy will be given to the eligible applicants on first come first serve basis.
• If the applicants are more than the availability of financial assistances then    Qura Andazi will be conducted accordingly.

CAGE FISH CULTURE CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

Total Cost:Rs. 1774.867 Million 

Punjab Govt. Share: Rs. 1474.867 Million

Farmer Share:Rs.300.000 Million

            Gestation period:                                      60 months (2019-20 to 2023-24)

INTERVENTIONS

• Establishment of 8 Mobile Fish Health Labs at all divisional H/Q except Sahiwal
•  Cage development financial support for installation of 5000 cages

(80:20) (Govt. : Farmer)

SUBSIDY CRITERIA

• Total 5000 number of cages will be installed under this project. Each farmer will be provided 10 or 20 cages (as per his own request).
• Cages will be allocated on first come first serve basis.
• If the numbers of applicants are more than the availability of cages, then “Qura-Andazi” will be conducted.
• Financial assistance to the selected farmers will be 80 % of actual cost of the cages or Rs. 0.240m per cage whichever less in the form of cage installation is.
• The other operational and maintenance expenditure will be made by the farmer himself.