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 1st crop and 50:50 on 2nd 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 2nd year and 1250 in 4th 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: | 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