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"Immediate Relief Assistance" under "Welfare and Relief for Fishermen During Lean Seasons and Natural Calamities Scheme"
PuducherryIndividualFamilyState/ UTNo start date
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What this is

The scheme "Immediate Relief Assistance" under "Welfare and Relief for Fishermen During Lean Seasons and Natural Calamities Scheme" is introduced to extend financial assistance to the fishermen's families to compensate for the loss due to the missing breadwinner and to support them financially.

In detail

The scheme "Immediate Relief Assistance" is a Sub-Component under the scheme "Welfare and Relief for Fishermen During Lean Seasons and Natural Calamities Scheme". The scheme is extended to all the regions of the Union territory of Puducherry. The scheme is introduced with the objective of extending financial assistance to the fishermen's families to compensate for the loss due to the missing breadwinner and to support them financially to run their family.

Who qualifies

  • The applicant should be the family (legal heir) of the missing fisherman.
  • The missing fisherman should have been a resident of the Union territory of Puducherry.
  • The missing fisherman must have lost his/her life while fishing.
  • The missing fisherman must have been in the age group of 18-60 years.
  • The missing fisherman must not have been a beneficiary of the old age pension scheme.
  • The missing fisherman should have enrolled as a member of the Fishermen/Fisherwomen Co-operative Society.

What you get

₹ 1,00,000, in two installments of ₹ 50,000 each, as immediate relief assistance for the family (legal heir) of the missing fisherman.

> Disbursal

  • Initially, 50% will be extended within 3 months from the date of receipt of the application from the family (legal heir).
  • The family (legal heir) should approach this department for the release of the balance 50% of the relief which will be deposited in the bank in a joint account in the name of kin (legal heir) and the competent authority concerned.
  • If no further information is received about the missing person, the balance amount will be released in favour of the next of kin (legal heir), after the prescribed period of 9 months from the date of release of 1st part of lump sum.

**In case of the return of the missing fishermen, the amount extended as compensation either ₹ 50,000 or ₹ 1,00,000 as the case may be, will be recovered by invoking an insurance bond.*

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schemeName "Immediate Relief Assistance" under "Welfare and Relief for Fishermen During Lean Seasons and Natural Calamities Scheme"myScheme · 2026-09-02
schemeOpenDate...not published at source
schemeCloseDate...not published at source
nodalMinistryName...myScheme · 2026-09-02
dbtSchemeFalsemyScheme · 2026-09-02
achievement data...no source publishes this for any central scheme