Government of Tamil Nadu spending on fisheries and fishermen welfare (Demand No. 07): what was spent, what is budgeted for 2026-27, and what the Budget announced. Every figure traces to a page of an official budget document.
For context: the 2026-27 Budget Speech announced ₹4,880 crore for the whole Animal Husbandry, Dairying, Fisheries and Fishermen Welfare Department. The department's budget is spread over several Demands for Grants: 06 Animal Husbandry, 07 Fisheries and Fishermen Welfare (this page) and 08 Dairy Development.
Amount grew from ₹772 crore in 2018-19 to ₹1,536 crore in 2026-27
Total of all heads of this Demand, ₹ crore. Each year shows the latest stage available: Actual, then Revised Estimate (RE), then Revised Budget Estimate (RBE).
- Revenue
- Capital
| 2018-19 | 771.6 |
|---|---|
| 2019-20 | 737.9 |
| 2020-21 | 828.5 |
| 2021-22 | 890.8 |
| 2022-23 | 1,453.4 |
| 2023-24 | 1,220.5 |
| 2024-25 | 1,467.0 |
| 2025-26 | 1,274.3 |
| 2026-27 | 1,536.0 |
Source: Demand No. 07 books and Annual Financial Statements, Government of Tamil Nadu. Values in ₹ crore.
Largest allocations
Top five minor heads, ₹ crore.
| Minor head | 2024-25 Actual | 2025-26 RE | 2026-27 RBE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4405-00-104 Fishing Harbour and landing facilities | 753.1 | 520.4 | 735.0 |
| 2405-00-103 Marine Fisheries | 464.3 | 458.8 | 500.5 |
| 2405-00-121 Welfare Schemes for Fishermen | 52.5 | 152.8 | 125.6 |
| 2405-00-001 Direction and Administration | 36.9 | 97.8 | 103.3 |
| 2415-05-277 Education | 45.9 | 53.1 | 50.2 |
Related announcements
Announced in the 2026-27 Budget and linked to this Demand, largest amount first.
Lean period fishing assistance will be raised from Rs.6,000 to Rs.7,000 per family, benefiting 1.93 lakh families, at a cost of Rs.135 crore.
Announcement code SCH-2026-070
An interest subsidy will be provided for deep sea fishing boats with modern processing facilities, at a total cost of Rs.12 crore.
Announcement code SCH-2026-071
Detailed allocation
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Series show the latest stage available for each year (Actual > RE > RBE > IBE > BE). Heads 2405 and 4405 agree with the Annual Financial Statements except for two printed figures (see related issues). 9 related data issues
Known data issues
Known gaps and discrepancies in the source documents or between them. Each has a permanent ID. “Documented” means the document itself is wrong and we kept the printed figure; “open” means we have not found the cause.
9 issues
| ID | Status | What | Treatment |
|---|---|---|---|
DQ-D07-0001 | explained | latest-stage roll-up does not add up 2405-00-001-AB, 2022-23 Object values add to 229,614 thousand but the sub-head shows 229,433 The latest value per code is chosen separately, and for some codes under this sub-head the Actual column is blank, so an earlier-stage figure is used (8 codes here use a different stage from the sub-head). Within each demand book every total ties exactly. | Published as is; each code carries its own stage |
DQ-D07-0002 | explained | latest-stage roll-up does not add up 2405-00-101-PE, 2019-20 Object values add to 77,645 thousand but the sub-head shows 77,632 The latest value per code is chosen separately, and for some codes under this sub-head the Actual column is blank, so an earlier-stage figure is used (5 codes here use a different stage from the sub-head). Within each demand book every total ties exactly. | Published as is; each code carries its own stage |
DQ-D07-0003 | explained | latest-stage roll-up does not add up 2405-00-800-SA, 2023-24 Object values add to 381 thousand but the sub-head shows 190 The latest value per code is chosen separately, and for some codes under this sub-head the Actual column is blank, so an earlier-stage figure is used (11 codes here use a different stage from the sub-head). Within each demand book every total ties exactly. | Published as is; each code carries its own stage |
DQ-D07-0004 | explained | latest-stage roll-up does not add up 2415-05-004-AB, 2021-22 Object values add to 3,311 thousand but the sub-head shows 3,300 The latest value per code is chosen separately, and for some codes under this sub-head the Actual column is blank, so an earlier-stage figure is used (5 codes here use a different stage from the sub-head). Within each demand book every total ties exactly. | Published as is; each code carries its own stage |
DQ-D07-0005 | explained | latest-stage roll-up differs by rounding 17 sub-head/year pairs For 17 sub-head/year pairs the object values add to within Rs 5 thousand of the sub-head figure (largest difference 3 thousand = Rs 0.0003 crore) Each code shows its latest printed stage, and different codes under one sub-head can come from different books, where amounts are rounded separately. Within each demand book every total ties exactly. | Published as is; each code carries its own stage |
DQ-D07-0006 | explained | code printed in some books but not in between 25 code families 25 codes (with the codes below them) are printed in some books, absent from a book in between and printed again later. Examples: 2216-80-911 'Deduct – Recoveries of Overpayments' (absent from 2024-25 BE, 2025-26 BE); 2225-03-283-AB-304-02 'Establishment expenses for monitoring Construction of Houses for Fishermen' (absent from 2022-23 BE); 2405-00-001-AB-321-01 'District Establishment' (absent from 2022-23 BE, 2023-24 BE, 2024-25 BE). The full list is in the master_codes file (columns books_present and books_list). Checked against the PDFs: for 36 of 36 family/book absences a text search of the book finds no line with that code. A line with nothing to show in a book seems to be left out of that book; this has not been confirmed with the department. | Each code kept once; presence per book recorded in books_list |
DQ-D07-0007 | documented | summary page differs from the detail pages of the same book Major head 2405, 2019-20 Actual SOURCE DISCREPANCY (2021-22 IBE book, 2019-20 Accounts column): the Summary page prints Total Net Major Head 2405 Voted as 418,44,76 (Rs 41,844.76 lakh) but the detail pages print Total 2405 Voted as 419,55,91. The detail pages are kept (they add up from the lines printed under them); the difference is Rs 11,115 thousand (Rs 1.11 crore). Checked against the PDF pages: the Summary page and the detail pages print different totals for the same head. | Detail pages kept (they add up from their own lines) |
DQ-XDOC-0062 | open | unexplained gap Head 4405, 2019-20 RE AFS prints 1,497,088 thousand for head 4405; the Fisheries and Fishermen Welfare demand book prints 1,376,002 Cause not identified. Probably part of the head sits under another demand, but this has not been confirmed from the documents. | Both published as printed; difference shown, not allocated |
DQ-XDOC-0063 | open | unexplained gap Head 2405, 2021-22 Actual AFS prints 5,134,412 thousand for head 2405; the Fisheries and Fishermen Welfare demand book prints 5,162,239 Cause not identified. Probably part of the head sits under another demand, but this has not been confirmed from the documents. | Both published as printed; difference shown, not allocated |
Downloads
Fisheries and Fishermen Welfare (Demand 07): budget by code
Every code in Demand 07 from major head down to detail, with full hierarchy and the latest-stage value per fiscal year in Rs crore.
- master_codes.csv CSV · 1,744 rows · 920 KB
- values_long.csv CSV · 12,120 rows · 2.4 MB
master_code is built only from printed codes (for example 2405-00-001-AA-301-01). Voted and charged amounts are summed. Where the latest printed figure is nil the value is 0.
Column dictionary (27 columns)
| Column | Type | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
master_code | string | Unique alphanumeric code built from printed codes only, for example 2404-00-195-AB-309-03. |
level | string | Level of the code: major, minor, subhead, object or detail. |
major_code | string | Major head code. |
major_description | string | Major head description. |
minor_code | string | Minor head code with major and sub-major. |
minor_description | string | Minor head description. |
category | string | State's Expenditure, Central Sector Schemes, or Schemes Shared between State and Centre. |
subhead_code | string | Sub-head code. |
subhead_description | string | Sub-head description. |
object_code | string | Object code. |
object_description | string | Object description. |
detail_code | string | Detail code. |
detail_description | string | Detail description. |
full_path_description | string | Descriptions of all levels joined top to bottom. |
parent_code | string | master_code of the level above. |
alternate_labels | string | Older wording of the description, where it changed. |
hod | string | Head of department code printed in the demand book. |
first_book | string | First demand book that prints the code. |
last_book | string | Last demand book that prints the code. |
books_present | integer | Number of the six demand books that print the code. |
books_list | string | The demand books that print the code. |
status | string | Status of the item: for codes, in all books, new, discontinued or intermittent; for issues, documented, explained or open. |
fiscal_year | string | Financial year, April to March, written like 2025-26. |
stage | string | Budget stage of the figure: Actual (audited), RE (revised estimate), RBE (revised budget estimate), IBE (interim budget estimate) or BE (budget estimate). |
amount_crore | number | Amount in Rs crore (1 crore = 10 million rupees). |
amount_thousand | number | Amount in Rs thousand, as printed in the source document. |
source_edition | string | The budget document the figure was read from, for example 2026-27 RBE. |
AFS compared with the Fisheries and Fishermen Welfare demand book
Heads 2405 and 4405 as printed in each Annual Financial Statement and in the matching Demand 07 book. The two agree, apart from differences of Rs 4 thousand or less, except for two figures: 4405 for 2019-20 RE as printed in the 2020-21 BE book (the AFS is about Rs 12 crore higher) and 2405 for 2021-22 Actual as printed in the 2023-24 BE book (the AFS is about Rs 2.8 crore lower). The causes are open (see data issues).
- afs_vs_demand07.csv CSV · 72 rows · 6 KB
Column dictionary (11 columns)
| Column | Type | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
book | string | The edition of the budget document (AFS and demand book share the edition). |
head | integer | Major head: 2404 (revenue), 4404 (capital outlay) or 6404 (loans). |
fiscal_year | string | Financial year, April to March, written like 2025-26. |
estimate_type | string | Budget stage of the figure (Actual, RE, RBE, IBE, BE). |
afs_thousand | number | Amount printed in the AFS, Rs thousand. |
demand_thousand | integer | Amount printed in the demand book, Rs thousand. |
afs_crore | number | Amount printed in the Annual Financial Statement, Rs crore. |
demand_crore | number | Amount printed in the Dairy Development demand book, Rs crore. |
gap_thousand | number | AFS minus demand book, Rs thousand. |
gap_crore | number | AFS minus demand book, Rs crore. |
gap_pct_of_afs | number | Gap as a percentage of the AFS amount. |
Budget announcements
Everything the Budget speech and highlights announce (currently the 2026-27 Revised Budget Estimates): schemes, projects, programmes, reforms, subsidies and policies. One row per announcement per budget year, with the primary amount exactly as printed, its kind (allocation, project cost and so on), the speech paragraph and highlights bullet it comes from, and the Demand(s) for Grants it relates to.
- announcements.csv CSV · 178 rows · 66 KB
announcement_code is permanent: an announcement keeps its code in every budget year, and one that ends is marked is_current = no, never removed. related_demands links the announcement to the Demand(s) for Grants it relates to; blank means not yet linked. source_document names the budget document, and paragraph or bullet, each row was taken from. Some amounts are the current-year allocation, others the cost of a whole project: always read amount_kind.
Column dictionary (17 columns)
| Column | Type | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
announcement_code | string | Permanent ID of the announcement, SCH-2026-nnn. It never changes and is never reused. |
budget_year | string | Fiscal year of the budget document the row was taken from, for example 2026-27. |
name | string | Scheme, project, policy or announcement name as used on this site. |
department | string | Department heading under which the speech and highlights list the item. |
item_type | string | scheme, project, programme, policy, fund, subsidy, reform, platform, committee, announcement and so on. |
related_demands | string | Demand No(s). for Grants this announcement relates to, separated by semicolons (for example 08). Blank if not yet linked. |
amount_text | string | Primary amount exactly as printed, for example Rs.139 crore. |
amount_crore | number | Amount in Rs crore (1 crore = 10 million rupees). |
amount_kind | string | What the amount is: allocation, cost_stated, project_cost, valued_at, annual, multi_year_cost, capital_outlay, increase, viability_gap, credit_target, grant_sought or none. |
other_amounts | string | Other amounts printed with the item, each with what it is. |
source_document | string | Budget document, and the paragraph or bullet in it, that this row was taken from. |
highlights_bullet | integer | Bullet number in the highlights document. |
highlights_page | string | Printed page of that bullet in the highlights. |
speech_para | integer | Paragraph number in the budget speech. |
speech_page | string | Printed page of that paragraph in the speech. |
is_current | string | yes if the announcement is part of the current budget; no if it has ended or been withdrawn (the row and its code are kept). |
source_text | string | The highlights bullet text the entry is based on. |