Sharma, Shruti and Irschlinger, Tristan (2022) Fuel subsidies to marine fisheries in India: An overview. p. 8.
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When looking at the best way for the fisheries sector to continue to support critical socioeconomic and environmental objectives, a key factor to consider is government support. In India, support for marine fisheries comes at many stages of the value chain and is offered by both national and sub-national governments. To help generate a coherent data picture on this topic, the International Institute for Sustainable Development examined the role of government support to marine fisheries in the country, mapping both national and state-level public support to the sector in a bottom-up database and associated report (Sharma et al., 2021a, 2021b). This work revealed that fuel subsidies are the most significant type of support for marine fisheries in India. Given that such subsidies can pose important risks in terms of social, economic, and environmental sustainability, the report recommended that the impacts of such subsidies be evaluated in detail. This work is an area of growing importance with rising fuel prices, which may increase the fuel subsidy burden for state governments. Based on this report, this brief presents several key figures and facts on fuel subsidies to marine fisheries in India, including new, updated state level information on the level of support in four focus states—Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu—which account for more than 50% of total fish landings in India. The brief then explains why these fuel subsidies provided to the fishing sector should be evaluated and possibly reformed to better support small-scale and low-income fishers efficiently and sustainably. Finally, it highlights a few key lessons from broader fossil fuel subsidy reform in the country
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Keywords: | Marine Fisheries, India, IISD, Fuel, Subsidies, Capture Fisheries, Sustainable Development, Marine Resources, Coastal Communities |
| Subjects: | Right to Resources |
| Depositing User: | Kokila ICSF Krish |
| Date Deposited: | 21 May 2025 04:15 |
| Last Modified: | 21 May 2025 04:15 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/22065 |
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