Rajya Sabha
According to the Indian Ports Act, 1908, responsibility for development of non-major ports vests with respective State Government. However, one non-major port from each Maritime State, including Magdalla in Gujarat, was identified for development for promoting coastal shipping under the National Maritime Development Programme. Tata Consultancy Services also submitted a report in December, 2003, on the development of coastal shipping and non-major ports. With a view to develop coastal shipping the following two schemes had been proposed in the working group report on XI Five Year Plan document of Ministry of Shipping –
(i) Coastal Shipping Development Fund for soft lending for the purpose of acquisition of coastal vessels.
(ii) Centrally Sponsored Scheme for development of coastal shipping infrastructure.
The budgetary support required in XI Five Year Plan for above two schemes was Rs. 500 crore each. But since no fund could be allotted for the purpose in the XI Five Year Plan, the development of non-major ports may be taken up by the respective states themselves with public private participation.
This information was given by the Union Minister of Shipping, Shri G. K. Vasan in written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.
According to the Indian Ports Act, 1908, responsibility for development of non-major ports vests with respective State Government. However, one non-major port from each Maritime State, including Magdalla in Gujarat, was identified for development for promoting coastal shipping under the National Maritime Development Programme. Tata Consultancy Services also submitted a report in December, 2003, on the development of coastal shipping and non-major ports. With a view to develop coastal shipping the following two schemes had been proposed in the working group report on XI Five Year Plan document of Ministry of Shipping –
(i) Coastal Shipping Development Fund for soft lending for the purpose of acquisition of coastal vessels.
(ii) Centrally Sponsored Scheme for development of coastal shipping infrastructure.
The budgetary support required in XI Five Year Plan for above two schemes was Rs. 500 crore each. But since no fund could be allotted for the purpose in the XI Five Year Plan, the development of non-major ports may be taken up by the respective states themselves with public private participation.
This information was given by the Union Minister of Shipping, Shri G. K. Vasan in written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.
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