Lok Sabha Question No. 1610 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-09
Subject: Shipbuilding Industry
Ministry: SHIPPING
Asked by: PINAKI MISRA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SHIPPING

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1610 TO BE ANSWERED ON 9 th MARCH, 2017

## LOK SABHA SHIPBUILDING INDUSTRY

## 1610. SHRI PINAKI MISRA:

Will the Minister of SHIPPING be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of companies which are engaged in shipbuilding in the country;
- (b) the details of companies out of these which are operating in the country in collaboration with foreign companies; and
- (c) the details of measures taken/being taken by the Government to encourage and promote shipbuilding industry in the country?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SHIPPING (SHRI PON. RADHAKRISHNAN)

(a)&(b):There are 27 Indian companies which are into shipbuilding in India out of which 8 companies are in public sector while 19 companies are in private sector.  Details are given in Annexure . Four out of these 27 companies namely, Cochin Shipyard Limited, Kochi; Reliance Defence & Engg. Ltd.,  Gujarat;  L&T Shipbuilding, Chennai and Tebma Shipyards Ltd., Chennai, have collaborations with foreign companies.

- (c) The Government of India has taken the following steps to encourage shipbuilding industry:
- i. Financial  assistance  to  shipyards  amounting  to  20%  of  the  price  of  ship  for  eligible shipbuilding contracts signed between the dates, April 1, 2016 to March 31, 2026, reducing @ 3% every three years.
- ii. Preference  to  domestic  shipyards  in  case  of  procurement  /  repair  of  vessels  by  Government departments/ agencies including PSUs for their own use.
- iii. Infrastructure status to shipyards
- iv. Exemption of Customs and Central Excise duty on inputs used in manufacturing of ships.

## List of 8 Public Sector Companies:

|   S.No. | Name of the Company                                           | Under the administrative control of   |
|---------|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|       1 | Cochin Shipyard Limited(CSL) , Kochi                          | Ministry of Shipping                  |
|       2 | Hooghly Dock &Port Engineers Limited (HDPEL), Kolkata         | Ministry of Shipping                  |
|       3 | Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL), Mumbai,                           | Ministry of Defence                   |
|       4 | Garden Reach Shipbuilders &Engineers Limited (GRSEL), Kolkata | Ministry of Defence                   |
|       5 | Hindustan Shipyard Limited(HSL), Visakhapatnam                | Ministry of Defence                   |
|       6 | Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL),Goa.                               | Ministry of Defence                   |
|       7 | Alcock Ashdown (Gujarat) Limited, Bhavnagar                   | State Government of Gujarat.          |
|       8 | Shalimar Works (1980) Limited, Kolkata                        | State Government of West Bengal.      |

## Private Sector Companies

|   S.No. | Name of the Company                                      |
|---------|----------------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | ABG Shipyard Ltd.                                        |
|       2 | A.C Roy &Co.                                             |
|       3 | Bharati Defence and Infrastructure Ltd.                  |
|       4 | Chowgule &Co. Ltd. (Shipbuilding Division)               |
|       5 | Dempo Shipbuilding Ltd.                                  |
|       6 | IL&FS Maritime Infrastructure Ltd.                       |
|       7 | L&T Shipbuilding Ltd.                                    |
|       8 | Modest Infrastructure Ltd.                               |
|       9 | Mandovi Drydocks Ltd.                                    |
|      10 | N.N. Shipbuilders &Engg. Pvt. Ltd.                       |
|      11 | Reliance Defence &Engg. Ltd. (formerly Pipavav Shipyard) |
|      12 | Shoft Shipyard Pvt. Ltd.                                 |
|      13 | Sembmarine Kakinada Ltd.                                 |
|      14 | Tebma Shipyards Ltd.                                     |
|      15 | Titagargh Wagons Ltd.                                    |
|      16 | Timblo Drydocks Ltd.                                     |
|      17 | Vijai Marine Services                                    |
|      18 | Waterways Shipyard Pvt. Ltd.                             |
|      19 | West Coast Shipyard Ltd.                                 |

(Source: Shipyards Association of India)

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