Lok Sabha Question No. 2360 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-16
Subject: Transportation of Cargo through Waterways
Ministry: SHIPPING
Asked by: HARIOM SINGH RATHORE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SHIPPING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2360 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16thMARCH, 2017 TRANSPORTATION OF CARGO THROUGH WATERWAYS

## †2360. SHRI HARIOM SINGH RATHORE:

Will the Minister of SHIPPING be pleased to state: पोतप�रवहनमंत्

- (a) the total quantity and type of cargo transported through inland waterways across the country during each of the last three years and the current year, waterways-wise;
- (b) the details of various charges/taxes imposed on such cargo by States and the Union Government; and
- (c) the total charges/taxes collected as a result thereof during the said period, year-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a):       The quantity and type of cargo transported on inland waterways across the country during the   last three years and the current year, waterway-wise is at Annexure-1 .

(b)&(c):The details of various charges imposed by the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) and collected during the last three years is at Annexure-2 .

## ANNEXURE-1

## (In Metric Tonnes)

| Cargo Movement on Inland Waterways during 2013-14 to 2016-17 (Upto February, 2017)   | Cargo Movement on Inland Waterways during 2013-14 to 2016-17 (Upto February, 2017)   | Cargo Movement on Inland Waterways during 2013-14 to 2016-17 (Upto February, 2017)   | Cargo Movement on Inland Waterways during 2013-14 to 2016-17 (Upto February, 2017)   | Cargo Movement on Inland Waterways during 2013-14 to 2016-17 (Upto February, 2017)   | Cargo Movement on Inland Waterways during 2013-14 to 2016-17 (Upto February, 2017)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
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| STRETCH                                                                              | 2013-14                                                                              | 2014-15                                                                              | 2015-16                                                                              | 2016-17 Upto Feb. 2017, Provisional                                                  | Type of cargo moved                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| National Waterway-1 (Ganga)                                                          | 3349138                                                                              | 5050209                                                                              | 6237124                                                                              | 2776484.04                                                                           | Cement, Fly Ash, Iron Ore, Iron Ore Fines, Coal, Steel Shed, Tyres, Iron Fines, Iron Ingots, Galvanized Steel Plain Sheets, Stone Chips, Furnace Oil, HF HSD, Lube Oil, Boulders, Pulses, Aluminium blocks, Sand, Clips, Ship block Logs, Manganese Ore, Petroleum Code, Coking coal, Rock Phosphate, Timber, Peas, Slag oil, Non cooking coal, ODC. |
| National Waterway-2 (Brahmaputra)                                                    | 2475349                                                                              | 519722                                                                               | 602371                                                                               | 556470.29                                                                            | Bamboo products, Cement, Building material, fertilizer, food grains, milk & other essential commodities.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| National Waterway-3 (West Coast Canal)                                               | 1066006                                                                              | 965246                                                                               | 1061041                                                                              | 962927.5                                                                             | Phosphoric Acid, Sulphur, Zinc, Furnace Oil, Rock Phosphate, Various commodities in containers, Furnace oil-Bunkering , POL (BUNKERING TO SHIPS), Potable Water, Lime shell with clay and other impurifies, Liquid effluent                                                                                                                          |
| Goa Waterways                                                                        | 1003364                                                                              | 976987                                                                               | 4544537                                                                              | 12889015                                                                             | Iron Ore, Pig iron/ Slag, Coking coal, Thermal coal, Lime Stone, Raw Pet. Coke                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| Maharashtra Waterways                                                                | 10178956                                                                             | 22544335                                                                             | 28849378.47                                                                          | 24949572.55                                                                          | Iron ore, Coal, Steel Coil, Coking Coal, calibrated lump                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |

## ANNEXURE-2

| Details of various charges collected by IWAI during the period from 2013-14 to 2015-16   | Details of various charges collected by IWAI during the period from 2013-14 to 2015-16   | Details of various charges collected by IWAI during the period from 2013-14 to 2015-16   | Details of various charges collected by IWAI during the period from 2013-14 to 2015-16   | Details of various charges collected by IWAI during the period from 2013-14 to 2015-16   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| (In Rupees)                                                                              | (In Rupees)                                                                              | (In Rupees)                                                                              | (In Rupees)                                                                              | (In Rupees)                                                                              |
| Sl. No.                                                                                  | Nature of Income                                                                         | F.Y. 2013-14                                                                             | F.Y. 2014-15                                                                             | F.Y. 2015-16                                                                             |
| 1                                                                                        | Storage and Handling Charges                                                             | 72,912                                                                                   | 6,500                                                                                    | 49,55,792                                                                                |
| 2                                                                                        | Wharfage                                                                                 | 2,10,336                                                                                 | 2,04,176                                                                                 | 0                                                                                        |
| 3                                                                                        | Pilotage Charges                                                                         | 3,62,553                                                                                 | 5,02,032                                                                                 | 3,32,250                                                                                 |
| 4                                                                                        | Berthing Charges                                                                         | 26,11,242                                                                                | 26,69,715                                                                                | 37,91,821                                                                                |
| 5                                                                                        | Waterways Usage Charges                                                                  | 35,45,859                                                                                | 67,92,358                                                                                | 99,85,839                                                                                |
| 6                                                                                        | Protocol Charges                                                                         | 15,16,539                                                                                | 15,23,949                                                                                | 16,68,425                                                                                |
| 7                                                                                        | ODC Cargo Income                                                                         | 44,66,724                                                                                | 35,45,412                                                                                | 31,40,547                                                                                |
| 8                                                                                        | Dry Cargo Income                                                                         | 5,13,536                                                                                 | 6,58,412                                                                                 | 7,94,681                                                                                 |
|                                                                                          | Total                                                                                    | 1,32,99,701                                                                              | 1,59,02,554                                                                              | 2,4669,355                                                                               |