Lok Sabha Question No. 3521 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-23
Subject: Permission for New Ports
Ministry: SHIPPING
Asked by: INNOCENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SHIPPING

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3521 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23 rd   MARCH, 2017 PERMISSION FOR NEW PORTS

## 3521. SHRI INNOCENT:

Will the Minister of SHIPPING be pleased to state:

## पोतप�रवहनमंत्

- (a) the number of Government and private ports in the country, State/UT-wise;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  received  applications  for  grant  of  permission  for  setting  up  of  new private ports in the country;
- (c) if so, the details thereof for the last three years and the current year; and
- (d) the present status of these applications?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) There are 12 Major Ports in the country under the Government of India and 205 Non-major ports. State/UT-wise number of major ports and non-major ports in the country isgiven below:-

## Number of Major Ports and Non-Major Ports*

| State/U.T.               | Number of Major Ports   |   Number of Non- Major Ports(a) |   Total Number of Ports (As on 31.03.2015) |
|--------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| 1                        | 2                       |                               3 |                                          4 |
| Gujarat                  | 1                       |                              46 |                                         47 |
| Maharashtra              | 2                       |                              48 |                                         50 |
| Goa                      | 1                       |                               5 |                                          6 |
| Daman &Diu               | -                       |                               2 |                                          2 |
| Karnataka                | 1                       |                               9 |                                         10 |
| Kerala                   | 1                       |                              17 |                                         18 |
| Lakshadweep Islands      | -                       |                              10 |                                         10 |
| Tamil Nadu               | 3                       |                              16 |                                         19 |
| Puducherry               | -                       |                               3 |                                          3 |
| Andhra Pradesh           | 1                       |                              12 |                                         13 |
| Odisha                   | 1                       |                              13 |                                         14 |
| West Bengal              | 1                       |                               1 |                                          2 |
| Andaman &Nicobar Islands | -                       |                              23 |                                         23 |
| Total                    | 12                      |                             205 |                                        217 |

- (b) No Madam. The permission for setting up of new private ports is granted by the respective State Governments.

(c )&(d) Does not arise.

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