Lok Sabha Question No. 4139 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-12
Subject: Disinvestment of SCI
Ministry: SHIPPING
Asked by: Mimi Chakraborty, K. Shanmuga Sundaram

## GOVERNMENT  OF INDIA MINISTRY  OF SHIPPING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO. 4'I39

TO BE ANSWERED  ON l2III DECEMBER,  2019

## DISINVESTMENT  OF SCI

## 4139, MS. MIMI CHAKRABORTY: SHRI SHANMUGA  SUNDARAM K':

Will the Minister  of SHIPPING  be pleased to state: {to  qFt.sia rrfi

- (a) whether the Government has decided  for disinvestment of Shipping Corporation  of lndia  (SCl);
- (b)  if so, the details  thereof  and if not, the reasons  therefor'
- (c) whether it is fact that the Government  has changed the disinvestment  plan in 2017, if so, the details  thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d) the present  stake of the Government  and sale  proposal therein;
- (e) whether  any steps have been taken by the Government  to utilize the ships in war or national  emergency  after the sale of SCI;
- (0  whether  the Government  is having any other agencies to deploy  their own ships in case of emergency  and if so, the details thereof;  and
- (g) the details of the rescue operations  performed  by SCI during  the last three years and the current  year till date?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT  CHARGE)  FOR SHIPPING (SHRI MANSUKH  MANDAVIYA)

- (a) to (d) Yes sir. The Government  has decided for disinvestment of Shipping borporation of lndia (SCl). The present  stake of the Government  in SCI is 63.75% and the proposal of its entire stake sale is in process
- (e) Yes sir. Government  can requisitron  any lndian assets' including lndian ships,  during  a war or national emergency'
- (f) Director  General of Shipping has power to issue directions to ships iegistered  under  Merchant  Shipping Act or licensed  under Merchant Shipping Aci in public interest  or in the interest of lndlan  Shipping  to proceed for any  particular purpose.
- (g) The details  of the rescue operations  performed  by SCI during the last 3 years and for current  year are attached at Annexure  1 '

Rescue  Operations  by SClVessels  in the last 5 years

|   Sr. No. | Vessel CategorY - Vessel Name    | Date        | ^f innident UeSUIlPLlur! vr rrrvrv-"- I _-l l                                                                                                                                                                        |
|-----------|----------------------------------|-------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | OSV - SCI Urja                   | 26 Oct 2019 | -:^ .^^^,,ar{ 1B {ishermen from SUl UIJd lc-vuvv distressed trawler 'Vaishnav devt *r,r' in the Arabian Sea along with *-.a tnrli?n Navv vessel, INS Teg                                                             |
|         2 | Tanker - Mahara.ia Agrasen       | 5 Aug 2019  | rad one Maharaja Agraser pur.on'*ho fell overboard from M V' lpo "rp"lla in Gulf of Oman on 05 Aug'2019                                                                                                              |
|         3 | I eutk Carrier - I vistrva vijaY | 5 Nov 2018  | -r..^ - naripnt from fishrng vessel LAKSIRI 04 off irin"o*ut"L and transferred him ,rnoru trmelY to helP save the life of a seaman'                                                                                  |
|         4 | Tanker - Desh Shanti             | 3 Feb 2017  | - : ;,.- ^-.i -^:^;,;.{ 7 nersonS froffl Desn >naIlLl I Eceu\ sinking boat FRTK1 in Gulf of Oman on oi ruo, 2017 (strong Shamal *inO. & verY high sea swell over il" Gulf region) CaPt Devendra Kumar was in commald |
|         5 | Tanker - SamPurna SwarajYa       | I June 2015 | sampuini SwariiYa rescued seven fishermen from a sinking fishing boat during a tumultuous storm tn the BaY of Bengal                                                                                                 |