Lok Sabha Question No. 918 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-11-29
Subject: Port Trusts
Ministry: PORTS, SHIPPING AND WATERWAYS
Asked by: Shri Krishna Prasad Tenneti

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PORTS, SHIPPING AND WATERWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 918

ANSWERED ON 29.11.2024

## PORT TRUSTS

918.   SHRI KRISHNA PRASAD TENNETI:

## Will the Minister of PORTS, SHIPPING AND WATERWAYS be pleased to state:

## पȅन , पोत पįरवहन और जलमागŊ मंũी

(a) the  details  regarding  the  list  of  Port  Trusts  at  present  in  the  country,  their annual turnover and employment generated; (b) whether the Government has any proposal to establish new Port Trust during the next five years, if so, the details thereof, year-wise/State-wise especially Andhra Pradesh and Bapatla Parliamentary constituency; (c) the details regarding the list of minor ports across India that are not connected to national highways; (d) whether the Government has any plan to boost their connectivity across the country, if so, the details thereof, State-wise especially Andhra Pradesh; (e) the  details  regarding  the  annual  turnover  and  employment  generated  from each fishing harbour across the country; and (f) whether the Government has any proposal to establish any new ones over the next five years across India, if so, details thereof, especially in Andhra Pradesh and

- in Bapatla constituency?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF PORTS, SHIPPING AND WATERWAYS (SHRI SARBANANDA SONOWAL)

(a)&(b) As per the Major Port Authorities Act, 2021, the Major Port Trusts have been converted to Major Port Authorities. The list of Major Port Authorities in the country, theTotal  Incomefor  the  FY  2023-24  and  the  number  of  employees  are  given  at Annexure - I .VadhavanPort in Maharashtra and Galathea Bay Port in Andaman and Nicobar Islands have been notified as new Major Ports on 19 th February, 2019 and 4 th September, 2024 respectively.

- (c) There  are  66EXIM  cargo  handling  non-major  ports,out  of  which  13  are connected by rail while 24 are connected by 4 Lane Road / National Highway.
- (d) A  Comprehensive  Port  Connectivity  Plan  (CPCP)  has  been  prepared  by DPIIT in 2022. CPCP has identified more than 100  new connectivity infrastructure gaps.  The  state-wise  number  of  Port  rail  and  road  Infrastructure  Gaps  identified under CPCP including the state of Andhra Pradesh is given at Annexure-II.
- (e) Under Sagarmala Scheme, Ministry has taken up 25 fishing harbour projects in  convergence mode of implementation with Department of Fisheries, GoI. Out of these, 9 fishing harbour projects worth Rs. 620 Cr have been completed benefitting 30,000 fishermen.
- (f) In the State of  Andhra  Pradesh  4  fishing  harbour  projects  are  under implementation at a cost of Rs. 1,289 Cr. with Sagarmala funding of Rs. 170 Cr. The locations are as under:-
- 1)  Budugatlapalem
- 2)  Kothapatnam
- 3)  Pudimadaka
- 4)  Vishakhapatnam

## Annexure - I

## Major Port Authorities, Total Income and Total Number of Employees

|   S.No. | Name of Port                          |   Total Income for FY 2023-24 (Rs in crores) |   Total no. of Employees |
|---------|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|       1 | Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port Authority |                                      3319.92 |                     2027 |
|       2 | Paradip Port Authority                |                                      2538.83 |                      475 |
|       3 | Visakhapatnam Port Authority          |                                      2167.54 |                     2413 |
|       4 | Chennai Port Authority                |                                      1360.56 |                     2461 |
|       5 | V.O. Chidambaranar Port Authority     |                                      1079.13 |                      307 |
|       6 | Cochin Port Authority                 |                                       945.14 |                      869 |
|       7 | New Mangalore Port Authority          |                                       965.22 |                      278 |
|       8 | Mormugao Port Authority               |                                       585.13 |                      946 |
|       9 | Mumbai Port Authority                 |                                      2578.88 |                     2726 |
|      10 | Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority       |                                      3108.11 |                      587 |
|      11 | Deendayal Port Authority              |                                      2744.21 |                     1159 |

Annexure - II

## State-wise number of Port Rail and Road Infrastructure Gaps

| State          |   No. of Infrastructure Gaps |
|----------------|------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh |                           14 |
| Gujarat        |                           19 |
| Karnataka      |                           19 |
| Kerala         |                            5 |
| Maharashtra    |                           31 |
| Odisha         |                            8 |
| Tamil Nadu     |                            7 |
| West Bengal    |                            4 |

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