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SAGARMALA: New Dimensions in Coastal Economy

Introduction

The Sagarmala programme is the flagship progamme of the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways to promote port-led development in the country by taking advantage of India’s 7,500 km long coastline, 14,500 km long potentially navigable waterways and the strategic location on major maritime trade routes. The core vision of the Sagarmala programme is to reduce the logistics cost for EXIM (Export Import) and domestic trade with minimal infrastructure investment.

      Key Points

• The concept of Sagarmala was approved by the Union Cabinet on 25^th March, 2015.
• Prime Minster Narendra Modi released the National Perspective Plan (NPP) for the holistic development of the Indian Coastline and Maritime Sector on 14^th April, 2016.
• Currently, a total of 802 projects worth Rs. 5.53 lakh crore are part of Sagarmala Programme. Out of these, 172 projects worth of Rs. 88,235 crore have been completed and 235 projects worth Rs. 2.17 lakh crore are under implementation.

 

Increasing Efficiency

• Modern governance of major ports- A new era has begun for the administration of major ports in India, in which they will have greater autonomy in decision making, adopting the 'Landlord Model' of development and providing world class port infrastructure.
• Ease of Doing Business (EODB) in Major Ports and Shipping Sector through:

• Creating Smart Ports- Implementation of Port Community System 1x; Logistics Data Bank Service; RFID Solutions; Enterprise Business Systems; Direct Port Delivery (DPD); Direct Port Entry (DPE); scanners/ container scanners and simplifying procedures.
• Digitization in Services - Director General of Shipping has introduced online training of seafarers, Biometric Seafarers Identity Document (BSID) as well as digitization of its services for issuance of certificates of ratings, etc.
• Smooth Data Flow - A centralized, web-based Port Community System (PCS) has been commissioned across all major ports which enable smooth data flow between different stakeholders through a common interface.
• Paperless - e-DO (Electronic Delivery Order) through PCS along with e-invoicing and e-payment has been made mandatory.
• PCS - The Port Community System (PCS) has integrated the electronic flow of business related documents/information and functions as a centralized hub for secure exchange of electronic messages between all major ports of India and other stakeholders.

 

Policies to Boost Productivity:

• Berthing Policy: This policy gives a framework of norms that will improve efficiency at ports and productivity parameters across all ports.
• Stevedoring Policy:  The new stevedoring policy has been implemented from July, 2016 that has improved the productivity, efficiency and safety at ports.
• Policy Guidelines for Land Management: The guidelines of this policy were issued to all the major ports. Later, on 17 July 2015, some provisions on easing of policy guidelines for major ports were further clarified.
• One Time Settlement Scheme: Large lands owned by major ports are under lease of the Government of India or the State Governments. Interest on lease rent and penalty interest has been recovered on which the payments have not been made.

 

Integration of Processes:

• Enterprise Business System- It is being implemented at five major ports (Mumbai, Chennai, Deendayal, Paradip & Kolkata) to provide a digital port ecosystem.
• NLP- Marine- The process of launching PCS1X is already underway in the National Logistics Portal-Marine which will act as a unified digital platform for all maritime stakeholders and provide complete digital solutions.
• Biometric Seafarers Identification Document (BSID)- BSID is rolling out new security systems, which include embedding of biometric chip inside security based identity card.
• To encourage multimodal transport- Inland Water Transport terminals are now intermodal terminals, whereas earlier they provided only road and waterway connectivity.
• Establishment of new major port- The Union Cabinet in its meeting held on February, 2020 has given ‘in-principle’ approval for setting up of a  Major Port at Vadhavan in Dahanu, Maharashtra. The total estimated cost of this project is about Rs 65,544 crore. The Vadhavan port will be developed on the 'Landlord Model'.

 

Outcomes of Sagarmala:

• The current cargo handling capacity of Indian ports is now 1,500 Million Metric Tonnes per Annum (MMTPA). A roadmap has been prepared to increase the Indian port capacity to 3,300 + MMTPA by 2025 to meet the growing traffic
• Under Project Unnati, global benchmarks were adopted to improve the Key Performance Index (KPI) of efficiency and productivity for 12 major ports. Around 116 initiatives were identified across 12 major ports to unlock more than 100 MMTA capacities through efficiency improvement.
• An amount of about Rs. 40,000 crore will be saved annually by the industries.
• GDP expected to grow by 2%.
• More than one crore employment opportunities will be created.

 

Source: PIB e-Booklet on “Sagarmala: New Dimesions in Coastal Economy”

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