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  • 40.1. SAGARMALA
    • • To promote port-led development in the country through harnessing India's 7,500 km long coastline, 14500 km of potentially navigable waterways and strategic location on key international maritime trade routes.
    • • It aims at:
      • o Reducing cost of transporting domestic cargo through optimizing modal mix
      • o Lowering logistics cost of bulk commodities by locating future industrial capacities near the coast
      • o Improving export competitiveness by developing port proximate discrete manufacturing clusters
      • o Optimizing time/cost of EXIM container movement
    • • Components of Sagarmala Programme are:
      • o Port Modernization & New Port Development: De-bottlenecking and capacity expansion of existing ports and development of new greenfield ports
      • o Port Connectivity Enhancement: Enhancing the connectivity of the ports to the hinterland, optimizing cost and time of cargo movement through multi-modal logistics solutions including domestic waterways (inland water transport and coastal shipping)
      • o Port-linked Industrialization: Developing port-proximate industrial clusters and Coastal Economic Zones to reduce logistics cost and time of EXIM and domestic cargo
      • o Coastal Community Development: Promoting sustainable development of coastal communities through skill development & livelihood generation.
    • • Projects considered for funding under Sagarmala Programme will either be provided equity support (SPV route) from Sagarmala Development Company Limited (set up under the Companies Act, 2013 to assist the State level/zone level Special Purpose Vehicles) or funded (other than equity support) from the budget of Ministry of Shipping.
    • • In order to execute the last mile connectivity rail connectivity and internal rail projects of the Major Ports more effectively and efficiently a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) – The Indian Port Rail Corporation (IPRC) is incorporated under the Companies Act 2013, under the administrative control of the Ministry of Shipping.
    • • National Sagarmala Apex Committee chaired by Minister of Shipping will provide overall policy guidance and approve National Perspective plan.
    • • A National Perspective Plan has been crafted after detailed consultations with key stakeholders in the central and state governments, public sector companies as well as private players from shipping, ports, etc.
    • • Center of Excellence in Maritime and Ship Building (CEMS): it is being set up by Ministry of Shipping in collaboration with Siemens and Indian Register of Shipping (IRS) under Sagarmala Programme.
    • • CEMS will have campuses at Vishakhapatnam and Mumbai, and will provide industry-relevant skill development, equip students with employable engineering and technical skills in the port and maritime.
    • • Coastal Berth Scheme under Sagarmala: It aims to provide financial support to ports or state governments for creation of infrastructure for movement of cargo and passenger by sea or national waterways.
    • • Centre for Inland and Coastal Maritime Technology (CICMT) is being setup at IIT, Kharagpur under the programme. The centre will be a hub for latest technology tools for maritime sector and reduce India’s dependence on foreign institutions. It will also reduce the cost of research drastically and result in cost and time savings for work in the Port and Maritime sector.
    • Another closely linked Programme is Project Sethusamudram: To link Palk Bay with Gulf of Mannar and facilitate maritime trade through it. 
  • 40.2. JAL MARG VIKAS PROJECT
    • For the capacity augmentation of navigation on the Haldia-Varanasi stretch of National Waterway-1 (Ganga)
    • • The project envisages development of waterway (for commercial navigation) between Allahabad & Haldia on Ganga River that will cover a distance of 1620 km.
    • • The project is being implemented with the technical assistance & investment support of World Bank.
    • • The project covers Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal.
    • • 4 Multi-Modal Terminals are planned on NW1: Varanasi, Sahibganj, Haldia and Gazipur.
    • • The project adopted the first time in India a River Information System, IT based system to optimize the resource management of waterborne transport.
    • • Recently, India’s first Inland Multi-Modal Terminal Port on river Ganga was inaugurated.

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