The Lok Sabha had on September 23, 2020 passed the bill. Allaying fears of members, Ports, Shipping and Waterways Minister Mansukh Mandaviy...

The bill aims to provide for regulation, operation and planning of major ports in India and to vest the administration, control and managem...

Introducing the Major Ports Authority Bill, Shipping Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said the idea is not to privatise major ports but to give t...

The recommendation assumes significance in the wake of 12 major ports losing about 33 per cent market share to non-major and private ports.

there is fair amount of distance to be travelled for the Bill before it becomes a law, as it has to be cleared by both houses of Parliament...

The bill needs to be passed by both the houses of the Parliament before its implemented and hence timeliness of the same will be a key even...

"The recent Cabinet approval to the Major Port Authorities Bill is a big step towards providing a more level-playing field to state-run maj...

It proposes to set up Board of Port Authority for each major port, in place of the Board of Trustees. "This will empower the major ports to...

The bill also proposes to introduce the concept of internal audit of the functions and activities of the central ports on the lines of Comp...

Under the proposed act, all future PPP operators will be free to fix tariff based on market conditions and notify the port authority.

The need for Government approvals for raising loans, appointment of consultants , execution of contracts and creation of service posts have...

The move is aimed at infusing professionalism in the major ports in order to make them compete with private sector ports and empower financ...

India is readying a blueprint to corporatise its major ports to infuse professionalism and efficiency in their functioning.

West Bengal government has evinced interest in picking up equity stake in the proposed major port in the state, site for which is yet to be...

The government has envisaged an investment of more than Rs 22,000 crore for setting up nine new major ports in the country over the next fi...

The government is considering to provide greater autonomy to 12 top state-owned ports by converting them into corporates to help them compe...

The government on Monday said it is considering corporatisation of the 12 major ports in the country, a move that will result in greater au...