Page No. 14 - 30: Analysis of important recommendations made by various Study groups from 1990 to 2014 for the promotion of Coastal Shipping in India

Abstract

Water transport plays only an insignificant role in the domestic transportation sector in India, even though it is a mode which is economic and does less damage to the environment than the land modals. India's coastal shipping has been a problem area for at least the past four decades. A number of committees, consulting agencies and Government. supported organizations have made numerous studies and recommendations to the Government of India during the past 20 years in particular to make coastal shipping a more viable option for transportation.