(a) whether the Union Government has received proposals from various States including
Gujarat for development of Integrated Inland Water Transport and Coastal Shipping to boost
River-Sea shipping in the country;
(b) if so, the details thereof and the reaction of the Union Government thereto;
(c) the time by which such proposals are likely to be cleared by the Union Government;
(d) whether such projects are to be executed through Public-Private Partnership mode;
and
(e) if so, the details thereof alongwith the extent to which these projects are likely to boost tourism along the sides of rivers and coastal regions of the country?