(a) whether the Government has approved the Productivity Linked Reward to the Port workers/employees/officers for the year 2009-10;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) the number of workers likely to be benefited by the said reward; and
(d) the details of the expenditure likely to be incurred by various ports and resources from where such expenditure will be arranged?
MINISTER OF SHIPPING (SHRI G.K.VASAN)
(a) to (d) : Yes, Madam. The Government has approved the Productivity Linked Reward in
September, 2010 to the workers/employees/officers of the Major Port Trusts @ 17.34% of
their annual wages/salary for the year 2009-10. About 60,000 employees/workers of the Major
Port Trusts/Dock Labour Boards are benefited by this Reward. The expenditure involved on
this scheme is about Rs.44 crores and the Port Trusts are incurring the expenditure from
their own resources.