(a) the number of projects initiated by the Government as of September 2020 under the Sagarmala initiative, State-wise;
(b) the percentage of increased utilisation of coastline and navigable waterways since the inception of the project and the estimated increase in amount of exports, since the launch of the Sagarmala initiative, if any; and
(c) the number of jobs created through the projects started under the above initiative during the last three years?
(a) The number of projects (state/UT-wise) which have been initiated as of September 2020 by the Ministry of Shipping under Sagarmala Programme is annexed.
(b) There has been an increase of approx 52% (from 80 MTPA in 2014-15 to 122 MTPA in 2019-20) in the cargo carried through coastal shipping since inception of Sagarmala. Cargo transportation on National Waterways has also increased by 33.81 % (from 55.03 MTPA in 2017-18 to 73.64 MTPA in 2019-20) in the last three years. However, there is no direct correlation between increase in utilisation of coastline & navigable waterways and increase in export.
(c) Approximately, Eighteen thousand jobs have been created through Sagarmala projects undertaken by Major Ports and funded by MoS under Sagarmala since inception of Sagarmala Programme. This does not include man days of jobs created at construction stages of projects and indirect jobs.
Annexure-I
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State Total
Andaman & Nicobar Islands 5
Andhra Pradesh 31
Assam 1
Bihar 1
Daman & Diu 2
Goa 14
Gujarat 22
Karnataka 20
Kerala 19
Maharashtra 73
Odisha 21
Puducherry 1
Tamil Nadu 59
West Bengal 26
Total 295
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