(a) whether the Government has received proposals from various State Governments including Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh for setting up of dry ports;
(b) if so, the details and the present status of these proposals;
(c) whether the Government has identified the areas/locations for this purpose and if so, the details thereof, Statewise; and
(d) the details of funds allocated by the Government for these projects along with their likely date of commencement, State-wise?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)
(SMT. NIRMALA SITHARAMAN)
(a)& (b) : Proposals for setting up of Inland Container Depots (ICDs), which are considered as Dry Ports, Container Freight Stations (CFSs) and Air Freight Stations (AFSs) are received from time to time from the Central and State Public Sector Undertakings and Private developers, as State Governments do not themselves set up ICDs / CFSs / AFSs. Since 1992, upto 17-11-2016, Letters of Intent (LoIs) have been issued for 319 proposals received for setting up of ICDs / CFSs / AFSs. Out of these, 233 ICDs/CFSs are functional, 50 are at various stages of implementation by the developers and 36 LoIs have been cancelled either on the specific request of the developer or due to lack of adequate progress in implementation of the project. The status of ICDs / CFSs / AFSs, State-wise / Union Territory-wise is at Annexure.
(c) & (d) : Department of Commerce itself does not set up any of ICDs / CFSs / AFSs but facilitates a single window clearance for the proposals of Public and private sector entities who then would finance, construct and own such facilities. Therefore, the location for setting up of ICDs / CFSs / AFSs is also identified by the applicant based on the business prospects.
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Annexure
Annexure referred in reply to parts (a) and (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.2868 for answer on 20-03-2017 regarding setting up of dry ports.
State-wise Functionaland Under Implementation ICDs / CFSs for the period 1992 to 2016
(as on 17-11-2016)
Name of State Inland Container Depots Container Freight Stations Air Freight Station Total
F UI C F UI C F UI C
Andhra Pradesh 02 00 01 05 08 02 0 0 0 18
Bihar 0 01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Chandigarh 01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Chattisgarh 01 01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Delhi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01 0 1
Goa 0 0 0 01 0 0 0 0 0 1
Gujarat 07 01 01 23 05 07 0 0 0 44
Haryana 06 03 03 03 0 0 0 0 0 15
Himachal Pradesh 01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jharkhand 01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jammu Kashmir (J & K) 01 01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Karnataka 0 02 0 07 0 02 0 01 0 12
Kerala 01 00 01 11 02 01 0 0 0 16
Maharashtra 07 04 0 40 03 05 0 0 0 59
Madhya Pradesh (M.P) 07 0 01 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
Odisha 02 01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Pondicherry 0 0 0 02 0 0 0 0 0 2
Punjab 02 01 01 05 0 0 0 0 0 9
Rajasthan 07 01 01 02 0 0 0 0 0 11
Tamil Nadu (T.N) 09 01 0 48 05 08 0 0 0 71
Telangana 01 01 01 02 01 00 0 0 0 06
Uttarakhand 0 02 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Uttar Pradesh (U.P) 08 02 0 09 0 0 0 0 0 19
West Bengal (W.B) 01 0 0 10 02 01 0 0 0 14
Total 65
22
10
168
26
26
0
2
0
319
F = Functional (65 ICDs + 168 CFSs = 233)
U.I. = Under Implementation (22 ICDs + 26 CFSs+ 02 AFS = 50)
C = Cancelled – (10 ICDs + 26 CFSs = 36)