The Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed the <b>Major Port Authorities Bill, 2020 </b>to repeal the Major Port Trusts Act, 1963. The Bill seeks to provide greater autonomy, flexibility to the Major Ports in Ind.
RS passes Bill to ‘professionalise’ major ports, Oppn says it will favour crony capitalists
February 10, 2021
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Minister of State (Independent Charge) Mansukh Madaviya said it is wrong to say that the ports sector will be finished by this bill
Rajya Sabha passed the Major Ports Authorities Bill on Wednesday. The Centre said the Bill will is provide greater autonomy, flexibility to the major ports and to professionalise their governance. The Opposition alleged that the Bill is tuned for the crony capitalists close to the ruling party.
Minister of State (Independent Charge) Mansukh Madaviya said it is wrong to say that the ports sector will be finished by this bill. “This Bill is not to privatise any ports. It is for equipping our major ports to compete with private ports,” he said replying to the debate on the Bill.
Bill to convert Major Port Trusts into port authorities gets Rajya Sabha nod
February 10, 2021
The new law will clear the decks for market pricing of services rendered by the government-owned port authorities and public private partnership operators - The Hindu
The new law will clear the decks for market pricing of services rendered by the government-owned port authorities and public private partnership operators - The Hindu×
Biggest structural reform of major ports The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed a Bill that seeks to convert 11 of the 12 ports run by the Central government into “authorities” from the current “trustee” set-up, in the biggest structural reform of state-owned ports ever attempted by any government.