6.1. National Maritime Development Programme (NMDP)

The objective of NMDP is to upgrade and modernise the infrastructure in India considering global standards as the benchmark. The share of private sector in the ports sector mainly consists of commercially viable projects like operation and development of berths, terminals etc. Public funded projects would cover the activities like creation of common user infrastructure facilities. It comprises of a large number of projects covering all major ports entailing activities like:

♤ Construction/up-gradation of berths

♤ Deepening of channels

♤ Rail/road connectivity

♤ Tonnage acquisition

♤ Maritime training

♤ Coastal shipping

♤ Aids to navigation

♤ Shipbuilding and

♤ Building up of Inland Water Transport (IWT) infrastructure.