A study conduced by industry body Assocham found that port sector in India faces issues like uncertain relationship between major and minor ports, delay in clearances.

Further, there is a debate on bringing minor ports under regulation of Tariff Authority for Major Ports (TAMP). According to Ravindra Sanareddy, Assocham Chairman (southern region), minor ports should be allowed to come up to a certain level, before bringing them under tariff regulation.

The study pointed out that except for Gujarat, Odisha and Maharashtra, other maritime states in the country are extremely lagging behind in terms of completing port development projects.

But the study found that Andhra Pradesh was leading other states in terms of projects under construction, with a share of 46.2 per cent in the total basket.

It is implementing three projects worth Rs 20,090 crore in the ports sector, followed by Maharashtra with three projects worth Rs 6,783 crore and Kerala with three projects worth Rs 6,268 crore.

Odisha saw two projects worth Rs 4,169 crore getting completed, while Maharashtra finished five projects worth Rs 3,772 crore, the study found.