An inter-ministerial committee on augmenting coastal shipping of coal and other commodities/products has been constituted. The Ministry of Shipping is the nodal Ministry for the committee. The terms of reference of the committee are as follows:-
* Review and approve the strategy for coastal shipping of coal, including annual targets for volumes of coal, which can be transported by rail-sea-rail route.
* Periodically review and approve the implementation roadmap and associated projects for achieving the agreed targets.
* Approve actions for addressing issues related to inter-Ministry or inter-agency coordination.
* Periodically collect feedback from all relevant stakeholders (power utilities, coal producers, railways, shipping companies, logistics service providers, ports, etc.) to fine-tune the strategy and roadmap for coastal shipping of coal as well as other commodities.
