Mumbai: Union Shipping Minister GK Vasan on Friday said the government has decided to increase the monthly pension for seafarers to Rs 500. Under the revised scheme, seafarers will earn Rs 500 per month as against Rs 200 now, Vasan told reporters on the sidelines of the 50th National Maritime Day celebrations here.
The ministry will source the additional funds by charging foreign shipping lines and registration agencies, the minister added.
"The funds of Seafarers Welfare Society need to be augmented. We are exploring various measures in this regard like securing contribution from foreign shipping lines and registration agencies," he said.
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10:48 PM, Apr 05, 2013
Chennai: The death toll in cyclone Nilam has gone up to four, after the body of yet another missing sailor was found on Friday. Earlier in the day, the bodies of two missing sailors were found. A total of five sailors went missing after their life boat was wrecked in the cyclone that hit the Tamil Nadu coast on Wednesday evening. The total number of missing sailors is now down...
12:33 PM, Nov 02, 2012
Chennai: Rescue and search operations yielded the body of yet another sailor, who had gone missing along with four others after cyclone Nilam wrecked their life boat off the Chennai coast. Early on Friday morning, the body of another was found, thus bringing the tally of those still missing down to three. Search operations are still on. The bodies of the two sailors have been sent to a government hospital...
11:50 AM, Nov 02, 2012
Chennai: The body of one of the five missing sailors, whose lifeboat was wrecked in cyclone Nilam that hit the Tamil Nadu coast on Wednesday evening, has been found. The body has been sent to a government hospital for identification. The five sailors went missing after their life boat capsized in choppy waters while 16 were rescued by local fishermen and one drowned. The sailors were a part of the...
09:53 AM, Nov 02, 2012
New Delhi: As many as 43 Indians are under the captivity of Somalian pirates, the government said on Monday. "43 Indian citizens are under the custody of Somalian pirates as on date," Minister of Shipping GK Vasan informed the Lok Sabha in a written reply. The government has set up an inter-ministerial group of officers (IMGO) to deal with hostage situation arising out of the hijacking of merchant vessels with...
02:29 PM, Aug 27, 2012
TIRUCHY: Union Minister GK Vasan on Tuesday refused to support the demand of its ally, the DMK, for a referendum on a separate Tamil Eelam in Sri Lanka. Vasan said the Congress was giving priority to rehabilitation and restoration of livelihood for the island Tamils. Evading a direct reply to a question whether the revival of Tamil Eelam Supporters Organisation by the DMK would hit its ties with the Congress,...
10:02 AM, May 02, 2012
Visakhapatnam: The Centre has proposed to modernise all the ports in the country to increase the overall capacity of Indian ports to 3,230 million tonnes by 2019-20 from the present 936 million tonnes, Union Minister for Shipping GK Vasan on Friday said. He said an investment of Rs 2.77 lakh crore was required for this purpose, which is meant for bringing them on par with international standards to increase the...
01:13 AM, Mar 10, 2012
Chennai: The Shipping Ministry proposes to undertake over 22 new projects worth about Rs 16,000 crore in 2012, Shipping Minister GK Vasan said on Monday. "Around Rs 16,000 crore we have planned for around 22 projects this year. By end March, around five to six projects will positively come out. Already projects for Rs 6,700 crore in Mumbai has come out positively," he said at a press conference in Chennai....
08:24 PM, Feb 20, 2012
Chennai: The killing of two Indian fishermen off the Kerala coast in firing allegedly by two Italian marines on board an oil tanker is an 'unpardonable crime' and the guilty would be punished, Shipping Minister GK Vasan said in Chennai on Monday. "As I have already said it is condemnable. They (Kerala police) are looking into it as a suspicious incident. Our waterfront is not infested by pirates.So it is...
04:48 PM, Feb 20, 2012
