A study by Assocham shows that 62 public-private partnership (PPP) projects in the port sector worth Rs 82,000 crore are in different stages of implementation across different maritime states. To put it in perspective, there are in all 881 projects worth Rs 5.40 lakh crore across all sectors that are taken up in the PPP model in the country.
Gujarat accounts for a maximum share of over 50 per cent in the total number of completed projects in PPP as of April this year while Kerala registered the highest share of over about 40 per cent in PPP projects under bidding.
Andhra Pradesh has three PPP projects worth over Rs 1,425 crore under operation in the port sector. The state has a share of about 6 per cent in the PPP in port projects and it has no projects in the ports sector that are under bidding.
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