As per the tariff migration guidelines being firmed up, all public-private
partnership (PPP) concessionaires will be allowed to frame their Scale of Rates
(SoR) and shift to market-based tariffs, a government official said. “This will usher in a level playing field
among public-private partnership terminal operators that have been adhering to
multiple tariff regimes,” the official said.
These tariff guidelines will apply to all the PPP concessionaires at
major ports, the official added.
Major ports are governed by the Centre and cater to roughly 55% of
India’s
total cargo handling capacity. The rest are under the administrative control of
states.