Source: PIB
Context: The Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways and Ayush has launched the new guidelines for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) called ‘Sagar Samajik Sahayyog’.
About the guidelines:
- The guidelines empower ports to directly undertake CSR
- Ports with a turnover less than ₹100 crores should spend 3-5%, those with a turnover less than ₹500 crores should spend 2-3%, and ports with a turnover more than ₹500 crores should spend 0.5-2% on CSR initiatives.
- Priority Areas: Allocating a portion of CSR funds for Sainik Kalyan Board, National Maritime Heritage Complex, National Youth Development Fund, and various social and environmental welfare programs.
The implementation and monitoring of CSR projects will be overseen by a Corporate Social Responsibility Committee constituted in each major port.
India has 13 major ports and 205 notified minor and intermediate ports. A list of Major ports in India are:
| Name of Port | State |
| Kochi Port | Kerala |
| Ennore Port | Tamil Nadu |
| Haldia Port | West Bengal |
| Kolkata Port | West Bengal |
| Kandla Port | Gujarat |
| Mangalore Port | Karnataka |
| Marmagoa | Goa |
| Mumbai Port | Maharashtra |
| Jawaharlal Nehru Port | Maharashtra |
| Paradip Port | Odisha |
| Tuticorin Port | Tamil Nadu |
| Vishakhapatnam Port | Andhra Pradesh |
| Chennai Port | Tamil Nadu |
