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Item Major ports of India : performance appraisal of selected financial parameters using correlation analysis(Indian Economic Journal : Journal of the Indian Economic Association, 2013-02) Bhanu Prakash, Nookala; Ramalingeswara Rao, B. V.; Anupama, T.Major ports of India play vital role in the economy and their contribution to the development of nation is reflected in the ever-growing quantities of cargo handled by them. India has 13 major ports and the overall cargo handled by all these ports stood to the tune of 930 MT in 2011-12. However, one of the major concerns for the government has been the performance standards of these ports which, unfortunately, are not in line of the expected efficiency levels. Major ports in India are running under multiple constraints like congestion, outdated technology, improper hinterland connectivity, and higher dependence on manual cargo handling procedures. At the same time, they are dependent on the government for their financing and investment decisions. It may be observed that the government is slowly releasing the major ports from clutches of its control. Privatisation of port services through PPP mode and granting of administrative autonomy to the management of the port trusts are two major steps taken by the government to improve the work efficiencies of the major ports. Result-oriented initiatives such as National Maritime Development Program 2007-2012 and Maritime Agenda: 2010-20, initiated by the ministry, to improve the infrastructural set-up at major ports are being implemented to increase the efficiencies among the major ports. The objective of the present study is to analyse the performance of major ports using some financial metrics during the period 1995-96 to 2010-11. It is quite interesting to note that all the major ports work with different efficiency levels and the study aspires to find about the performance levels of these ports on the basis of their financial performances. The study aims to find if there is any significant impact on the revenue generated by the ports and the ever-growing costs in handling the cargo.Item An analysis of steam coal import logistics in India and factors effecting the costs in the supply chain with reference to Indian power sector(Global Conference on Operations and Supply Chain Management (GCOM 2012), 2012-03) Bangar Raju, T.; Mohan Rao, K. V.; Ramalingeswara Rao, B. V.India has an ambitious plan of going for additional power generation capacity of 65000MW out of which 44000MW would through coal based. In the year 2009-2010 the domestic thermal coal production has been 400 million tonnes and 44 million tonnes of thermal coal has been imported. So at present 11% of our thermal coal consumption is being met through imports. Keeping in view the limitations in increasing domestic production like environmental, forestry and productivity issues, India is would be more dependent on imported coal for future needs. The projection of integrated energy policy report indicates that the range of coal requirement under various scenarios would be between 860-1296 million tonnes in the year 2031-32 of which imports are projected in the range of 53% to 57%. This underscores the need for adequate and efficient port handling facilities and ocean transport facilities for connecting the supply chain for the thermal power plants. The eleventh five year plan envisages an additional coal handling capacity to 115 million tonnes by the end of the plan period. In additional it is critical to identity the bottlenecks and cut down costs in ocean trade logistics and supply chain for more low cost fuel for the power requirements. The paper attempts to analyse various kinds of vessels transporting coal from Indonesia and south Africa to India. The major problems related to import logistics have been discussed and analysed. It can be concluded that size of ships and port infrastructure are key factors which could reduce the costs in the supply chain.