T. S. Balasubramanian
Member (Finance)
MESSAGE
The financial year 2018-19 has ended. As we kick off a new year 2019-20, it is a good time to look back and take stock of the achievements/deficiencies and to look forward, to see what we still need to accomplish.
2. As we commence the year 2019-20, I express my gratitude to all the stakeholders including the members of TAMP family for supporting the functioning of TAMP.
3.1 As a part of consultative process in regulating tariff, TAMP, has organized 47 hearings during the year 2018-19 jointly with the Ports, Port users, BOT Operators and prospective lessees of port lands as well as for other tariff cases. Such joint hearings not only enabled the Ports / BoT operators to fine tune their tariff proposals but also acted as an effective platform for Users to put-forth their views / grievances.
3.2 The Board of TAMP has met 6 times in the year 2018-19. The Board decided 51 tariff cases of various Ports / BOT Operators, including estate related charges. TAMP has surpassed the self set target of 50 tariff orders for the Financial year 2018-19.
3.3 The government came out with new policy announcements in the year 2018-19. The Government issued the “Tariff Policy for Major Port Trusts, 2018” and the “Tariff Guideline, 2019” for the BOT Operator who were earlier governed by the Tariff Guideline of 2005. The Tariff Policy, 2018 for Major Port Trusts and the Tariff Guideline, 2019 for BOT Operator give flexibility to the Port Trusts and BOT Operators to react to the market forces.
4. The audit of the Accounts of the Authority for the year 2017-18 has been undertaken by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India. As per the Audit Report released by the Comptroller and Auditor General there are no audit paras on the Accounts of the Authority for the year 2017-18. The Accounts of the Authority along with Audit Report for the year 2017-18 has been placed on the Table of Rajya Sabha on 17.12.2018 and Lok Sabha on 20.12.2018.
5. TAMP has observed “Swachhata Hi Sewa” from 15.09.2018 to 02.10.2018. “Swachhata Pakhwada – 2018” was also observed from 16.09.2018 to 30.09.2018. Since the “Swachh Bharat Abhiyan” is an all-time activity, the directives for cleanliness are continuously observed throughout the year. TAMP was ranked 2nd among 10 key organisations under the Ministry of Shipping in terms of cleanliness by the Quality Council of India.
6. TAMP is continuously recognized for its Quality Management System under ISO 9001:2008 and for Information Security Management System under ISO 27001:2013.
7. Looking back on 2018-19, I emphasize not only our achievement in reaching our target but also the way we demonstrated our attitude to adapt ourselves to the changing environment. We have a target of 50 tariff cases for disposal in the year 2019-20. We have to convene more meetings of the Authority during the year 2019-20 to dispose of more tariff cases. The accomplishments made so far would not have been possible without the active co-operation of all the stakeholders, more importantly, our small, but dedicated team of staff members. I wish to take this opportunities to thank the employees of the TAMP for their immense contribution to achieve the accomplishments. I am confident that the tasks still we need to accomplish will be accomplished with the active cooperation of our staff.
8. I welcome comments and suggestions of stakeholders on our functioning which will provide valuable feedback to us to effect necessary improvements within the statutory mandate and guiding framework given to us.
| Date: 01.04.2019 |
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(T.S. Balasubramanian) |
| Place: Mumbai |
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Member (Finance) |
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