The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has waived off the penal interest on Central Government loans of Rs 897.23 crore given to Cochin Port Trust. Chaired by the PM, the CCEA also approved freezing the liability on account of GOI loans, interest thereon and penal interest @ 0.25% as on 31.3.2016 amounting to Rs.557.16 crore (Rs.258.14 crore + Rs.281.45 crore + Rs.17.57 crore). The CCEA further approved the rescheduling of repayment of the amount frozen in 10 years commencing from 2018-19.
The Cochin Port Trust availed loans for various developmental activities from the Govt.amounting to Rs.168.15 crore between 1936-37 to 1994-95. Non-repayment of these loans has attracted penal interest to the tune of Rs. 914.80 crore. The Port could not repay the loans since the projected revenue from the capital investment done was not sufficient to cover the interest component.
The move comes in the backdrop of a series of steps taken by Cochin Port. The Port has undertaken a series of remedial measures to improve its financial conditions, apart from the measures ordered by Government of India, such as ban on recruitments, stoppage of vehicle purchases and the like, measures adopted by the Port include steps unprecedented in other Major Ports, like freezing of Variable DA for all employees and Dearness Relief for pensioners, stoppage of HBA, conveyance advance, and LTC, stoppage of overtime posting for non-operating areas, reduction of uniform allowance to single set basis, and deferment of Leave Encashment.
With these recent initiatives taken by the Port, several income streams, long awaited by the Port, are now beginning to bear fruit and this would improve the financial status of the Port in future and its ability to repay in future.
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Cabinet waives off penal interest on CPT
By IndianMandarins - 2016-08-25 11:46:44
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has waived off the penal interest on Central Government loans of Rs 897.23 crore given to Cochin Port Trust. Chaired by the PM, the CCEA also approved freezing the liability on account of GOI loans, interest thereon and penal interest @ 0.25% as on 31.3.2016 amounting to Rs.557.16 crore (Rs.258.14 crore + Rs.281.45 crore + Rs.17.57 crore). The CCEA further approved the rescheduling of repayment of the amount frozen in 10 years commencing from 2018-19.
The Cochin Port Trust availed loans for various developmental activities from the Govt.amounting to Rs.168.15 crore between 1936-37 to 1994-95. Non-repayment of these loans has attracted penal interest to the tune of Rs. 914.80 crore. The Port could not repay the loans since the projected revenue from the capital investment done was not sufficient to cover the interest component.
The move comes in the backdrop of a series of steps taken by Cochin Port. The Port has undertaken a series of remedial measures to improve its financial conditions, apart from the measures ordered by Government of India, such as ban on recruitments, stoppage of vehicle purchases and the like, measures adopted by the Port include steps unprecedented in other Major Ports, like freezing of Variable DA for all employees and Dearness Relief for pensioners, stoppage of HBA, conveyance advance, and LTC, stoppage of overtime posting for non-operating areas, reduction of uniform allowance to single set basis, and deferment of Leave Encashment.
With these recent initiatives taken by the Port, several income streams, long awaited by the Port, are now beginning to bear fruit and this would improve the financial status of the Port in future and its ability to repay in future.
