Public CompanyCabinet to mull Hind Shipyard transfer to Defence Ministry
A move is afoot to transfer a major shipyard to the Defence Ministry, a step aimed at creating capabilities to construct nuclear submarines.
A proposal to transfer state-owned Hindustan Shipyard (HSL) from the administrative control of the Shipping Ministry to the Defence Ministry is expected to be considered by the Cabinet any day now.
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The GoM in February 2008, while considering the proposal inter alia recommended that the yard of HSL be transferred to the Ministry of Defence for strategic requirements.
The GoM also recommended a valuation the current existing assets of the shipyard. Following this, Axis Bank was appointed to do the valuation process and value has been worked out at Rs 1,021.99 crore.
Out of the 27 shipyards in the country, six are owned by the Centre and three of them are considered crucial ? HSL at Visakhapatnam, Cochin Shipyard, and Hooghly Dock and Port Engineers at Kolkata.