The Central Government has issued the Inland Vessels (Central Database and Allied Matters) Rules, 2024. The central database shall contain the following data and details in electronic form, namely–
- Application for conducting survey of vessel;
- Declaration to be issued by the surveyor;
- Record of equipment and vessel information;
- Application for provisional certificate of survey;
- Provisional certificate of survey;
- Survey certificate of category A, B and C vessel;
- Particulars to be furnished for survey of new vessel which is to be surveyed for the first time;
- Official log book for an inland mechanically propelled vessel;
- Application for change of name of the vessel on certificate of survey;
- Book of registration of vessels and application for registration, declaration of ownership, appointment of date and time of inspection of the inland vessel by the registering authority;
- Carving and marking note, application regarding registration, application for transfer of registry, instrument creating, transfer or discharge of mortgage, application for issuance of provisional certificate of registration
- Certificates of competency issued to crew, medical certificate for appearing for certificate of competency, certificate of service, application form for appearing in certificate of competency;
- Certificate of compliance for prevention and containment of pollution, as contained in Third Schedule of the Inland Vessels (Prevention and Containment of Pollution) Rules, 2022, certificate of insurance as contained in Form 2 of the Inland Vessels (Insurance, Limitation of Liability and Obligations of Service Providers and Service Users) Rules, 2022;
- Data and details of reception facilities.