Section 5(1)(e) in The Merchant Shipping (Recruitment and Placement of Seafarers) Rules, 2016
(e)ensure, as far as practicable, that the ship owner has the means to protect such seafarers from being stranded in a port; and in such an event shall make adequate provisions for the repatriation of a stranded seafarer along with his maintenance and required emergency medical assistance prior to repatriation and the transportation of the mortal remains of a seafarer in the event of his death, and it shall also furnish a bank guarantee to cover the cost of repatriation of the seafarer in an event of his abandonment and being stranded;