My advice:
1. The chances of your boyfriend getting a TRV are quite low as he has a weak application. He does not have any strong ties to India + the employment tie he has is not convincing.
2. If you choose to reapply, you must prepare his application from a visa officer's perspective.... and check there are no gaps in the evidence/no explanations required.
3. The damage has been done in his previous application. So, it needs to be undone (if it can be undone). IMO, it would be best to wait for a few months until he can establish stronger ties before he reapplies instead of risking another TRV refusal.
If you reapply:
1. For his boat employment: Employment letter + a leave approval letter + a salary statement issued by HR for the last 6 months stating tax deductions and net salary + 6 months bank statements to prove salary transfers + emails from his employer.
The letter from his employer must state his work responsibilities + what work he does during off-season (monsoons). He must also include evidence that he must be back by a specific date (not the July thingy) for a scheduled boat trip.
I'm pretty sure the visa officer will not buy the reason that he must return by July to manage boat trips. Boat trips on the Ganges may not be possible in July-August due to flooding.
An aside:
I have done considerable high-altitude/ lower altitude trekking in the Himalayas.... some of it, from the source of the Ganges glacier to lower levels where the Ganges reaches the upper plains + white water rafting (medium grades). Even in off-monsoon/winter months, I have been in awe at the swiftness and the high-volume of water with which the Ganges flows.
The Ganges floods its banks in the monsoons. It is a nightmare to be on a boat in the monsoons.
2. For his second employment: Again, the works.... employment letter + leave approval letter + 6 months salary slips/salary statement, etc etc
He must include an explanation how he is able to manage both jobs. Hope his boat employment letter does not state he cannot work anywhere else.
3. For his finances: 6 months bank statements of all three bank accounts + 2 years Income Tax Returns + copies of the mutual funds (he cannot include this as available funds for his visit).
He must file his income tax returns. This will confirm that he is paid the salary he claims + it will confirm his bank balance and investments.
4. For family ties: Evidence they live together at the same address + highlight the bank transactions for the June wedding payments (and if he bought flight tickets for his family then prints of the tickets) + evidence of payments for any other reason (utility bills, etc)
5. He must draw up a day-by-day detailed itinerary of what he plans to do during his visit with expense estimates. And, prove that he can pay for this itinerary + airfare.
6. Do be careful about the choice of words in the invitation letter. IMO, it must not appear that he is desperate to visit Canada.
To a visa officer, as you have already visited him quite a few times, there's no need for him to visit you. It could incorrectly imply that he is visiting to marry you and file an inland PR app
Cheers
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