Sagarmala scheme is a central sector scheme of Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW) with the target to promote port-led development in the country....
DP World has added the India-flagged DP World Indus to its coastal shipping fleet, giving its Marine Services business a container vessel of more than 2,500 TEU capacity dedicated to domestic cargo movements across India, according to DP World....
India’s maritime sector plays a central role in shaping its trade and economic activity. The country has a coastline of about 11,099 kilometres, along with nearly 14,500 kilometres of potentially navigable waterways....
India's Sagarmala Finance Corporation is set to issue the country's first 'blue bond', as it looks to diversify funding sources to lend towards developing maritime and coastal infrastructure, a top executive told Reuters on Friday....
Mumbai is set to introduce battery-powered water ferries by the end of 2026, following discussions by Maharashtra Ports Minister Nitesh Rane on the feasibility of the routes. .....
LUCKNOW: To boost tourism and recreational activities, the city will soon offer a luxury cruise service on the Gomti river, allowing up to 200 people a river ride at a time........
Separately, the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways has drafted India's first National Water Metro Policy to make water metro systems an integral part of the broader urban mobility framework........
Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal led a comprehensive review of Mumbai Port Authority’s (MbPA) ongoing and proposed projects, reaffirming the Centre’s commitment to a ₹22,672-crore transformation of Mumbai’s Eastern Waterfront into a global maritime, logistics and tourism hub...
Patna: State transport minister Shrawan Kumar on Monday said 20,000 square meters of land has been identified in Patna for a state-of-the-art ship repair centre to be built with an estimated cost of approximately Rs243 crore.........
Yamuna River Cruise 2026: The project aims to promote eco-friendly tourism and provide an international luxury experience at affordable prices.........
IWAI signed MoUs worth ₹3,000 crore at India Maritime Week 2025 to boost inland waterways, cargo movement and Water Metro in Assam, with major tourism and connectivity projects across the Northeast.....
Bhopal The state cabinet, headed by chief minister Mohan Yadav, on Tuesday approved the implementation of the Fourth Time Scale Scheme (assured career progression) for assistant teachers, teachers of the academic cadre, and primary and middle school teachers of the new teaching cadre on completion of 35 years of service on or after July 1, 2023. For this, an amount of Rs 322.34 crore was approved.........
Mangaluru: The Karnataka Maritime Board (KMB) proposed the development of Coastal Passenger Ferry Services from Mangaluru to Maravanthe in Udupi district. The 110 km transport corridor from Mangaluru to Maravanthe in Kundapur taluk will have five proposed stops at Old Mangaluru Port in Mangaluru city, Hejmadi, Malpe, Kota, and Maravanthe........
Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh govt put forward a request to the Centre to sanction a financial package of Rs 20,000 crore for Simhastha 2028, a major pilgrimage event to be hosted in Ujjain. The State also urged the Centre to increase its borrowing limit to enable the state to meet all the proposed expenses for the successful conduct of Simhasta, which has been billed as a major showcase event of the govt........
Thane: The state government is developing a network of waterway routes spanning nearly 200 nautical miles to connect far-flung suburbs in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) with the newly opened Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA) and Nariman Point, said Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis at an event on Wednesday.......
NEW DELHI: Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Shri Sarbananda Sonowal Ji, informed in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha that, the transformative initiatives undertaken to modernize inland water transport facilities in the North-Eastern States (NER) are as follows:.......
India is set to pour approximately Rs 80 lakh crore into its maritime sector by 2047, as outlined in the Maritime Amrit Kaal Vision 2047. This ambitious plan aims to bolster national maritime strength, with a significant portion of projects already completed or in progress. A new cargo berth is also being developed at New Mangalore PortS......
Kochi: Fishery Survey of India (FSI) has built a slipway cradle in Kochi, which will help transfer fishing boats and research vessels for maintenance. The 250-tonne capacity slipway cradle will support docking and maintenance capabilities......
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath inaugurated a floating restaurant at Ramgarhtal in Gorakhpur district on Thursday and distributed certificates to the allottees of the Greenwood apartment housing project......
The central government will invest more in Northeast waterways. An additional Rs 1,000 crore will be allocated for projects in Assam and the Northeast by 2026.....
The Sagarmala Programme, launched in March 2015, is the flagship initiative of the Ministry of Ports, Shipping, and Waterways, aimed at revolutionizing...
