The Centre plans to shortly approve the ₹25,000 cr Maritime Development Fund proposal for providing long term and low cost financial support for indigenous ship-building and other blue water infra projects.
4 min read3 Dec 2024The planned consortium of India Ports Global Ltd, Sagarmala Development Co. Ltd, and Indian Port Rail and Ropeway Corp. Ltd is expected to strengthen India’s maritime heft, at a time China’s shadow looms over several Asian ports.
3 min read15 Oct 2024This will further strengthen India’s presence in the global maritime sector after it developed port facilities at Chabahar in Iran and Sitwe in Myanmar, said Sarbananda Sonowal, minister for ports, shipping and waterways.
2 min read25 Sep 2024The 20th Maritime State Development Council meeting, which concluded in Goa on Friday, also saw the resolution of more than 80 critical issues between the union government, states and Union Territories.
4 min read13 Sep 2024Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his G7 address, urged the international community to raise voice collectively against any unilateral attempts to change status quo
2 min read21 May 2023Given large volume of oil trade between Russia and other countries, its age old fleet like oil tanker Turba poses a massive disaster risk due to its low maintenance and poor safety standards
6 min read26 Mar 2023Fumio Kishida held delegation-level talks with Modi to deepen cooperation between Tokyo and New Delhi, while also addressing food security and development financing.
1 min read20 Mar 2023Russia has consented to sign a deal that allows Ukraine to export global food supplies while halfing the number of days in the agreement from 120 to 60
3 min read18 Mar 2023The report further stated that most of the Indians arrested are charged with the crime of custom evasion which is 13 and followed by five arrests for dealing in counterfeit currency
1 min read13 Mar 2023The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared
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