Sagarmala Project

Union Budget 2019: FM Piyush Goyal says India is fastest highway developer in world with 27 km of roads built every day

Crediting the government for rolling out stuck projects like Eastern Peripheral Expressway to decongest Delhi and Bogibeel Bridge in Assam, Piyush Goyal said India also witnessed container movement on waterways

Nitin Gadkari urges domestic investors to pump money into shipping sector, promises assistance

Nitin Gadkari said the country's economic viability has improved and this is the right time for investors to enter the structural construction projects.

Draft coastal regulations facilitate NDA's Sagarmala project but fishermen, environmentalists feel threatened

One such venture that the NDA government has been trying to implement is the Rs 8 trillion Sagarmala Project.

Narendra Modi predicts BJP win in Karnataka, North East; slams Congress dynasty rule in Puducherry

Prime Minister Narendra Modi hit out at the "one family" dynastic rule of Congress for 48 years and said it should be compared with the achievements of the "development-oriented" NDA in the last four years

Shipping ministry promises 'revolution' in inland waterways, cruise services; road building to reach 40 km/day target

The government's first priority is water-based transport as it is cheap, second was rail and the third is roads.

Narendra Modi in Gujarat highlights: PM says development priority, important decisions on economic reform will continue

Narendra Modi who arrived in Gujarat today will be inaugurating and laying foundation stones for a number of projects in Vadodara and Bhavnagar districts of the poll-bound state

Narendra Modi in Gujarat: PM backs GST and note ban, slams Congress for thwarting state's development

In his fifth visit to Gujarat since September, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday reassured Gujaratis over the economy and stated that India is moving in the right direction

Centre plans to develop Coastal Economic Zone in Odisha to boost commercial activities in state

The Centre plans to take steps to develop a CEZ in Odisha in view of the enormous potential for economic activities in the area.

Sagarmala Project: Karnataka seeks Rs 8,741 crores for fresh skill development projects

Sagarmala,the port-led industrialization project is expected to create more than 1 crore jobs throughout India and Karnataka expects to tap a chunk of it by investing in fresh ideas.

India far behind in port related development than China

The report further says that, despite having 7,500 kilometres of coastline, none among the 200 Indian ports figure in the list of global top 20.