Paradip to be developed as world-class smart industrial Port City

September 2016

The Ministry of Shipping is planning to develop Paradip as a world-class, globally competitive, smart industrial Port City. The rationale behind deve...

Tags: Paradip, Ministry of Shipping, MSME, Smart city, Sagarmala programme, Commercial areas, Water management system, Waste recycling centre, Pradhanmantri Awaas Yojana, Solar power project, Port City

Govt identifies 26 port-rail connectivity projects

August 2016

The government has identified 26 port-rail connectivity projects under its ambitious Sagarmala programme worth Rs.29,500 crore. ...

Tags: Port-rail, Sagarmala programme, Railways, Construction

Govt to link major ports

June 2016

As part of the port connectivity objective of the Sagarmala Programme, the government aims to enhance the connectivity of major ports in the country ...

Tags: Port, Sagarmala Programme, NPP, Road, Rail-connectivity Infrastructure, Freight expressways, Pipelines, Transporting crude, Petroleum products

We will soon form an SPV for port connectivity projects

May 2016

The state has a long coastline of 720 km, which is almost 10 per cent of India´s coastline. It´s well connected through 18 National Highways and near...

Tags: National Highways, Atul Patne, Amba River, Dabhol creek, Vashishti River, Kalyan, GoI, Maritime Development Policy, Sagarmala Programme, Make in India, Skill India, Digital India, SPV, MMB, Maharashtra Port Connectivity Corporation

Implications on infrastructure

March 2016

The amount of Rs.800 cr budgeted for ports and inland waterways appears to be below the potential of these sectors. The Union Budget 2016-17 lists in...

Tags: Ports, Inland Waterways, Infrastructure, Sagarmala Programme, Smart Cities, Amrut, Hybrid Annuity Model, National Highways, Roads, Railways, Airports, Housing, NHAI, REITs, PPP Projects