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Image Credits: The Hindu Business LineEVALUATING RECENT POLICY CHANGES ON COASTAL SHIPPING
Introduction
Coastal shipping is a characteristic observed in coastal and island countries for centuries as compared to other modes of transport. It is an energy-efficient, environment-friendly and inexpensive mode of transport. A key component…
Image Credits: ORFINDIA’S EMERGING QUEST TO DEVELOP INLAND WATERWAYS
India is the seventh-largest economy in the world as measured by nominal GDP and third largest economy as measured by purchasing power parity (PPP). The industrial sector registered a growth of 5.9 per cent in 2014-15, and India aims to grow…
Image Credits: Energy Industry ReviewBLUE ECONOMY AND SECURED GOVERNANCE
Blue Economy Assets in India
India's Blue Economy consists of a number of water bodies such as lakes, rivers, canals, dams, brackish water bodies and an extensive ocean as a resource base. The Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the nine coastal…
Image Credits: Avenue RealtyANDHRA PRADESH PORT POLICY 2015: CENTRE’S VISION AND STATE’S NEED
At the Maritime India Summit held in Mumbai on 14 April 2016, the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi released the Sagarmala National Perspective Plan; spelt out his government’s vision and rationale for ‘port-led development model’ which…
