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INTRODUCING CLIMATE RESILIENCE AS THE FIFTH PILLAR OF THE SAGARMALA PROGRAMME

This article seeks to highlight the glaring gap between the planned activities within SAGARMALA and the long-term climate-change-induced threats facing coastal regions in India. It first discusses some of the more prominent impacts of climate…

OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY, SAGARMALA, AND THE BLUE ECONOMY

The SAGARMALA Project and Predicted Energy-Requirements Launched in 2015, the SAGARMALA Project (SP) is a contemporary, mega undertaking of the Government of India (GoI) that is aimed at ‘port-led’ comprehensive and holistic development…

MARITIME COOPERATION AS A THRUST AREA BETWEEN INDIA AND INDONESIA

The upcoming visit of Indian Prime Minister, Mr Narendra Modi, to Indonesia (later this month),is reflective of the strong desire of both the countries to work more closely together, in the face of the ‘rapidly evolving strategic realities’…

INDIA ENDEAVOURS TO TAP INTO OCEAN ENERGY

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IMOS VIEWS ON SHIPPING AND INDIA’S SAGARMALA: EXAMINING THE CONVERGENCES

Introduction The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has selected - ‘Connecting Ships, Ports and People’- as the World Maritime Day theme for 2017.[1] The theme for 2016 was - ‘Shipping: indispensable to the world’.[2] The purpose…

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INDIA’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…

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BUILDING INDIA’S MARITIME RESURGENCE THROUGH CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT

A strong push has been given to the maritime agenda in India since the swearing in of Prime Minister Modi. This is evident from the range of initiatives taken by the Indian government such as Maritime India Summit-2016, announcement of ‘Sagarmala’…

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ANDHRA 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…

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SAGARMALA 2.0: TARGETING MARITIME SECTOR TO DRIVE ECONOMIC GROWTH

On April 14, 2016, Prime Minister Narendra Modi released the National Perspective Plan of the Ministry of Shipping at the first Maritime India Summit held in Mumbai in which 42 countries participated. This Plan was titled, ‘Sagarmala’–a…

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DEVELOPING ‘SOFTWARE’ FOR BLUE ECONOMY

India has announced that its march towards developing the blue economy has begun and “India is on the brink of a blue revolution”. The Union Minister for Shipping, Road Transport and Highways has stated that the government…

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REVIVAL OF CHINA’S COLOMBO PORT CITY PROJECT: IMPLICATIONS FOR INDIA

Two high profile visits originated out of Sri Lanka in the first week of April: that of the Sri Lankan Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Air Chief Marshal Kolitha Gunatilleke to India between 03 – 08 April and the Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil…

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INDIAN MARINE LEISURE INDUSTRY GETS A BOOST

The recent Maritime India Summit 2016 in Mumbai was the first ever large scale global maritime event hosted by India. It was also an opportune moment for the Indian Prime Minister to announce his vision of a ‘maritime India’ built around…

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