Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari said that attempts were being made to find alternatives to corporatisation, which was opposed by port employees, for upgrading infrastructure and services, as announced in Budget 2015-16.
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Shipping Ministry to examine relaxation of cabotage law
India is looking at relaxing its age old cabotage law to allow foreign ships to transport cargo between different ports along the country´s coast with some riders, Junior Shipping Minister Pon Radhakrishnan has said.
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GMB scouts for newer locations
Gujarat, which accounts for 74 per cent of the traffic by all non-major ports and 89 per cent of the total shipbuilding orders in India, is now scouting for newer locations for setting up green-field ports and shipyards.
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Cochin Shipyard seeks dry dock
Cochin Shipyard Ltd (CSL) has approached the Union Environment Ministry for building a new dry dock within the existing shipyard premises to accommodate very large ships.
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Shipping Ministry plans to make ports energy sufficient
In order to make the 12 major ports in the country self-sufficient in terms of power requirements, the Union Ministry of Shipping has drawn up a plan for producing 150
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Road projects: Concerns on 100% exit policy
The government´s plan to unlock Rs 4,500 crore equity from road projects seems to have hit a roadblock.
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Maharashtra to distribute LED bulbs
The Maharashtra government has set a target of distributing seven crore LED bulbs to domestic consumers in the next one year as part of energy conservation.
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Mumbai: Pay toll for coastal road for 30 years
Mumbai´s coastal road may reduce your travel time, but it also promises to make your pockets lighter.
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Centre to spend Rs.48,000 cr on smart cities: Venkaiah Naidu
According to Venkaiah Naidu, Minister for Urban Development, the government intends to develop 100 cities into smart cities to begin with over a period of five years.
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PM launches Smart Cities, AMRUT
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched three mega urban schemes, viz., Smart Cities Mission, Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT)