Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh chaired a high-level meeting in New Delhi on Tuesday to review the progress of various infrastructure projects under construction along India’s international borders.

Engineering conglomerate Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has written to the NITI Aayog raising concerns over the recent submarine project awarded to state-owned Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders

The government has granted infrastructure status to the shipyard industry in a boost to its Make in India initiative. The move is expected to bring down borrowing costs for the industry. At present, companies pay average interest of 14-15 per cent on their borrowings.

What has prevailed in the last 1000 years is not going to change in the foreseeable future. Merchant ships will continue to be the major means of trade across the oceans of the world. Warships will continue to provide international maritime security, keeping our sea lanes of communication safe and navigable for calm and peaceful trade.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi´s ´Make in India´ initiative may come to the rescue of an industry that has its fate closely tied to economic cycles - shipbuilding.

Weak financial position of shipping companies may slowdown growth in the marine-hull segment of the insurance industry, reports indicate. Marine-hull insurance is purchased by port authorities, shipowners, shipbuilders, oil- and energy-sector companies, bankers and financiers of ships or vessels who have insurable interest

In order to promote shipbuilding industry, the union shipping ministry has lined up measures which include providing cheap loans to the firms, PK Sinha, union shipping secretary said. The shipping ministry has requested the finance ministry to give an interest subvention scheme for the shipbuilding industry as the sector grapples to attract com

Anil Devli, Chief Executive Officer of Indian National Ship Owners Association informed that the removal of excise and countervailing duty (CVD) is a big boost to the shipbuilders. He said the move would see more ships being built in India now. The Rs 300-crore subsidy will increase the cash flow, Dhananjay Datar, group Chief Financial officer, ABG Shipyard, said

Domestic shipping companies expressed satisfaction with the Union Budget 2013-14 as it announced some tax sops for shipbuilders and import of ships. The budget removed the countervailing duty (CVD) on imported ships since most Indian shipping companies get their vessels manufactured outside the country. Further, the budget also removed the excise duty on the