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Budget 2026 driven by "Yuva Shakti", anchored around three guiding "kartav
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
The Finance Minister noted that the economy faces global uncertainties, disrupted supply chains and rising demands for energy and critical minerals, necessitating resilient and forward-looking policy measures. Some of the key announcements of the budget were the public capital expenditure
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'A forward-looking step for developed India': Bihar CM Nitish Kumar welcom
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday welcomed the Union Budget 2026-2027, terming it "positive and progressive" while highlighting its benefits for the state's development, infrastructure and employment.
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Budget 2026: FM Sitharaman proposes seven high-speed rail corridors, freig
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
The proposed routes include Mumbai-Pune, Pune-Hyderabad, Hyderabad-Bengaluru, Hyderabad-Chennai, Chennai-Bengaluru, Delhi-Varanasi, and Varanasi-Siliguri. Together, they will link India's financial hubs, technology centres, manufacturing clusters, and emerging cities through faster, clean
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"Rs 1,500 crore to be spent on Kerala's national waterways": Union Ministe
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
"We are happy to inform you that in every sector, because of our successful initiative, the growth has become faster and faster and even in the state of Kerala, whatever potential national waterways we have, we have determined to develop them for the promotion of tourism and also the carg
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India now has 111 national waterways, up from 5 under UPA: Union Minister
Updated : 9 months ago IST
"Out of the 111 national waterways, 29 are currently operational," Sonowal said while addressing an event organised under the Jal Marg Vikas Project in Bihar's Patna.
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Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal announces major infra push to boost Inla
Updated : 9 months ago IST
Speaking at the workshop, Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said, "Today, at this Consultative Workshop, we reaffirm our collective effort to rejuvenate our rivers, especially the National Waterways, to become engines of our future growth, not merely a relic of our past. IWT is the cleanest,
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IWAI signs MoU with global giant Rhenus Logistics India to push cargo grow
Updated : 10 months, 1 week ago IST
Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) under the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Rhenus Logistics India Private Limited, on Tuesday, to operate their barge services in various national waterways in India.
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Union Minister Sonowal launches digital portal for national waterways
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal launched a dedicated digital portal developed by the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) to invite private investment in infrastructure development on National Waterways, a release from Ministry of Ports, Shipping and
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Inland Waterways Authority of India signs MoU with J-K to boost river crui
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Of the 111 national waterways in the country, the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir has three declared national waterways, i.e., River Chenab (NW-26), River Jhelum (NW-49) and River Ravi (NW-84).
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"Cargo handling capacity reached 133 million metric tonnes in last 10 yrs"
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
"In the last 10 years, our cargo handling capacity has reached 133 million metric tonnes... More than Rs 60,000 crores of investment have been made in our National Waterways... In the inaugural session of the Inland Waterways Development Council, we inaugurated projects worth Rs 1400 crores
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Union Minister Sonowal launches National River Traffic and Navigation Syst
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
The Inland Waterways Development Council (IWDC), apex meet for policy deliberation for promotion & propagation of inland waterways in India, witnessed major announcements to boost infrastructure along national waterways, an official release said.
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Sarbananda Sonowal flags off ships, commences fixed scheduled service of c
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
The Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways (MoPSW), Sarbananda Sonowal on SUnday unveiled a major policy for Cargo Promotion - 'Jalvahak' - incentivising movement of long haul cargo via National Waterways 1 (river Ganga) as well as for National Waterways 2 (river Brahmaputra) and
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