Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal on Monday announced multiple initiatives by the government to boost the waterways and maritime sector in the region.
Over the past 11 years, the Ministry of Ports, Shipping, and Waterways (MoPSW) has transformed India's maritime sector, achieving record growth in cargo handling, capacity, and coastal shipping. Major ports have nearly doubled their capacity, and cruise tourism is rising with ambition. New t
The Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal, emphasised exploring all possibilities to achieve better connectivity through waterways with the Bay of Bengal to benefit people of North-East who are in the trading sector.
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati's student, Sukanya Sonowal, has been selected as the Commonwealth Youth Peace Ambassador, a leadership position in the Commonwealth Youth Peace Ambassadors Network (CYPAN) Executive Committee.
In his keynote address, he described the Brahma Kumaris as a "transformative force" guiding society away from negativity and toward moral clarity through the power of meditation, human values, and spiritual discipline.
The Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways (MoPSW), Sarbananda Sonowal, launched multiple tech initiatives to boost efficiency and productivity in a major maritime digital push here on Thursday. The launch of SAGAR SETU platform as well as MoPSW's MoU with the Centre for Developm
The Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways MoPSW), Sarbananda Sonowal on Thursday inaugurated Sagarmala Finance Corporation Limited (SMFCL), India's first Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC) in the maritime sector.
Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal visited the redeveloped Haibargaon Railway Station in Nagaon district of Assam on Sunday. The station was redeveloped under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme.
Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Saturday participated in the International Yoga Day celebrations at the Gateway of India in Mumbai, which had the theme "Yoga for One Earth and One Health."
"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.
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,