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Chapter 10 · The Portfolio
India's long-range maritime plans, and the records that follow from them: seafarers, shipbuilding, green shipping, coastal trade and cooperation at sea. The chart above is a schematic of general sea-lane directions, not a traffic map.
Released by the Prime Minister at the Maritime India Summit on 2 March 2021: more than 150 initiatives across ten themes, from ports and shipbuilding to inland waterways and cruise tourism.
Document, PDF (opens in a new tab)Targets include 200 million tonnes of cargo on National Waterways, a figure the ministry reports was exceeded in 2025–26.
Unveiled at the Global Maritime India Summit in Mumbai on 17 October 2023, and described by PIB as “the long term blueprint for the Indian maritime blue economy”.
Document, PDF 48 MB (opens in a new tab)Subject 01
On 8 August 2026 in Mumbai he launched E-Samudra, a digital platform presented at a stakeholder meeting on seafarer security and welfare organised by the Directorate General of Maritime Administration. In May 2025 he launched ‘Sagar Mein Samman’, an initiative on the participation of women in the maritime sector.
Our commitment is clear: every Indian seafarer must be safe, respected and supported.
Subject 02
On 24 September 2025 the Union Cabinet approved a package of ₹69,725 crore for shipbuilding:
For ship repair on the Brahmaputra, a facility at Pandu, Guwahati, whose foundation stone was unveiled in January 2023, is being developed.
PIB, 24 September 2025 · PIB, April 2026Subject 03
He opened the Green Shipping Conclave in Mumbai on 20 February 2025, attended by the Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization. On 3 September 2026 he reviewed zero-emission shipping corridors and green bunkering hubs at Deendayal, Paradip and V.O. Chidambaranar ports.
Green shipping is not a choice anymore, it is the direction the world is moving in, and India, under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, intends to lead from the front.
Subject 04
India's coastline was reassessed at 11,098.81 km — previously recorded as 7,516.6 km — by the National Hydrographic Office with the Survey of India, using finer-scale mapping; the ministry promulgated the figure by circular on 29 April 2025. The Coastal Shipping Act, 2025 received assent on 9 August 2025.
PIB, 4 December 2025 · PRSSubject 05
Subject 06
On 11 September 2026 he chaired the second governing council meeting of the National Maritime Heritage Complex Society and reviewed progress on the complex at Lothal, Gujarat.
ANI, 11 September 2026