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National Maritime Day Special
Maritime Vision
Maritime Vision of India’s Future
India has been continuously taking bold steps Maritime Amrit Kaal Vision
with the aim of establishing itself as a global
maritime power. In this context, work has begun 2047
on a vision to determine how strongly India will
stand in the maritime domain by 2030. At the India is not only prepared to meet its trade
same time, a vision has also been prepared, and demands but also poised to emerge as a maritime
work has started on it to define how strong a leader. On this basis, the Maritime Amrit Kaal
Viksit Bharat will be as a maritime power by 2047. Vision 2047 has been formulated as a long-
term roadmap for India’s maritime resurgence.
It envisages an investment of around ₹80 lakh
crore for ports, coastal shipping, inland waterways,
shipbuilding, and green shipping initiatives.
Maritime India Vision (MIV) 2030
Maritime India Vision 2030 provides a
comprehensive framework for the overall
development of India’s maritime sector. This
includes ports, shipping, and waterways. MIV 2030
outlines 150 initiatives aimed at propelling India
towards global maritime leadership.
port-led development. Larger ports are being built
Today, India’s share of across the country to accommodate larger vessels,
maritime trade is only and projects like Sagarmala are enhancing port
connectivity. In the last 11 years, India has doubled
10%. We must increase this its port capacity. Before 2014, the average ship turn-
further. We want to nearly around time in India was two days. Now, the ship
triple our share of global turnaround time in India has decreased by almost
60 percent, to less than one day. New and larger
maritime trade by 2047. ports are also being constructed across the country.
And we will do it. Recently, the country’s first deep-water container
transshipment port was inaugurated in Keralam.
Narendra Modi, Prime Minister Vadhavan Port is being built in Maharashtra at a
cost of over ₹75,000 crore. It will be one of the top
10 ports in the world.
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