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Working on plan to encourage traders to use Indian-flag vessels: Goyal

On Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that India aims to be among the top five nations in shipbuilding over the next 25 years

India needs its own P&I entity for maritime, says FM Nirmala Sitharaman

Addressing the Global Maritime India Summit 2023, the finance minister said that such an entity would provide greater strategic flexibility to India's shipping operations

Govt identifies 300 initiatives for expansion targets under Maritime Vision

Tax sops for coastal shipping, incentives for PPP, PLI for green shipping on cards

Union Cabinet hikes dearness allowance, approves PLB for rail staff

The last revision of the dearness allowance was undertaken on March 24, 2023, and was effective from January 1, 2023

India to spend Rs 143 trillion in infrastructure by 2030, says Crisil

Green investments will also see a five-fold rise from the past seven years to Rs 36.6 trillion

Rs 80 trillion by 2047: PM Modi's blueprint for improving maritime infra

Amrit Kaal vision for blue economy needed for new world order, says Prime Minister

Tight spot: Ministry of Railways, DFCC on parallel tracks over GST

Ministry of railways, DFCC planning revenue model for latter as current apparatus has put an 18% GST on the corporation

Govt completes Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor, ops begin Nov 1

Freight corridors are special tracks made for goods trains, to decongest the railway network and ensure faster movement of goods

Four killed and 30 injured in train crash in Bihar, says Railways

Second major rail accident in 4 months, Commissioner of Railway Safety to conduct probe

National average coal stock at season's low ahead of festival demand

Coal, rail ministries confident stock will replenish by mid-month

Railways safety initiative on the right track, but not yet full steam ahead

Rlys plans infra maintenance two months in advance

Israel-Hamas war: Higher shipping costs, premiums may lower export margins

Escalation of violence may impact trade volumes, say experts

PLI good for telecom, need to adjust for others: NITI Member Virmani

Virmani said that industry needs to reach the minimum efficient scale (MES), otherwise they cannot compete by themselves and will need subsidies to compete

NIIF launches $600 mn India-Japan bilateral fund in collaboration with JBIC

Fund aims investments renewables, e-mobility, and circular economy

Higher coal movement takes rail freight growth to 6.7% in September

Much of this growth was led by coal freight, which rose by 9.4 per cent to 59.7 mt in September, owing to higher coal demand at thermal power plants across the country

PM Gatishakti: 3 upcoming airports on fast track to get rail connectivity

Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia and Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw have been coordinating in recent months on these projects

Top 15 longest routes of Vande Bharat trains: Here's all you need to know

The Centre is also working on sleeper Vande Bharat trains, after which the flagship train could be seen on longer routes

States, industry snub govt ports for private ones in coastal shipping

Between April and August, coastal cargo handled at state-owned ports increased by 1.3%, while it rose 21% at private ports

Major Port Cargo grows 4% in August, lags further behind private peers

Non-major port traffic grew 16% as pvt ports winning coastal game

With advanced navigation tech, Centre looks to tap heritage of lighthouses

A view of the Kovalam lighthouse in Kerala. The Ministry of Ports, Shipping, and Waterways is holding a lighthouse festival on September 23-25