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Mumbai Water Taxi
The water taxi service between Mumbai and Navi Mumbai was inaugurated by Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray. The Belapur Jetty project began in January 2019 and was wrapped up in September 2021. This project, which was funded under the Sagarmala program, cost a total of Rs. 8.37 crore. Overview: The newly inaugurated waterway will connect ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2022
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs • States Current Affairs
Topics: Mumbai • Mumbai Water Taxi Service • Navi Mumbai • Sagarmala Programme • Uddhav Thackeray
Sagarmala Seaplane Services Project
The Government of India is to initiate the project of Sagarmala Seaplane Services on selected routes. Which ministry is implementing the Sagarmala Seaplane services? Ministry of ports, shipping and waterways. What is the main objective of Sagarmala Seaplane services? The project aims to provide air connectivity to numerous tourist, religious, remote and unexplored locations near ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2021
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs - 2022 • Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: India Tourism • Kevadia • RCS-UDAN • Sagarmala • Sagarmala Programme • Seaplanes
CICMT: MoA signed between Ministry of Shipping and IIT Kharagpur
A Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) was signed between the Union Ministry of Shipping and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur for setting up Centre for Inland and Coastal Maritime Technology (CICMT). The MoA will focus on indigenisation of ship designing, building and testing. About Centre for Inland and Coastal Maritime Technology It is a state-of-the-art ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2019
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: Centre for Inland and Coastal Maritime Technology • Government Schemes • IIT Kharagpur • Maritime Sector • Memorandum of Agreement • Ministry of Shipping • Sagarmala Programme
India & Portugal to set up National Maritime Heritage Museum
India and Portugal will cooperate in setting up of a national maritime heritage museum at ancient Indian site of Lothal in Gujarat. Lothal (literally means the mound of dead) was one of port cities of Indus Valley Civilization (Harappan Civilization). Key Highlights Background: In March 2019 Government of India allocated a grant for building maritime ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2019
Category: Art & Culture Current Affairs
Topics: Archaeological Survey of India • Indus Valley Civilization • João Gomes Cravinho • Lisbon • National Maritime Heritage Museum • Navy Museum • Portuguese Defence Minister • Sagarmala Programme • Union Ministry of Shipping
Government to set up National Technology Centre for Ports, Waterways and Coasts at IIT Chennai
The Ministry of Shipping has laid foundation stone for setting up of a National Technology Centre for Ports, Waterways and Coasts (NTCPWC) at IIT Chennai to give technological support to ports and maritime sector. It will be set up under Shipping Ministry’s flagship Sagarmala programme. Key Facts NTCPWC’s mandate is to act as technology arm ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2018
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: IIT Chennai • Ministry of Shipping • National • National Technology Centre for Ports Waterways and Coasts • NTCPWC • Sagarmala Programme
India’s first mega Coastal Economic Zone to come up at JNPT in Maharashtra
The Union Government has given go-ahead for setting up India’s first mega coastal economic zone (CEZ) at Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNPT) in Maharashtra. The first of its kind mega CEZ will stretch along north Konkan region spread across Mumbai, Thane, Pune, Nashik and Raigarh. About 45 companies across auto, telecom and IT sectors will soon ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2017
Topics: Business • Coastal Economic Zones • JNPT • Maharashtra • National • Sagarmala Programme