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IFSCA forms committee to explore avenues for ship financing and leasing

June 25, 2021 2:27 pm

The committee will examine existing legal, regulatory, tax and other applicable frameworks, along with best global practices and submit its recommendations to IFSCA within a period of three months.

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Major Indian ports' cargo traffic share hits 58%, says report

June 21, 2018 8:02 pm

Buoyed by pick up in demand, cargo traffic at these ports rose by 4.77 per cent to 679.35 million tonnes (MT) during 2017-18 compared to 648.47 MT during 2016-17. The 12 major ports have capacity of about 1,400 MT at present.

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MoU on nationalisation of Goa rivers to be signed soon: Manohar Parrikar

July 20, 2017 3:28 pm

Allaying fears of adverse impact on environment due to desilting of rivers as part of the nationalisation project, he said all works would be carried out only after Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) is conducted and approved. He said only navigation channels would be desilted, that too, if required.

Shipping ministry secretary transferred

June 21, 2017 6:32 am

Kumar, a 1981 batch IAS officer, is likely to become chief secretary there, official sources said. He was appointed as Secretary, Ministry of Shipping in 2014.

Port Trust report on dockland yet to be made public

February 23, 2015 3:01 am

The ministry has asked the committee to tweak the report further to include its suggestions.

MPLDA should function directly under the port trust: Ministry of Shipping

November 16, 2014 1:04 am

This is contrary to the recommendation that has been made by the panel in its yet-to-be-submitted draft report.

Customs disposes of hazardous and unclaimed goods

February 13, 2012 3:25 am

In an exercise spread over a year,the Mumbai Customs cleared hazardous and unclaimed goods,some older than a decade,from its warehouses in the city.

Centre draws Rs 1.5 lakh cr revamp plan for ports

August 23, 2011 12:39 am

* Expects 52% of funds to flow in via PPPs; 48% from internal resources and extra budgetary resources.

Maritime states against ceding turf,oppose unified regulator for ports

June 27, 2011 12:40 am

The Centres move to create an all-encompassing regulator for ports has been opposed by the maritime states.

Senior IAS officer suspect in Kandla Port Trust land scam: CBI

June 01, 2011 7:37 pm

Around 6500 acres of land has been earmarked for development to private players at very cheap rates.

‘Time to apologise, accept mistake’: Kamal Haasan to Karur rally organisers after stampede

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Kamal Haasan visited the site of the Karur stampede and urged the organisers to take responsibility and apologize for their mistake. He also thanked DMK leader Senthil Balaji for his efforts in relief and rescue. The tragedy, which occurred during Vijay's rally, has caused political turmoil and arrests have been made.

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