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.
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.
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.
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.
February 23, 2015 3:01 am
The ministry has asked the committee to tweak the report further to include its suggestions.
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.
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.
August 23, 2011 12:39 am
* Expects 52% of funds to flow in via PPPs; 48% from internal resources and extra budgetary resources.
June 27, 2011 12:40 am
The Centres move to create an all-encompassing regulator for ports has been opposed by the maritime states.
June 01, 2011 7:37 pm
Around 6500 acres of land has been earmarked for development to private players at very cheap rates.

