
India aims to be self-reliant in shipping and shipbuilding by 2047: Sonowal
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India aims to handle its entire export-import trade using Indian-flagged and domestically built ships by 2047 as part of plans to cut reliance on foreign shipping and become a major global maritime power, Union minister for ports, shipping and waterways Sarbananda Sonowal said on Wednesday. Speaking at the third edition of Sagarmanthan: The Great Oceans Dialogue in New Delhi, Sonowal said the government’s Maritime Amrit Kaal Vision 2047 outlines a self-reliant maritime ecosystem across ports,…
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