“The Cabinet has approved the Inland vessel bill which will streamline and regulate inland vessels,” Union minister for ports, shipping and...

Foreign vessels engaged in coastal shipping in India may be required to obtain a license from the Director-General of Shipping, besides bui...

The Narendra Modi government had drawn ambitious plans to exploit the inland waterways potential to move goods on the rivers.

IWAI has deployed one vessel at Varanasi for this purpose and has planned the transportation of cars from Varanasi to Kolkata on National W...

The National Waterways Bill was passed by Rajya Sabha today. The Lok Sabha had approved the bill last year.

The Budget session of Parliament is expected to be very stormy. The govt requires the opposition's support in the Rajya Sabha to pass key l...

A river information system similar to air traffic control will now keep vigil on waterway traffic just the way it's done in Europe, Gadkari...

The idea is to reduce carbon emission with no additional operational cost as LNG has the potential to bring in savings to the tune of nearl...

Nitin Gadkari said India is lagging behind and outlined how the government is now developing national waterways to cut logistics cost.

The government today approved a proposal for central legislation to declare 106 additional inland waterways as national waterways.

Waterways are the top-most priority of the ministry as it will not only ease the burden from road and rail network, but is also cost-effect...

A consortium of leading financial institutions both domestic and overseas is being conceived to part finance around 101 inland waterways to...

Gadkari said the govt aims to reduce traffic burden on roads and promote water transportation where the cost is barely 50 paise/ km.

Pushing for reforms in the land acquisition Act, Gadkari said it is essential to get the Bill passed to improve irrigation facilities for f...

Gadkari added that govt is contemplating setting up five more major ports in the country, two of which have already been announced in WB an...

Gadkari said that Centre would introduce Inland Waterways Bill to convert 110 Indian rivers into transport channels during forthcoming Parl...

Compared to China, where 44 per cent passenger and goods traffic were transported through inland waterways, it was only three per cent in I...