Shipping Ministry renamed Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways

The Shipping Ministry has been renamed the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways by the Central government. This comes days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi made an announcement to this effect. According to a notification issued by the Cabinet Secretariat, maritime shipping and navigation, provision of education and training for the mercantile marine, lighthouses and lightships, administration of the ports, shipping and navigation -- including carriage of passengers, and goods on inland and national waterways -- will be under it.

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