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The Sagarmala Programme is an initiative by the government of India to enhance the performance of the country's logistics sector. The programme envisages unlocking the potential of waterways and the coastline to minimize infrastructural investments required to meet these targets.[1][2] It entails investing ₹8.5 trillion (2018) to set up new mega ports, modernizing India's existing ports, developing of 14 Coastal Economic Zones (CEZs) and Coastal Employment Units, enhancing port connectivity via road, rail, multi-modal logistics parks, pipelines & waterways and promoting coastal community development, with the aim of boosting merchandise exports by US$110 billion and generating around 10,000,000 direct and indirect jobs. The Sagarmala Programme is the flagship programme of the Ministry of Shipping to promote port-led development in the country by exploiting India’s 7,500 km long coastline, 14,500 km of potentially navigable waterways and its strategic location on key international maritime trade routes. Sagarmala aims to modernize India's Ports so that port-led development can be augmented and coastlines can be developed to contribute to India's growth. It also aims at "transforming the existing Ports into modern world-class Ports and integrate the development of the Ports, the Industrial clusters and hinterland and efficient evacuation systems through road, rail, inland and coastal waterways resulting in Ports becoming the drivers of economic activity in coastal areas.
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The Sagarmala project aim to accelerate port-led infrastructure development in the country that could create 1 crore new jobs, including 40 lakh direct jobs, in the next 10 years.
Government on Monday said it has created about 10,000 jobs under its ambitious 'Sagarmala' initiative during the last three years. The Sagarmala programme is an initiative by the government of India to leverage the country's coastline and inland waterways to boost the logistics sector.
"Approximately 10,000 jobs have been created through projects initiated under Sagarmala by the ministry of shipping during the last three years," said Mansukh Mandaviya, the minister of state for shipping and chemical and fertilizers, in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha.
As of May 2019, 334 projects have been initiated across the country under this programme, the minister said.
The Sagarmala project is an amalgamation of various projects categorised into port-connectivity, freight expressways, new pipelines for transporting crude and petroleum products, development of prioritised inland waterways, new multi-modal logistics hubs and coastal community development.
The projects aim to accelerate port-led infrastructure development in the country that could create 1 crore new jobs, including 40 lakh direct jobs, in the next 10 years.
Mandaviya further said that there has been an increase of 54 per cent in the cargo carried through coastal shipping and navigable waterways since the inception of the Sagarmala initiative.
The concept of Sagarmala was approved by the Union Cabinet on March 25, 2015. The Centre's Sagarmala programme aims to harness India's 7,500 km long coastline, 14,500 km of potentially navigable waterways and strategic location on key international maritime trade routes.