To Make India Atmanirbhar, Initiative To Produce Domestic Cargo Containers
A high level meeting was held between Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways and Ayush, Shri Sarbananda Sonowal and the Union Minister of Railways, Communications and Electronics & Information Technology, Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw in presence of the Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare and Chemicals & Fertiliser, Shri Mansukh Mandaviya at New Delhi today.
The meeting’s agenda was to further an eco system for Container production under Make In India programme.
In an initiative to make India ‘Atmanirbhar’ in its need for containers, with a cluster base manufacturing, the CONCOR will be working closely with the MoPS – Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways
The ministers additionally mentioned how the provision of Make In India packing containers may also open up the road for home shipment transportation the use of the substantial expanse of inland waterways of India.
The delegates also discussed the various means to motivate Indian producers of containers along with the possibility of movement of bulk cargo like cement, food grains, fertilizers etc via coastal and inland waterways in stack form.
This will help lower cost of logistics and handling charges as it is an economical, sustainable mode of transportation.
Earlier, a committee was formed of representative from CONCOR and NICDC (National Industrial Corridor Development Corporation Limited) to assess the demand of containers in domestic trade, EXIM trade and the difficulty faced in the home manufacturing of containers.
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The MoPSW also informed that In EXIM segment, container availability & space onboard vessels are consistently improving as the domestic segment, CONCOR (Container Corporation of India Limited) need approx 50,000 containers in next 3 years.
The meeting was an addition to this assessments to shape an ecosystem that can help domestic manufacturers to achieve Make In India containers with an ultimate goal to encourage traders in the EXIM sector and help achieve India’s vision to make India a USD 5 Trillion economy.
Source – PIB
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