Recommendations on infra, policies, tax for cruise tourism soon: shipping secretary

Recommendations on infra, policies, tax for cruise tourism soon: shipping secretary

Shipping secretary Rajive Kumar speaks in an interview on India’s ambitious Sagarmala programme, boosting cruise tourism and updating laws.

India is working on an ambitious Sagarmala programme to build ports along its 7,517km coast as well as a plan to operationalize 111 inland waterways.

In an interview, secretary in the ministry of shipping, Rajive Kumar, a 1981-batch Uttar Pradesh cadre Indian Administrative Service officer, talks about boosting cruise ship tourism, investment of Rs 8 trillion till 2035 under Sagarmala and updating the Inland Vessels Act to address boat mishaps. Kumar also speaks about radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology and installing scanners at 12 major ports to improve ease of doing business.

News Source: www.livemint.com

You might also like

Trending

ITB Asia 2017 sees successful buyer programme partnerships following increased involvement of exhibitors

Buyers programme evolved to be larger scale this year following success of programme in 2016 90% of recommended buyers targeted to attend ITB Asia’s milestone event this year Buyers recommended

Latest

Park Plaza Faridabad celebrates first anniversary of the gym Breathe with actor Rahul Dev

Park Plaza Faridabad, a unit of Sarovar Hotels Pvt. Ltd., recently celebrated the first anniversary of Breathe, the gym chain introduced and led by actor Rahul Dev, which was graced

Destinations

Singapore Tourism Board and Singapore Economic Development Board launch

‘Passion Made Possible’ Brand for Singapore The Singapore Tourism Board unveiled the Indian audiences the country’s unified brand, “Passion Made Possible”. This is the first time that the Singapore Tourism