India, Oct. 28 -- Home minister Amit Shah on Monday declared that the union government was aiming to achieve 10,000 million metric tonnes per year of port handling capacity and place India among the top five countries in the global shipbuilding industry.

"Our goal is to become one of the top five ship building countries of the world and hence we are developing new mega and deep draft ports.We have completed the road map to connect maritime industry with the world industry," Shah said after inaugurating the India Maritime Week 2025 at the NESCO Exhibition Centre in Mumbai.

The home minister said that flagship initiatives such as SAGAR (Security and Growth for All in the Region), 'SagarMala', 'Blue Economy', and the Green Maritime Vision ...