National Waterways Subject : Geography Section : Economic Geography Context: To promote inland water transport (IWT) in the country, 111 inland waterways spread over 24 states have been declared as National Waterways (NWs) under National Waterway Act, 2016. Concept: Based on the outcome of techno-economic feasibility and Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) of these […]

Subject : Economy Context :The Inland Waterways Authority of India has eased tender terms for privatising the multi-modal cargo terminals at Varanasi, Haldia and Sahibganj on National Waterway 1. Concept : National Waterways Act came into effect in 2016. It proposed 106 additional National Waterways and merges 5 existing Acts which were declared the 5 […]