Analytical Brief on Climate Ambition and Sustainability Action: Discussion paper by National Maritime Foundation, India – August 2021 (https://worldsdf.org/research/)

Launched in 2015, the SAGARMALA Project (SP) is a contemporary, mega undertaking of the Government of India (GoI) that is aimed at ‘port-led’ comprehensive and holistic development of the country. Its stated vision is to “reduce logistics cost[s] for both domestic and EXIM cargo with minimal infrastructure investment”. [1] The four principal pillars of the project are: (1) port modernisation, (2) port connectivity, (3) port-led industrialisation, and (4) coastal-community development. The first three pillars and the thrust-lines along which they are developed are almost entirely focussed upon one or another facet of ‘ports’. The follow-through mechanisms in respect of these three pillars all seek to improve efficiency and productivity (recognising, of course, that these are not synonymous aligned terms). The more these factors of efficiency and productivity are to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the ‘bluer’ the Indian economy will become.

By Priyanka Choudhury, Akshay Honmane, Sameer Guduru, and Pushp Bajaj

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