{"id":29662,"date":"2025-11-22T11:40:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T06:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=29662"},"modified":"2025-11-22T13:45:32","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T08:15:32","slug":"inland-waterways-authority-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/inland-waterways-authority-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Inland Waterways Authority of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Inland Waterways Authority of India Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) recently signed a series of major agreements valued at about \u20b93,000 crore to boost cargo movement, passenger transport and river-based tourism in the Northeast.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Inland Waterways Authority of India<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>statutory body<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> established under the <\/span><b>Inland Waterways Authority of India Act (IWAI), 1985.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It came into existence on 27th October 1986 for the <\/span><b>development and regulation of inland waterways for shipping and navigation.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Ports, Shipping, and Waterways<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Authority primarily<\/span><b> undertakes projects for development and maintenance of inland water transport (IWT) infrastructure on national waterways <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">through grants received from the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also takes up<\/span><b> techno-economic feasibility studies<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>prepares proposals for the declaration of other waterways as National Waterways.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also <\/span><b>advises the Central Government <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on matters related to IWT and <\/span><b>assists States in the development of the IWT sector.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Headquarters: Noida, Uttar Pradesh<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Authority also has its regional offices at Patna, Kolkata, Guwahati, and Kochi and sub-offices at Allahabad, Varanasi, Farakka, Sahibganj, Haldia, Swroopganj, Hemnagar, Dibrugarh, Dhubri, Silchar, Kollam, Bhubaneshwar, and Vijayawada.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/ddnews.gov.in\/en\/iwai-inks-mous-worth-%E2%82%B93000-crore-to-boost-inland-waterways-and-logistics-in-northeast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DDN<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inland Waterways Authority of India is a statutory body established under the Inland Waterways Authority of India Act (IWAI), 1985. 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