SAGARMALA PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

• Sagarmala is the flagship programme of the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW) for port-led development, leveraging India's ~7,500 km coastline, 14,500 km of navigable waterways, and proximity to global trade routes.
• Approved in March 2015; built on five pillars — port modernisation, port connectivity, port-led industrialisation, coastal community development, and coastal shipping & IWT.
• A scheme-level MoPSW funding window finances enabling projects; 129 projects worth ₹9,053.56 cr have been sanctioned with ₹3,346 cr central funding under the Sagarmala scheme.
• Relevance: GS-III infrastructure & logistics; PMGati Shakti, National Logistics Policy and Maritime India Vision 2030 converge here.