{"id":215216,"date":"2022-11-21T18:10:31","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T12:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=215216"},"modified":"2022-11-21T18:10:31","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T12:40:31","slug":"union-minister-launches-indias-first-centre-of-excellence-for-green-port-shipping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/union-minister-launches-indias-first-centre-of-excellence-for-green-port-shipping\/","title":{"rendered":"Union Minister launches India\u2019s first Centre of Excellence for Green Port & Shipping"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source: <\/b>The post is based on the article<\/span> \u201c<\/b>Union Minister <\/b>launches India\u2019s first Centre of Excellence for Green Port & Shipping<\/b>\u201d <\/b>published in<\/span> PIB <\/b>on 20th November 2022.<\/b><\/p>\n

What is the News?<\/b><\/h5>\n

The Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways\u00a0 has announced India\u2019s first National Centre of Excellence for Green Port & Shipping(NCoEGPS).<\/span><\/p>\n

What is the National Centre of Excellence for Green Port & Shipping(NCoEGPS)?<\/b><\/h5>\n

NCoEGPS is an initiative by the <\/span>Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways(MoPSW).<\/b><\/p>\n

Purpose: <\/b>To develop a regulatory framework and alternate technology adoption roadmap for Green Shipping to foster carbon neutrality and circular economy (CE) in the shipping sector in India.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Knowledge Partner: <\/b>The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) is the knowledge and implementation partner for this project.<\/span><\/p>\n

The center will be working under the framework of the <\/span>Sagarmala programme <\/b>of the MoPSW.<\/span><\/p>\n

Functions of the Centre: <\/b>The centre will act as a technological arm of MoPSW for providing the needed support on Policy, Research and Cooperation on Green Shipping areas.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 The Center will be a host of several technological arms to support the port and shipping sector and will provide solutions to a variety of problems being faced in the industry through scientific research.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 It will also carry out valuable education, applied research and technology transfer in maritime transportation at the local, regional, national and International levels.<\/span><\/p>\n

What are the steps India is taking towards combating climate change?<\/b><\/h5>\n

Maritime Sector: <\/b>The Indian Ports aims to reduce Carbon emissions per ton of cargo handled by 30% by 2030.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Maritime Vision Document 2030<\/strong> is a 10 Year blueprint on India\u2019s vision of a sustainable Maritime sector and vibrant blue economy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

India has been selected as the first country under the IMO Green Voyage 2050 project<\/strong> to conduct a pilot project related to Green Shipping.<\/span><\/p>\n

INDC\u2019s:<\/b> India is well on its way to achieve the Nationally Determined Contributions(NDC)\u00a0 targets and has already achieved more than 24.5% share of Renewable Energy(RE) in total Installed Capacity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 Note:<\/b> Globally, today India stands 4th in RE power capacity, 4th in Wind power, and 5th in Solar Power capacity.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article \u201cUnion Minister launches India\u2019s first Centre of Excellence for Green Port & Shipping\u201d published in PIB on 20th November 2022. What is the News? The Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways\u00a0 has announced India\u2019s first National Centre of Excellence for Green Port & Shipping(NCoEGPS). What is… Continue reading Union Minister launches India\u2019s first Centre of Excellence for Green Port & Shipping<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,3127,4182,9],"tags":[3590],"class_list":["post-215216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-economy","category-environment","category-public","tag-pib","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215216\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}