The initiatives taken in last four years have resulted in increase in number of Indian seafarers to 2.08 lakh, and the count will reach five lakh in the coming years, the Government said on Wednesday.
The sector is seeing major developments in the areas of coastal shipping, inland waterways and other maritime activities. This is leading to generation of employment in the sector, which is evident in the growing number of Indian seafarers in the international shipping industry, Minister of State for Shipping Mansukh Mandaviya said.
“Maritime sector is a very big opportunity for employment generation. The initiatives taken by us in the last four years has resulted in increase in seafarers from 1 lakh to 2.08 lakh.
“Today we have reached 2.08 lakh. In the coming years we will take it to 5 lakh. Five lakh youth will get job opportunity in maritme sector,” the minister said.