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Source: http://www.portwings.in/editorial/states-centre-relationship-paramount-for-overall-growth/ During Lok Sabha elections, the then BJP’s Prime Ministerial candidate and now the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi had invoked Sardar Patel's legacy and emphasized that the destiny of the country would have been different had Patel become the first Prime Minister of Union of India. Though there are still murmurs among the political class in the country about the forceful union of small and Princely states to make India a big country in Indian Ocean Region, Patel has weaved a garland of different states. The wise men who wrote our constitution designed it in such a way that the state and Centre have to be on the same page, especially over matters related to overall development which come under the Concurrent List. It is a federal structure, and nobody can get around it. Thus, showing disrespect to democratically elected people can't be a way out. So, the smoot...

Source:  http://www.portwings.in/ports/customs-connects-kattupalli-port-to-all-cfss-in-chennai-for-exports/ Port Wings News Network: Giving a new option for export of containerized goods for EXIM fraternity in South India, Chennai Customs House  has issued a notification enabling L&T Kattupalli Port to connect all CFSs in Chennai for Exports on Jan 16.It may be noted that Kattupalli Port was already connected to all CFSs in Chennai for Imports since March 2014. Kattupalli offers direct delivery of imports to ACP clients, also all ICDs and SEZs are already connected in customs ICEGATE system. Exports of factory sealed containers, SEZs and ICDs are already connected. Kattupalli with its world class facilities and congestion free approach roads provides trade and industry a modern and efficient gateway port at Chennai. According to a public notice from Chennai Customs Commissionerate-II, many representations have been received from various stakeholders including...

Source:http://www.portwings.in/editorial/govt-should-focus-on-nutrients-than-neutrinos/ Port Wings Editorial, Jan 14, 2015: By giving its nod for the India-based Neutrino Observatory Project in Tamil Nadu, the Government of India has opened Pandora’s Box. The Neutrino research, which has immense physics potential, will have implications for astrophysics, phenomenology and particle physics. Neutrinos hold the key to several fundamental questions on the origin of the Universe and the energy production in stars. Neutrinos can be used for tomography of the earth and human body also and they are less hazardous than X-rays. Neutrinos may tell us more about dark energy and dark matter and ultimately help us exploit them as the earth is getting depleted of its material and energy sources. The laboratory is coming up deep inside the mountains in Idukki-Theni districts of Kerala and Tamil Nadu for neutrino research. According to information available on public domain, the lab has to b...

Source: http://www.portwings.in/articlesinterviews/tnsa-wishes-to-put-chennai-on-world-sailors-map/ Port Wings News Network: In a city that hosts international events like the Chennai Open and the Chennai Marathon, the sport of sailing has gained prominence over the past decade and we wish to put Chennai on world sailors’ map, Mr. Ashok Thakkar, Commodore of Tamil Nadu Sailing Association (TNSA) has said. Speaking to Port Wings, Mr Thakkar, a known personality among shipping fraternity and a sailing enthusiast, who has also served on the Board of Chennai Port Trust and headed the Hindustan Chamber of Commerce during its diamond Jubilee year said that setting up of a dedicated Tamil Nadu Sailing Academy in Chennai would not only help us provide a better training to budding sailors here, it will also attract the international sailors, who are out on high-seas throughout the year under different expeditions and circumnavigating around he globe  to visit Chennai regularly. ...

Source: http://www.portwings.in/editorial/can-niti-aayog-restart-india/ After extensive consultation across the spectrum of stakeholders including State governments, domain experts and relevant institutions, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who had promised to get rid of Nehruvian Era legacy --Planning Commission, gave life to ruling BJP’s “Bharatiya” aspirations the NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India) few days ago. The NITI Aayog will work towards many objectives, mainly to evolve a shared vision of national development priorities, sectors and strategies with the active involvement of States in the light of national objectives. Though the main opposition Indian National Congress Party quickly disapproved the Modi Govt’s decision to rename the Planning Commission, it is now up to the Centre to prove it is not a futile exercise, as claimed by Congress, by injecting new blood in the centuries’ old institution. According to the structure, the instituti...

"Even if the Centre decides today, it will take a minimum five years to dock the first vessel at the port. By then, Vizhinjam Port would be fully developed as a transshipment hub on the International sea route. Under such circumstances, the port project would become economically unviable." Source:  http://www.portwings.in/articlesinterviews/major-port-at-colachel-economically-unviable-local-fishermen/ Port Wings News Network: The proposed Major Port at Colachel (by the Union government)  is not economically viable  because of lack of industrial activity in the hinterland and due to Vizhinjam Port, being built hardly 50 kms away from Colachel, Mr S A Mahesh, Founder of All India Traditional Fishermen Association and a vocal voice for fishermen in the region. Speaking to Port Wings after repeated reports on mainstream media that Colachel is soon going to become a Major Port, Mr Mahesh said, “As of now, the Colachel Port is under the administrative contr...