Investors Enthusiasm in Cochin Shipyard
By Aiswarya Lakshmi
Friday, August 11, 2017
Indian government is committed for infrastructure development and the track record of last three years has increased the faith of the investors which has resulted in 76 times oversubscription of IPO of Cochin Shipyard (CSL), a government flagship company, said Union Minister of Shipping, Nitin Gadkari.
He was the Chief Guest at the inauguration of the renovated BSE international convention Hall and Listing of equity shares of Cochin Shipyard in Mumbai.
Speaking on the occasion he signifies the success of government’s economic policies, friendly approach for development, transparency and corruption free system. The efficiency of the government ports has increased by 2.86% in comparison to private ports.
The Minister also said that in the shipping industry there is a lot of potential for ship building and ship repairs. He said “In the next 15 days the work of 10 inland waterways will be started in the different parts of the country. Inland waterways is a game changer. It is going to reduce the logistic cost and this will help industry in export promotion and creating more employment.”
The Minister also said “12 express highways work is on and Mumbai to Vadodara Express Highway work worth INR 44000 crores (USD 6.9 billion) will start in the next three months.”