<h1>Port led development invites global investment to modernize and integrate India's ports with industrial and logistics hubs.</h1> Affirms a national policy drive to reposition India as a leading maritime economy by mobilizing private and public investment into port and allied maritime infrastructure, promoting port led development through modernization and capacity expansion of major ports, creation of new ports, and integration of ports with SEZs, Port based Smart Cities, industrial parks and logistics hubs; showcases a project pipeline to attract international partners and facilitate coastal shipping and inland waterways to improve hinterland connectivity.