A STUDY ON PRACTICAL CHALLENGES OF IMPLEMENTATION: GREEN PORTS in India with special reference to Sustainable Growth: Comparative Analysis

Abstract

The Government of India has announced Green Ports policies aimed at minimizing waste, carbon, and other harmful emissions from major ports to meet COP26 targets and commitments. The regulations to achieve this goal aim to minimize carbon intensity and create a zero-pollution ecology in the major ports of India with the help of key stakeholders such as, logistics providers, terminal operators’ liners, etc. The main objective of the paper is to understand and critique the ongoing initiatives in Indian ports, identify the gaps between these initiatives and the policies, and how easily these policies can be modified to achieve Sustainable Development Goals.

KEYWORDS: Major Ports, Green ports, SDGs, Carbon gas emissions, Green Project Initiatives, Environmental studies.