 "RS passes National Waterways Bill")
The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed the National Waterways Bill, 2015.
Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari had said the Bill was aimed at unleashing the navigation potential of India’s larger river ways resources. The Lok Sabha had passed the Bill earlier.
As part of this Bill, under entry 24 of the Union List of the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution, the Union government can make laws on shipping and navigation on inland waterways that are classified as national waterways.
The Bill identifies an additional 101 waterways as national waterways. The Bill also specifies the extent of development to be undertaken on each waterway.
The Rajya Sabha is scheduled to take up the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill on Thursday.
