PIB Summaries 07 Might 2025

Content material:

1. Govt Boosts Inland Waterways for Logistics Motion, Secures International Logistics Experience for NWs
2. OPERATION SINDOOR

OPERATION SINDOOR

Context and Background

• Set off Incident: The precision strike was a response to the Pahalgam terrorist assault, which killed 25 Indians and 1 Nepali citizen.
• Strategic Goal: To maintain accountable these behind the planning and execution of terrorist assaults on Indian soil.

Relevance : GS 3(Inner Safety)

Key Options of Operation Sindoor

• Kind of Operation: Precision strike by the Indian Armed Forces.
• Targets:
  • 9 terrorist infrastructure websites positioned in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu & Kashmir (PoJK).
• Scope: Centered on places used for launching and planning terrorist assaults in opposition to India.
• Timing: Executed on the early hours of Might 7, 2025.

Nature and Restraint

• Non-Escalatory Method:
  • No Pakistani navy amenities focused.
  • Demonstrates India’s intent to keep away from escalation whereas sending a powerful message.
• Measured Response:
  • Emphasizes precision and restraint in each goal choice and execution.
  • Displays India’s dedication to worldwide norms and accountable state conduct.

Strategic Significance

• Reinforces India’s coverage of zero tolerance in the direction of terrorism.
• Alerts India’s political will to take cross-border counter-terror measures when provoked.
• Echoes India’s previous actions like surgical strikes (2016) and Balakot airstrikes (2019) in response to terrorist actions.

Subsequent Steps

• A detailed official briefing is predicted later at the moment to supply additional info.
• Attainable implications for India-Pakistan relations, regional safety, and worldwide diplomatic responses.

Govt Boosts Inland Waterways for Logistics Motion, Secures International Logistics Experience for NWs

Strategic Context

• Goal: To spice up multimodal cargo motion by Inland Waterways Transport (IWT).
• MoU Signed Between: Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) and Rhenus Logistics India Pvt. Ltd.
• A part of: Maritime India Imaginative and prescient 2030 & Jal Marg Vikas Undertaking.

Relevance : GS 3(Infrastructure)

Key Options of the MoU

• Deployment Plan:
  • 100 barges to be launched in phases.
  • Section I: 20 barges + 6 pushers deployed.
• Goal: Transfer 1 million tonnes of cargo yearly by finish of 2025.
• Waterways Coated Initially:
  • Indo-Bangladesh Protocol (IBP) route

International Integration & Technological Edge

• Rhenus Logistics: A world participant with 1,100+ barges and experience in European inland navigation.
• Deal with world finest practices in barge operations tailor-made to India’s low-draft waterways.
• Integration of pushers + barges for each bulk and break-bulk cargo motion.

Environmental & Financial Advantages

• Promotes energy-efficient, low-emission, and cost-effective transport.
• Helps sustainable improvement and regional connectivity in North, East, and Northeast India.
• Reduces dependence on congested highway and rail networks.

Development of Inland Waterways Sector

• Nationwide Waterways:
  • Elevated from 3 (2014-15) to 29 (2024-25) operational.
  • Out of 111 declared NWs, over 14,500 km is navigable.

• Cargo Motion:
  • From 30 MMTPA in 2014-15 to 145.84 MMTPA in 2024-25.
  • Whole over the previous decade: 779 MMT.

Infrastructure Below Jal Marg Vikas Undertaking

• Consists of:
  • Dredging, IWT terminals, navigational locks
  • Neighborhood jetties and aids to navigation