Overview

• At a high-level review in Mumbai, officials confirmed IMW 2025 for October 27–31 at NESCO, with Amit Shah to inaugurate and Prime Minister Narendra Modi likely to attend.
• Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis urged the Union government to establish a permanent India Maritime Week centre in Mumbai to anchor long-term sector growth.
• Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal announced targets of ₹80 lakh crore in maritime investments and 1.5 crore jobs by 2047, alongside shipbuilding ambitions to enter the global top 10 in five years and top 5 by 2047.
• The government set a ₹10 lakh crore target for investment proposals and MoUs during IMW 2025, which Sonowal said he expects to exceed.
• Organisers project participation from over 100 countries with about 500 exhibitors and around 100,000 attendees, as officials cite eightfold inland waterway cargo growth, a 60% cut in major port turnaround times, and partial realisation of 2023 MoUs as evidence of momentum.