National Waterways Act, 2016

National Waterways Act, 2016
Parliament of India
  • An Act to make provisions for existing national waterways and to provide for the declaration of certain inland waterways to be national waterways and also to provide for the regulation and development of the said waterways for the purposes of shipping and navigation and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
CitationAct No. 17 of 2016
Territorial extentIndia
Passed byLok Sabha
Passed15 March 2016
Passed byRajya Sabha
Passed10 March 2016
Assented to25 March 2016
Commenced12 April 2016
Legislative history
First chamber: Lok Sabha
Introduced byNitin Gadkari
Introduced5 May 2015
Status: In force

The National Waterways Act, 2016 is an Act of Parliament of India. It was tabled in Lok Sabha by Minister of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on 5 May 2015. The Act merges 5 existing Acts which have declared the 5 National Waterways and proposes 101 additional National Waterways. The Act came into force from 12 April 2016.

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