Amit Shah Highlights India’s Rise as a Global Maritime Power at Indian Maritime Week 2025

Home Minister Amit Shah today said that based on the deep structural reforms in the maritime economy, the country now stands tall as an emerging power on the global maritime map.

Shah in his address at the inaugural session of the Indian Maritime Week 2025 in Mumbai today said the country's naval strength as well as its location is evident from the nation's coastline which is over 11000 km long, with 13 coastal states & UTs, while it also possesses an exclusive economic zone.

The Home Minister remarked that the summit would be a platform for bringing together and brainstorming ideas that will transform the Gateway of India, into the Gateway of the World. "Today, this moment of the India Maritime Summit is the maritime moment of the nation, where through this summit brainstorming will be done to convert Gateway of India into Gateway of the World," Shah said.

He mentioned that the maritime summit has proven how the country, over the past decade, based on structural reforms in the sector, has emerged as a powerful emerging power. According to Shah, the maritime business contributes a large part to the overall Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the nation’s economy.

The summit, Shah said, is opening opportunities for the global investors, while the country on the basis of its maritime situation, democratic stability and with the capability is playing the role of a bridge between the Indo Pacific and the Global South.

He emphasized the country's naval history is very old, and the historical evidence of India's maritime history dates back to as old as 5,000 years. According to the Home Minister, representatives coming from more than a hundred nations in the summit prove that India's maritime tradition remains the focal point for global partnership and regional stability.

Shah has said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's maritime vision is based on three pillars that includes security, stability and self-reliance.