Prime Minister Narendra Modi is speaking at the inauguration of Maritime India Summit in Mumbai. Highlights:    

-- It's a great pleasure in being with you and welcoming you at the Maritime India Summit.
-- Maritime transport can be the most extensive mode of transport. It is also the most eco-friendly mode of transport.
-- Our lifestyle, transport systems and trading behavior should not spoil the ecology of oceans.
-- This is the first time that a global event on such a large scale is being organized by India.
-- Today is also the 125th birth anniversary for someone who lived and worked in Mumbai - Dr. BR Ambedkar   
-- Dr Ambedkar is the architect of the water and river navigation policy in India.
-- We have embarked on the development of National Waterways in keeping with Babasaheb's vision and foresight.
-- We Indians are inheritors of a glorious maritime heritage.
-- It is my government's endeavour to revive and restore India's position of eminence in the global maritime sector.
-- In the very early days of our Government, we announced the Sagarmala programme.
-- Want to modernize ports & integrate them with SEZs, Port based Smart Cities, Industrial Parks, Warehouses, Logistics Parks.
-- Our maritime agenda will complement this ambitious infrastructure plan for the hinterland which is going on in parallel.
-- Long coastline of India along with diverse coastal regions and hard working coastal communities can become an engine of growth of India.
-- We have greatly liberalised the licensing regime.