Consider the following statements with reference to the Sagarmala Programme of the Government of India: I. The Sagarmala Programme seeks to achieve port-led economic growth through cost-effective and sustainable coastal infrastructure. II. The success of the Sagarmala Programme is reflected in significant growth in coastal and inland waterway shipping, along with improved global port rankings. III. Sagarmala 2.0 aims to position India as a global maritime innovation hub aligned with Atmanirbhar Bharat and Viksit Bharat 2047 visions. Which of the following relationships among the above statements is/are correct?
- Statement II validates the effectiveness of the strategies envisioned in statement I.
- Statement III extends the objectives of statement I by embedding them into a future-oriented innovation framework.
- Statement I contradicts statement III by focusing only on traditional infrastructure instead of modern innovation.
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The Sagarmala Programme (launched 2015 by the Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways) explicitly aims at port-led economic growth through port modernisation, connectivity, port-linked industrialisation and coastal community development — so Statement I is accurately framed, and the documented growth in coastal/inland-waterway traffic plus India's improved global port performance (Logistics Performance Index, container port rankings) validates this — making Statement II a correct extension of I. Sagarmala 2.0 indeed embeds the original mission into an innovation/Atmanirbhar-Viksit-Bharat-2047 framework — extending, not contradicting, Statement I. So relationships 1 and 2 are correct; 3 is wrong. Hence (b).