The Rajya Sabha on Monday (August 18, 2025) passed The Indian Ports Bill, 2025, which seeks to consolidate the law relating to ports, promote integrated port development, facilitate ease of doing business, and ensure optimum utilisation of India's coastline.
The Indian Ports Bill 2025, which was passed by the Lok Sabha on August 12, was introduced in the Upper House on Monday amid noisy protests by the Opposition.
Opposition MPs later staged a walkout demanding discussion on electoral rolls revision in Bihar.
Replying to the discussion on the Bill, Union Ports, Shipping and Waterways Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said the ministry was neglected by the Congress, alleging that in ten years from 2004 to 2014, only one new legislation was brought.
On the other hand, he said, the NDA government under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has brought in 11 new legislations in the last 11 years.
