With the aim to make India 'Atmanirbhar' in its requirement for containers, a high powered meeting was held on Monday in the presence of Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways and Ayush, Sarbananda Sonowal.

The primary objective of the meeting was to deliberate and facilitate an eco-system for Container production under Make In India programme.

Union Minister of Railways, Communications and Electronics & Information Technology, Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare and Chemicals & Fertilizer, Mansukh Mandaviya were also present at the meeting.

"With a cluster base manufacturing in focus, CONCOR will be working closely with the Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways (MoPSW)", an official statement said.

The meeting also discussed, how the availability of Make In India containers may open up the avenue for domestic cargo transportation using the vast expanse of inland waterways of India. The possibility of movement of bulk cargos like cement, food grains, fertilizers etc. through coastal and inland waterways in containerized form was also on the agenda of the meet.

Earlier, a committee was formed comprising of Joint Secretary (Ports), Joint Secretary (Customs), Joint Secretary (Logistics), Joint Secretary (Steel), Representative from CONCOR and NICDC to assess the demand of containers in domestic trade, EXIM trade as well as the problem faced in the domestic manufacturing of containers.