National Waterways Act, 2016

National Waterways Act, 2016
National Waterways Act, 2016
Parliament of India
	Long title An Act to make provisions for existing national waterways and to provide for the declaration of certain inland waterways to be national waterways and also to provide for the regulation and development of the said waterways for the purposes of shipping and navigation and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. ;
Citation	Act No. 17 of 2016
Territorial extent	India
Passed by	Lok Sabha
Passed	21 December 2015
Passed by	Rajya Sabha
Passed	10 March 2016
Assented to by	President Pranab Mukherjee
Assented to	25 March 2016
Commenced	12 April 2016
Legislative history
First chamber: Lok Sabha
Bill title	National Waterways Bill, 2015
Bill citation	Bill No. 122 of 2015
Introduced by	Nitin Gadkari
Introduced	5 May 2015
Standing Committee	21 March 2015–12 August 2015
Passed	21 December 2015
Second chamber: Rajya Sabha
Passed	9 March 2016
Final stages
Rajya Sabha amendments considered by the Lok Sabha	15 March 2016
Amends
	Inland Waterways Authority of India Act, 1985 (82 of 1985)
Repeals
	National Waterway (Allahabad-Haldia Stretch of the Ganga BhagirathiHooghly River) Act, 1982 (49 of 1982); National Waterway (Sadiya-Dhubri Stretch of Brahmaputra River) Act, 1988 (40 of 1988); National Waterway (Kollam-Kottapuram Stretch of West Coast Canal and Champakara and Udyogmandal Canals) Act, 1992 (25 of 1992); National Waterway (Talcher-Dhamra Stretch of Rivers, GeonkhaliCharbatia Stretch of East Coast Canal, Charbatia-Dhamra Stretch of Matai River and Mahanadi Delta Rivers) Act, 2008 (23 of 2008); National Waterway (Kakinada-Puducherry Stretch of Canals and the Kaluvelly Tank, Bhadrachalam-Rajahmundry Stretch of River Godavari and WazirabadVijayawada Stretch of River Krishna) Act, 2008 (24 of 2008);
	Status: In force

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The National Waterways Act, 2016 is an Act of Parliament of India. It was tabled in Lok Sabha by Minister of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on 5 May 2015. The Act merges 5 existing Acts which have declared the 5 National Waterways and proposes 101 additional National Waterways. The Act came into force from 12 April 2016.