Great Nicobar project

National · 3 updates

25 Jul 2026 · 12:37

Nicobar project to safeguard Indo-Pacific interests, Rajnath tells Congress

25 Jul 2026 · 16:35

Great Nicobar project ‘commercial, not strategic’, Ramesh tells Rajnath in fresh letter

Congress MP Jairam Ramesh reiterated that the scheme is “most fundamentally a commercial enterprise” for which a strategic rationale is being “invented”

30 Jul 2026 · 11:21

Great Nicobar project's great question

Standing as a natural sentinel at the western gateway of the Strait of Malacca, Great Nicobar Island anchors India's proposed mega-project, comprising a greenfield international airport, a township and its centrepiece, an International Container Transshipment Terminal at Galathea Bay.The project seeks to strengthen the country’s position in global maritime trade by leveraging the island's proximity to the East–West shipping route and reducing dependence on foreign transshipment ports.Also Read | Beating the Heat: India’s data centre dream and the 50°C reality in its pathRising just 40 nautical