New Delhi, Oct. 30 -- Former Director General of Shipping Amitabh Kumar has said that the rapid development of inland waterways in India can be a "boon" for the agriculture sector, creating new export avenues for small and marginal farmers in riverine regions.

"Inland waterways can provide small vessels, where these small cargo holders can charter a container or a small vessel and ferry it to the nearest port from where these goods can be exported," Kumar said, talking to ANI, on the sidelines of Bharat International Rice Conference 2025.

"It will be a boon for the agriculture sector because uh both the Ganges belt and the Brahmaputra belt are mostly agricultural, where the land size of farmers is shrinking gradually. These farmers may ...