ADDRESSING THE MONACO MARINE CONFERENCE, THE UNION MINISTER OF EARTH SCIENCES TODAY REITERATED INDIA'S COMMITMENT TO A RESILIENT BLUE ECONOMY AND POINTED OUT THAT PM MODI HAD SPOKEN ABOUT IT TWICE IN HIS TWO CONSECUTIVE INDEPENDENCE DAY ADDRESSES

India, June 8 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:

Addressing the Monaco Marine Conference, Union Minister of Earth Sciences today reiterated India's commitment to a resilient Blue Economy and pointed out that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had spoken about it twice in his two consecutive Independence Day addresses.

In a symbolic show of global cooperation for ocean sustainability commemorating the "World Ocean Day" today, Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh and Norway's Minister of International Development, asmund Grover Aukrust, jointly hosted a high-level event on Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) aboard the historic Norwegian tall ship Statsraad Lehmkuhl at the Port of Hercule in Monaco.

The event was attended by di...