New Delhi, Feb. 6 -- India is in talks with global shipping giants and domestic companies to set up container manufacturing facilities, according to Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal, as the Rs.10,000 crore budget push seeks to cut reliance on China and boost local production.

Several companies have expressed interest in manufacturing and demand aggregation for containers made in India, Sonowal, ports, shipping and waterways minister, said, citing names including the world's largest container shipping line Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC); second-placed and Danish giant A.P. Moller - Maersk and No. 3 and Marseille-based CMA CGM; along with domestic firms including JSW Group and Container Corp (Concor).

"We will facilitate them to in...