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Government intervenes as shipping shocks expose container vulnerability
The Indian government's ₹10,000 crore container manufacturing scheme, announced in the Union Budget 2026-27, resulted in the unveiling of an India-made EXIM container at Dadri by the DCM Shriram Group for Maersk, with a follow-on order for 1,000 containers.
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