Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders To Invest ₹27,000 Crore In Greenfield Shipbuilding Cluster At Dighi, Maharashtra

Key facts

• Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd (MDL) will invest around ₹27,000 crore to set up a greenfield shipbuilding cluster at Dighi in Maharashtra's Raigad district, a project expected to create around 90,000 jobs.
• MDL signed a memorandum of understanding with National Shipbuilding and Heavy Industries Park Maharashtra Ltd (NSHIPML) in the presence of Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, as announced by the Maharashtra government on September 15, 2026.
• Under the agreement, MDL plans to build at least 2 million gross tonnes of ships each year at Dighi, including large commercial vessels.
• The cluster is being developed jointly by the Maharashtra Maritime Board and the Mumbai Port Authority through NSHIPML, a special-purpose company, under the Centre's Greenfield Shipbuilding Cluster Development Plan.
• The project is expected to support the objectives of Maritime Amrit Kaal Vision 2047 and increase India's domestic shipbuilding capacity.