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Which of the following is incorrectly matched?

  1. National Antarctic and Ocean Research Centre : Goa
  2. Centre for Marine Living Resources and Ecology : Kochi
  3. Marine Engineering and Research Institute : Kolkata
  4. Central Inland Water Transport Corporation: Vishakhapatnam

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Option 4 : Central Inland Water Transport Corporation: Vishakhapatnam
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The correct answer is Central Inland Water Transport Corporation: Vishakhapatnam.

Key Points

  • Central Inland Water Transport Corporation (CIWTC) was established in 1967 as a Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) under the Companies Act 1956.
  • Its headquarters is in Kolkata, West Bengal.
  • The nodal ministry of CIWTC was the Ministry of Shipping.
  • The monitoring of Ganga, Brahmaputra and Hugli river was done by CIWTC.

Important Points 

Institutions Headquarters
Inland Waterways Authority of India Noida
National Institute of Ocean Technology Chennai
National Institute of Oceanography Goa
Indian National Oceanic Information Services Centre Hyderabad
Indian Oceanic Technical Institute Chennai
National Antarctic and Ocean Research Centre Goa
Centre for Marine Living Resources and Ecology Kocchi
Marine Engineering and Research Institute Kolkata
National Water Sporting Institute Goa
National Hydrology Institute Roorkee
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