Paradip Port Authority (PPA)
Paradip Port Authority administers Paradip Port, a natural deep-water port and Odisha's only major port, wholly owned by the Government of India. The PPA site links to the Government of India and the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways and lists its address in Paradip, Odisha. A PPA Hospital event page records Ayurvedic Day on 23 September 2026; the authority also reported the 21 August inauguration of ₹427.80 crore of projects and 18.5-metre deep-draft capability.
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How we verify →Paradip Port Authority administers Paradip Port, a natural deep-water port and Odisha's only major port, wholly owned by the Government of India. The PPA site links to the Government of India and the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways and lists its address in Paradip, Odisha. A PPA Hospital event page records Ayurvedic Day on 23 September 2026; the authority also reported the 21 August inauguration of ₹427.80 crore of projects and 18.5-metre deep-draft capability.
What happened
The official PPA page records an Ayurvedic Day event at PPA Hospital and is marked last updated 23 September 2026.
A PPA report dated 21 August 2026 says seven infrastructure projects worth ₹427.80 crore were inaugurated at Paradip Port, marking its 18.5-metre deep-draft capability.
PPA's official homepage also lists a 2 February 2026 report of a January cargo-handling record of 14.44 MMT, a 1 April report of a historic high for FY 2025–26, and a 27 February report that the Centre approved a ₹797 crore green hydrogen jetty.
Paradip is a natural deep-water port at the confluence of the Mahanadi river and the Bay of Bengal, and Odisha's only major port. The Government of India took over port management on 1 June 1965; maiden berthing was on 12 March 1966. The Paradip Port page says the port is administered by PPA, formerly Paradip Port Trust, and describes it as wholly owned by the Government of India. The official PPA homepage lists its address as Paradip, Odisha – 754142 and links to the Government of India and Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways.
What we could not confirm
Cargo totals and monetary results beyond the headline figures (Rs 427.80 crore projects; 14.44 MMT January handling; Rs 797 crore jetty approval) were not in the extracts opened; annual-report revenue/profit and employee count left null. The Major Port Authorities Act, 2021 was not directly quoted in extracts opened, so the current-Act citation is qualified. District Jagatsinghpur inferred from Paradip city. Shareholding percentages not confirmed.