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The Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways notified the ports of Deendayal at Kandla, Jawaharlal Nehru Port at Nhava Sheva, Paradip and the Adani Group operated Mundra Port as mega ports, after they met criteria notified under Section 73 of the Indian Ports Act, 2025. Of these, Deendayal, Jawaharlal Nehru Port and Paradip are among India's 12 major ports, while Mundra is a non-major port that also satisfied the mega port criteria. India has 12 major ports in total, including Mumbai, Mormugao, New Mangalore, Cochin, Chennai, Ennore, Tuticorin, Visakhapatnam and Kolkata, along with more than 200 non-major ports.