The Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways has classified four ports as mega ports under the Indian Ports Act, 2025, including Mundra, which is not a major port.

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• A gazette notification dated September 25, 2026, classified Deendayal (Kandla), Jawaharlal Nehru (Nhava Sheva), Paradip and Mundra as mega ports.
• The classification was made under Section 73 of the Indian Ports Act, 2025.
• A port qualifies by handling at least 150 million metric tonnes of bulk cargo or 7.5 million TEUs of container cargo annually.
• Deendayal, Jawaharlal Nehru and Paradip are major ports, while Mundra is one of more than 200 non-major ports.
• Mundra is owned by Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone, making it the only privately run port in the group.
• Paradip in Odisha becomes the only mega port on India's eastern coast, while the other three are on the western coast.
• Two of the four mega ports, Kandla and Mundra, are in Gujarat.
• India has 12 operational major ports, and the mega port label places these four above the other nine in cargo handling.
• The new status is reported to be valid for five years.
• Paradip handled about 150.41 million tonnes of cargo in 2024-25, just above the bulk-cargo threshold.