Roads, Railways, Airports, Metros and Waterways · indicator 22
Inland waterway cargo
Modi aheadNo comparable cross-country series exists for this measure, so no synthetic counterfactual can be estimated. The verdict here compares observed Indian figures over time — a weaker basis than the estimated indicators.
2014
18.07
baseline
2026
218
latest observed
Change
+1108%
2014 vs latest observed
What this measures
Inland waterway cargo, in million tonnes. A rising number is an improvement. Reported by Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways / IWAI.
It stood at 18.07 in 2014, and under Modi’s current India reached 218 by 2026 — a rise of 1108%. That is an improvement against India’s pre-2014 figure.
No comparison country reports an equivalent series, so there is no Rahul's India to compare against. This is a before-and-after reading, not a treatment effect.
Decade totals
million tonnes · Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways / IWAI
Why no counterfactual
inland waterway cargo; JSON flags a scope break
Observation quality
- 2010
- 67.68
- 2014
- 18.07
- 2024
- 133
- 2026
- 218
Comparable observation for the requested year · FY2009-10
Comparable observation for the requested year · FY2013-14
Comparable observation for the requested year · FY2023-24
Comparable observation for the requested year · FY2025-26
The very large fall between 2010 and 2014 reflects changes in scope/designation/counting of waterways; this is not a clean like-for-like policy trend across the entire period.
The counterfactual is 'India without the 2014 structural break', estimated from comparator countries. It is not a forecast of any individual's policies.