Which one of the following statements about India is not correct ........

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Which one of the following statements about India is not correct?

India has 12 major ports and about 200 non-major ports.

95 percent of India’s trade by volume and 68 percent by value are moved through maritime transport.

India has a coastline of about 7500 km.

In the Maritime Agenda, 2010-2020, a target of 300 MT port capacity has been set for the year 2020 .

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Explanation:

In the Maritime Agenda, 2010- 2020, a target or 300 MT Port capacity has been set for the year 2020. Statement 1 and 3 are factual and are correct. The Maritime Agenda projects a total traffic of 2494.95 million tonnes for all major and non-major ports taken together and a capacity of 3280.04 million tonnes. Hence, statement 4 is incorrect.