India Unveils First Made-in-India EXIM Shipping Container

### Why in News? - Union Minister **Sarbananda Sonowal** unveiled the first **Made-in-India EXIM shipping container** for global shipping company **Maersk** at Dadri, Uttar Pradesh. ### Key Details - The container was manufactured in India by **DCM Shriram Group**. - Maersk placed an order for **1,000 additional containers**, signalling commercial adoption of domestic production. - The **Container Manufacturing Promotion Scheme (CMPS)** aims to expand India’s annual container-manufacturing capacity and reduce dependence on imported containers. ### Exam Connect - **EXIM** → Export-import trade. - **TEU** → Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit, the standard measure used for container capacity.