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It’s now official. India’s coastline has been recalculated as 11,098.81 km from 7,561.60 km - or up by 3,537.21 km. This is due to a change in the methodology of calculation, according to a circular issued by the Union Shipping Ministry on Tuesday.

The length of India’s coastline, according to the Ministry of Home Affairs, has been 7,561 km since the 1970s. Various government departments have used different figures for the coastline. The issue was examined in 2019, and it was learnt that the Coastal Protection and Development Advisory Committee has been deliberating on this issue since 2010.

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