Government policies
IFSC panel roots for competitive ship leasing facility in India
06 Dec 2021
India has a merchant fleet of 1,491 seagoing ships with total capacity of 13 million GT and ranks 18th in terms of flag of registration by dead weight tonnage and 19th by carrying capacity, but accounts for just about 1.3 per cent of the total global dead weight tonnage
India to reimpose flight curbs as WHO warns of new Covid threat
29 Nov 2021
Several nations, including the US, Britain, Germany, Singapore, Israel, France and Italy have restricted air travel, from South Africa and nearby nations to prevent the spread of the new strain
Govt to repeal all three farm laws to appease protestors
22 Nov 2021
Modi also announced the formation of a committee to promote zero budgeting based agriculture, to change crop pattern as per the changing needs of the country and to make MSP more effective and transparent even as he regretted the fact that the government could not make the protestors understand the merits of the farm laws in spite of its best efforts