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Old shipping laws need to be changed: Gadkari

‘In shipping we are very much backward. We need all kinds of infrastructure. All laws are old. It should be thrown out,’ Gadkari said at a meeting organised by the Madras Chamber of Commerce and Industry here late last night.

The ministry, after observing that the Motor Vehicles Act 1988 was old and required modifications, announced its decision to change it recently.

‘We have the 1988 Motor Vehicles Act. We are going to change it. We do not need an RTO (regional transport office). There was corruption of crores of rupees (in RTO offices) and we are going to stop it,’ he said.

‘We need to bring in transparency. We have already started the process. If somebody was seen violating rules through the online system, immediately we can cancel his license or see what are the earlier violations he has done,’ the minister said.

Observing that the country requires nine joint ventures in ship building projects, he said, ‘prime minister Narendra Modi has taken a decision. We are also making a policy (for bringing nine ship building projects). We are searching for national and international companies to have joint ventures.’
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