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Develop Indian shipping lines, lower duty on precious metals: Exporters in pre-Budget meet
As Covid-19 and the Red Sea crisis pushed shipping rates several fold higher, hitting exports, exporters have urged the government to develop Indian shipping lines of global repute to boost exports. At the pre-Budget consultation meeting chaired by Finance …