Indian Customs – Gatekeeper Or Facilitator

"Aapda mein hamne aage badhne ka awsar khoja" (we found opportunity to move forward in disaster) the Indian Prime Minister Mr. Narender Modi said on January 12, 2021 talking about earthquake in Gujarat in 2001, while addressing valedictory function of the second National Youth Parliament Festival. He emphasised on following the same approach in dealing with Corona virus pandemic. And this is exactly what India ought to be doing.

Earlier the Federal Government launched many schemes including Ease of Doing Business and Make in India. Both these schemes have brought in certain benefits but full potential thereof have not been realised in first few years. And then Corona pandemic hit China in December 2019 and spread its tentacles across the globe over a period of time. Now almost every country has suffered corona - some have suffered only first wave and some others are already suffering much more ferocious second or third or fourth wave.