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This piece is a part of TNMs reader-funded Cooperative Federalism Project. Indian residents can support the project here, and NRIs, please click here. The Indian Ports Bill, 2021 which attempts to centralise all the non-major ports that are under the control of the statesUnion Territories, by breaching their authority to plan, develop, regulate and control the ports, has created a stir among the maritime states. The Bill is viewed as an infringement of state rights and an attempt to stifle the states� authority in the ports that primarily drive the economy. In June, just ahead of a Maritime State Development...
