The parliamentary committee will consider India’s maritime trade, shipping, infrastructure and safety of seafarers amid the ongoing geopolitical tension and crisis in West Asia. An important meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture has been called on Monday (tomorrow). This high level meeting will be presided over by Janata Dal (United) Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Kumar Jha. This meeting will take place tomorrow at 3 o’clock.
As per the agenda of the meeting, the committee will mainly hold discussions with the Secretary, Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways. There will be a detailed discussion on the topic ‘Impact of the West Asia crisis on India’s maritime trade, shipping infrastructure and safety of seafarers’. Considering the seriousness of the crisis and its multi-dimensional impacts, top representatives and officials of the Ministry of External Affairs, Ministry of Commerce and Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas will also attend this meeting.
Discussion on impact on maritime trade and security
In fact, a parliamentary committee will meet on Monday to discuss the impact of the West Asia crisis on India’s maritime trade and the safety of sailors. The Departmental Standing Committee of Parliament on Transport, Tourism and Culture has called the Secretaries of the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways for this discussion.
Global oil prices rise due to war
Rajya Sabha Secretariat said that the members of the committee will discuss the impact of the West Asia crisis on India’s maritime trade, shipping infrastructure and safety of seafarers. India’s maritime trade, especially the energy sector, has been badly hit since the West Asia war broke out on February 28 this year, disrupting the movement of ships in the Strait of Hormuz. A large part of India’s fuel supply came from Gulf and West Asian countries. Due to this war, global oil prices have also increased.
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