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Passenger airlines morph into cargo carriers: How innovative thinking helped exports bounce back
Synopsis
As soon as the lockdown started, the trucks and container vehicles were stuck on highways at inter-state junctions. Also, there was an acute labour shortage in ports to unload the shipping containers without which new loading could not be carried out.
In September, India’s merchandise exports grew 6% year-on-year. In the normal course, this modest rise would be unremarkable. But in the midst of a raging pandemic and sharp economic contraction, this has come as a source for cheer.As the department of commerce released the export numbers last week, noting that the uptick was in fact 9.2% in rupee terms, there was euphoria among officials and exporters alike. For many of them, it must have felt
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