In an annual report, intergovernmental watchdog, IDEA, flagged concerns over the world facing a 'multitude of crises' while seeing global democracy in decline, calling it 'a toxic mix'.
Many countries, including the US and UK, are being governed by inept authoritarians whose manipulations have long lost any connection to the national interest.
For an industry globally classified as hazardous, protections such as health insurance and a provident fund for workers are necessities. In Sivakasi, they remain elusive.
The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.
Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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