The petitioners have proposed a one-month compliance window, saying existing packaging can carry mandatory warnings with stickers on current stock instead of waiting for new packaging.
While MeitY issued directions to platforms earlier, there was no rule-based provision that tied compliance to safe harbour. Platforms could contest or delay acting on advisories without consequence.
Government’s hurriedly thought out mechanisms have neither improved environmental performance of projects, nor reduced legal cases against polluting ones.
Starlink’s recent controversy over its proposed entry into India makes this more than a theoretical concern, even though there is no direct military component involved.
After exiting its previous IMF programme in May, Dhaka is seeking new financing as slowing growth, high inflation, banking-sector distress and rising energy costs strain its economy.
Multiple headwinds make the turbulence Modi is battling as he steps into his 26th year in public office. This has brought the 3-point Modi proposition under the greatest pressure since 2014.
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