Key bills that are awaiting Parliament’s sanction will change the face of the shipping and ports sector in the country, enhancing the ease of doing business as well as giving impetus to jobs and the economy, says Union minister for ports, shipping and waterways Sarbanand Sonowal. Union minister Sarbanand Sonowal. (PTI) Also Read: Opposition disrupts Lok Sabha as Merchant Shipping Bill 2024 is introduced In an interview with HT, Sonowal speaks about the new bills, the changes that have taken place in the shipping sector in the last decade and how the Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA government’s focus on the north-eastern region has resulted in a transformation on the ground in sectors such as health, infrastructure and tourism. Edited excerpts: There are four bills piloted by your ministry that are awaiting passage in Parliament. How will the legislation impact the sector? Since Independence, the Indian legal system had been clogged with thousands of obsolete, colonial laws, which created confusion, prolonged legal tussles and eroded our nation’s credibility and trust in the fast-changing global scenario. This …