Parliament Monsoon Session Day 1 Live Updates: 'Lading Bill a game-changer..will make India a global shipping and logistics hub', says TDP's Mastan Rao Yadav Beedha on Lading Bill

During the discussion on The Bills of Lading Bill, 2025 in the Rajya Sabha, Mastan Rao Yadav Beedha of the TDP, called the Lading Bill a “game changer.”

He built his case by highlighting that 90 per cent of India’s trade requirements are met through maritime routes, adding that the Bill would enhance trade efficiency.

He said that modernising the labour framework, promised by The Lading Bill, would ensure seemless movement of goods and address bottlenecks and disputes.

He said the Bill would enable Atmanirbhar Bharat in maritime sector by empowering Indian exporters, ship owners and logistics providers, and “facilitate the government’s ambition to make India a global shipping and logistics hub.”Outlining the Andhra Pradesh Maritime Policy 2024, Rajya Sabha MP Mastan Rao Yadav Beedha of the TDP, said the state has set out to establish itself as “India’s premier maritime gateway” by 2030.

He said the state’s maritime policy and The Bills of Lading Bill, 2024, are “mutually reinforcing,” to achieve both Swarna Andhra and Viksit Bharat goals. He said the Andhra Pradesh’s holistic framework for port-led development and digitalisation create the ideal setting for regulatory certainty and modernisation introduced by the central law to achieve both Swarna Andhra and Viksit Bharat goals.
During the discussion on The Bills of Lading Bill, 2025, Rajya Sabha MP Mastan Rao Yadav Beedha of the TDP, said that the legislation would become “another brick in the foundation of Viksit Bharat, replacing colonial era Indian Bills of Lading Act, 1856.”

“Through this reform will enhance digital documentation of cargo rights will enhance the feasibility and reduce fraud. Legal predictability will boost investor confidence in Indian ports and exporters, and ease of doing business,” he told the Upper House.