NEW DELHI: In an effort to stop smuggling of antiquities from India, the Centre has decided to amend the relevant act for making the country an “open market” for antiquities trade.
Union Culture Minister Mahesh Shrama said his ministry has proposed to the cabinet revising the Antiquities and Art Treasures Act, 1772, which he strongly feels would help stop smuggling antiquities from India for illegal trade abroad.
“We want this act to be revised. And we have proposed to the cabinet that the Antiquities Act be changed. In India, anything more than of 100 years old comes under the act. Let India have an open market. Once we allow the trade of those antiquities in India this smuggling will stop,” Sharma told PTI in an interview.
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