| Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reiterated his call for reduced fuel consumption, greater use of public transport and electric vehicles by citizens, and urged people to defer gold purchases amid the West Asia crisis which has caused large-scale disruptions.
In his message the Prime Minister has urged people to opt for work from home, a pandemic-era practice, wherever possible and reduce foreign travel. “The West Asia crisis is one of the worst in the decade; just as we overcame the COVID-19 pandemic, we will come out of this also,” the Prime Minister said. The advice to defer gold purchases may seem unusual to some, but it carries sound economic reasoning. Gold imports exert pressure on f |