Lakshadweep

Lakshadweep's Tourism Push: The New Liquor Rules, the Bitra Takeover Plan and Local Anger, Explained

Lakshadweep's administration is opening the islands to high-end tourism, including a 2026 overhaul of liquor rules, while islanders worry about land, jobs and their way of life. Here is how Lakshadweep is governed, what has changed, and why it is controversial.