Explanation:

Recently, the Ministry of Shipping has issued the draft of Aids to Navigation Bill, 2020 for suggestions from the stakeholders and general public.
Need for the new law

• Role of authorities changed drastically: With the advent of modern technologically improved aids to maritime navigation, the role of authorities regulating and operating maritime navigation has changed drastically. 
• Therefore the new law encompasses a major shift from lighthouses to modern aids of navigation.

About the draft Aids to Navigation Bill, 2020

• The draft bill is proposed to replace the almost nine decades old Lighthouse Act, 1927, to incorporate the global best practices, technological developments and India's International obligations in the field of Aids to Marine Navigation.
• The 1927 Act aims to consolidate and amend the law relating to the provision, maintenance and control of lighthouses by the Government in India.