NATIONAL LOGISTICS POLICY

Sept. 18, 2022

Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the National Logistics Policy that seeks to address challenges facing the transport sector and bring down the logistics cost for businesses from 13-14% to a single digit.

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  • The policy is aimed at bringing down the time & cost of transportation of industrial products. It will also prevent damage to agricultural products by providing faster transportation.
  • The Unified Logistics Interface Platform will bring all digital services related to the transportation sector into a single portal, freeing the exporters from a host of very long and cumbersome processes.
  • Under the policy, a new digital platform - Ease of Logistics Services - has also been started.
  • PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan will work in tandem with the National Logistics Policy.
  • The Policy, which focuses on re-engineering, digitisation and multimodal transport, will further boost ‘ease of doing business for all industries and stakeholders.
Source : The Hindu