Logistics
Objectives
- Achieve multi-modal movement of cargo on par with global logistics standards.
- Reduce the logistics cost to less than 10 per cent of GDP from the current level of 14 per cent.
- Expand the logistics market to USD215 billion by 2020 from the current level of USD160 billion.
- Improve logistics skilling and increase jobs in the sector to 40 million by 2022-23 from about 22 million in 2016.
- As per the approved National Trade Facilitation Action Plan, reduce border compliance time to 24 hours for exports and to 48 hours for imports by 2020.
Way Forward
- Rationalize tariffs and determine prices in an efficient manner across different ....
Do You Want to Read More?
Subscribe Now
To get access to detailed content
Already a Member? Login here
Take Annual Subscription and get the following Advantage
The annual members of the Civil Services Chronicle can read the monthly content of the magazine as well as the Chronicle magazine archives.
Readers can study all the material since 2018 of the Civil Services Chronicle monthly issue in the form of Chronicle magazine archives.
Spotlight
- 1 India and the Quad : Fostering Partnership for a Secure and Prosperous World - By Alok Singh
- 2 India-Poland Relations :The Leap towards Strategic Partnership - By Ranjeet Shah
- 3 Services Sector : Propelling India’s Economic Growth - By Ranjeet Shah
- 4 Securing India’s Cyberspace - By Ranjeet Shah
- 5 DPI: A Fundamental Driver of India's Social Transformation - By Dr. Amarjeet Bhargava
- 6 Climate-Smart Agriculture Ensuring Sustainability and Food Security - By Ranjeet Shah
- 7 India’s Patent Regime : Fostering Innovation and Economic Development - By Dr. Amarjeet Bhargava
- 8 Green Energy in India : Vision, Prospects & Challenges - By Ranjeet Shah
- 9 Digital Transformation of Rural India : Leveraging Technology for Development of Rural Communities - By Dr. Amarjeet Bhargava
- 10 Indian Women in STEM : Need to Foster Diversity and Inclusion