Infra Status Of Logistics

India's growth story remains incomplete without a modern, trustworthy, and efficient agri-warehousing ecosystem backed by an assertive and supportive regulatory environment

Economic think tank ICRIER on Tuesday suggested that the government should fast-track trade facilitation-related reforms, in a bid to give express delivery a level-playing field with general cargo. ICRIER in a report titled 'Express Delivery Services Supporting the Journey towards India@2047' said the government should remove all value limits on exports through express delivery services (EDS) to help small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in global value chains. The EDS industry provides integrated door-to-door transport of documents and products and plays an important role in connecting enterprises, especially SMEs, to the global value chains. EDS is a key sector in trade negotiations and cross border investment flow. The report also emphasised that the government data sharing should be smooth across government agencies. The report noted that there is need for more consultation with the industry about their specific needs and there is a need to make e-commerce a driver of future ...

Minister of State for IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Saturday said there is a fundamental reset underway in semiconductor, electronics and innovation world order post-COVID, and like-minded nations need to work together on a cooperative framework to shape the future of technology. To safeguard citizens from online user harm, India has defined the boundary conditions of openness, safety and trust as well as accountability for platforms and companies to operate on the Indian Internet, the minister said and hoped that with global cooperation these principles will find a wider play among other nations. Chandrasekhar was speaking at a panel discussion on 'Democracy's Eleven: Protecting our Technology Future' at the Raisina Dialogue 2023. To a question on internet shutdown in India, the minister said that the internet shutdowns as percentage of the total number of online users in India as also the diversity or enormity of content ecosystem, is among the smallest in the world. Moreover, any .

The industry group has been pursuing this issue with the government at various levels and ministries for the past few years