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Logistics policy to go to Cabinet for approval, aims to ease goods movement

Indian industry pays a high logistics cost, hurting the competitiveness of domestic goods in the international market.

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A national grid of logistics parks and terminals is being planned for the coordinated development of intermodal facilities

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The commerce ministry will soon seek the Cabinet’s approval for the national logistics policy, which aims to promote seamless movement of goods across the country.
 
“The policy is at the near-finalisation stage. Consultations with all ministries, departments and other stakeholders have happened. All their views and comments have been factored in. It will soon go for the Cabinet approval,” Pawan Agarwal, special secretary at the commerce ministry’s logistics division, said on Wednesday.
 
A comprehensive institutional framework is also being set up to ensure the smooth implementation of the policy, Agarwal added. Towards this end, a national logistics council,

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