National Logistics Policy

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....ational Logistics Policy <br>News and Press Release<br>Dated:- 11-12-2019<br><BR>The vision of the proposed policy is to drive economic growth and business competitiveness of the country through an integrated, seamless, efficient, reliable, green, sustainable and cost effective logistics network leveraging best in class technology, processes and skilled manpower. Though, there is no official esti....

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....mation of logistics cost for India, some private institutions have estimated the logistics cost to be 13 to 14 percent of the GDP. The proposed policy aims to reduce this to 9 -10 percent of the GDP. In order to simplify documentation for exports and imports through digitization, Department of Revenue, CBIC have taken several initiatives like (i) SWIFT ( Single Window Interface For Trade ) (ii) A....

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....doption of Digital Signature (iii) 24x7 Customs Clearance - for facilitated Bills of Entry and factory stuffed containers and goods exported under free Shipping Bills at select ports (iv) Import Data Processing and Management System (IDPMS) - jointly launched with RBI to facilitate efficient data processing for payment of imports and effective monitoring (v) E-Sanchit (vi) Two new IT Modules ICEDA....

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....SH (Ease of doing business monitoring dashboard) and ATITHI app for electronic filing by passengers for baggage (vii) PCS 1X which is a platform for port related processes developed by Indian Ports Association. This information was given by the Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.<BR> News - Press release - PIB....