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Mains Paper 3: Economy | Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways etc.
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important:
Prelims level: Logistics index, Global Logistics Summit, FICCI
Mains level: Government initiatives to boost efficiency across various infrastructure sectors
Logistics index for states
- The government is working on creating a logistics index that would score States on their performance in the sector
- Commerce Minister announced this at the Global Logistics Summit jointly organized by FICCI, Ministry of Commerce, Govt. of India and The World Bank Group
Changes related to the logistics sector
- The multi-modal transport issue is now being addressed by the new logistics division under the Commerce Ministry
- It is the first time that logistics as a subject is being dealt with at the level of the Government of India
- Logistics sector was also granted infrastructure status recently
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