Govt likely to come out with logistics cost estimate by Sept: DPIIT Official

The government is working on a framework to assess the logistics cost in the country and is expected to get a realistic estimate by September, a senior DPIIT official said on Friday..

At present, the government is going by certain estimates, which suggest that India's logistics cost stands at about 13-14 per cent of the country's GDP (gross domestic product)...

Special Secretary in the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) Sumita Dawra said that the government is coming out with its logistics cost framework...

The department conducted a workshop in March on the logistics cost framework, and a task force was set up to formulate a framework to determine the cost in the country...

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