NEW DELHI: Cabinet-approved National Logistics Policy (NLP) paves the way towards digitizing and simplifying the process of export and import in the Country said a top Government official while sharing how the policy aims to bring Ease of Doing Business for MSMEs and small businesses entering the trade basket.
Listing the action areas where the Government is working to simplify export-import and cross-border trade, Dr. Jivisha Joshi, Deputy Secretary, Logistics Division, DPIIT was recently quoted as saying that, “We are working on track and trace, making sure that proper infrastructure is in place and how concerns related to customs regulations can be simplified”
On Why a National Logistics Policy, she opined that, “the scope of logistics is more than just the supply chain, transportation, and storage. “NLP is the missing thread connecting different sectors and industries across the Country.”
Highlighting the three target areas of the National Logistics Policy, Dr. Joshi said that the policy aims to reduce the cost of logistics in India to be comparable to global benchmarks by 2030, improve the logistics performance index and be amongst the top 25 countries, and develop a data-driven support mechanism for an efficient logistics ecosystem.
Additionally, the policy focuses on process and service reforms, sectoral plans for efficient logistics, and bringing in standardization and harmonization in the industry, she shared.
On Unified Logistics Interface Platform, she added that along with the policy, the Unified Logistics Interface Platform (ULIP) was launched which aims to assist different stakeholders of the industry including shipping companies, government agencies, and private representatives to exchange information on a real-time basis.
ULIP to become a logistic e-marketplace, commented Dr. Joshi on the scope of the platform adding that it is now for the industry to collaborate with the government for that. “ULIP has been launched and open for industry stakeholders. We request everyone to have a look at it and get on-boarded.”
