DRIVING FACTORS

•Robust growth in the flow of Capital goods as

Power Projects/Steel Projects are coming up allover
India.

India is witnessing a no. of Mega Power Projects

•Increase in Manufacturing & Trading activities

• Exports are also up for heavy engg. goods & EPC

project account price and quality.

CHALLENGES
•Multiple Laws and Agencies involved during the Inter-state and Intra
State Movement of the Consignment by Road

•The National Highways comprise of around 2% of the Total Road

Network in India , however they carry more than 40% of the traffic

•Encouraging Trend seen in Greenfield Port Ventures in recent times but

Challenges still persist due to Demand Supply Mismatch a/c massive
investments in core sector

•Hinterland connectivity to the sites with Roads / Bridges not properly

equipped to withstand the Loads of heavy ODC consignments meant for
Power Projects

SUGGESTIONS
•Single Nodal Agency be appointed to sanction single window clearance
for all stages of a multimodal movement

•Corporatisation of the Major Ports for achieving higher autonomy in the

Port Operations

•Motor Vehicle Acts need to be reviewed to accommodate Heavy Lift

Movements

•Investment assisstance for sprucing up the infrastructural capabilities

for all the routes so identified to cater to the projects in core sector.

SUGGESTIONS
•Increasing the use of transportation thru Inland Waterways thru
effective investment on Public Private Partnership model

•Increased Investment into the Modernisation of the non-major ports on

Public-private partnership basis
•Integrated approach in Logistic Infrastructural development

•National Highway Status to be given to the road networks leading to

the Project Sites of National Importance

Human Resource Management

•Organised Development of Human Resources at the Operational Level
involving Drivers /Port Operators

•Setting up of adequate no. of Management Institutes catering

specifically to Logistic Domain.

•Tax incentives to the 3 PL companies involved in this sector so as to

attract the large 3 PL players to invest in a much better way into the
training of handling equipments , trucking and upgradation of
technology and staff training.

INDUSTRY STATUS

Last but not the least Logistics needs to be given a separate

independent industry status so that the genuine requirements of the
sector can get addressed more effectively in unified manner