High freight cost speed breaker for logistics growth, EODB

J Krishnan, Board of Advisors, ACAAI talked about the core issues prevailing in this sector, he said, “The recent withdrawal of the exemption of international export freight is a very serious speed breaker and is not in consonance with the accelerated impetus to bring down the total logistics cost in India. This exemption or even more effective a’ zero rate’ regime for international freight must be assured.
Skilling for the Logistics centre especially a syllabus in the vernacular needs a close monitoring and implementation if we are to provide the requisite efficient manpower for this industry.”