PM to flag off first shipment on INSTC routes with FFFAI’s participation as stakeholders

The commencement of International North South Transport Corridor (INSTC) will be flagged off by the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi on April 13 from Mumbai. The beginning of multimodal transport services between India, Iran and CIS countries from April this year has been jointly promoted by the Ministry of commerce, export organisations and FFFAI.
Sunil Kumar, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Commerce, Government of India informed, “To commemorate the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between India and Russia the Prime Minister would flag off the first containerised shipment, to be transported via INSTC route. This route links India and Central Asia and Russia via Iran by saving significant amount of time.”