DPIIT ropes in NCAER to prepare framework for assessing logistics costs
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DPIIT ropes in NCAER to prepare framework for assessing logistics costs

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The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade has turned to the National Council of Applied Economic Research, a think tank, to help assess logistics costs for 2023-24. The Centre aim to cut logistics costs that ranged from 7.8%-8.9% of gross domestic product in 2021-22, as per an official statement released by commerce ministry on Friday. In the statement, the ministry of commerce and industry also said that the think tank would do an assessment of differentials in logistics costs across routes, modes, products, types of cargo, and service operations, besides identifying major determinants along with influence on the logistics in different sectors. Read | Centre plans campaigns to spread awareness on direct-selling malpractices The assessment of logistics costs involves using data on trade flows, product types, industry trends and origin data pairs. According to a CII-Arthur D Little report on India’s supply chain, logistics costs in the Indian supply chain amount to almost $400 billion, or 14% of GDP.

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