Telangana government to initiate logistics reforms to enhance economic growth and efficiency
Telangana administration to initiate logistics reforms to enhance economic expansion and efficiency Administration is prioritising measures that will reduce logistics costs, enhance multimodal connectivity, attract investments and facilitate seamless movement of goods within the State.
Telangana administration to initiate logistics reforms to enhance economic expansion and efficiency Administration is prioritising measures that will reduce logistics costs, enhance multimodal connectivity, attract investments and facilitate seamless movement of goods within the State.
Article outline
- What happened
- Official response
- The key numbers
- The bottom line
Key points
- Authorities and participants attend the PM GatiShakti LEADS 2025 Workshop, focusing on PM GatiShakti initiatives and the LEADS 2025 rankings, in Hyderabad on Friday.
- An Integrated Logistics Master Plan is additionally on the cards.
- Telangana played host to the Southern Regional Workshop for the first time.
- The discussions focused on enhancing logistics efficiency, promoting integrated infrastructure planning, and improving ease of logistics throughout the region.
Authorities and participants attend the PM GatiShakti LEADS 2025 Workshop, focusing on PM GatiShakti initiatives and the LEADS 2025 rankings, in Hyderabad on Friday. Photo Credit: RAMAKRISHNA G.
Telangana administration as part of aspirations to emerge as a globally competitive logistics gateway is in the process of initiating a number of facilitating measures, including formulation of the State Logistics Policy 2.0 and City Logistics Intends for Hyderabad and Warangal.
In practice, an Integrated Logistics Master Plan is additionally on the cards. The State administration is additionally working on development of a multi-modal logistics park (MMLP) in Manoharabad, alongside initiatives to strengthen air cargo infrastructure and promote skill development in the air logistics sector, the State Commerce and Export Promotion Department noted on Friday.
With logistics set to be a critical enabler of economic expansion, the administration is prioritising measures that will reduce logistics costs, enhance multimodal connectivity, attract investments and facilitate seamless movement of goods within the State and throughout the region, the Department remarked in a release on the PM GatiShakti and LEADS 2025 Dissemination Workshop for Southern States organised in Hyderabad by the Centre's Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT).
Notably, the workshop provided a platform for senior administration office-holders and stakeholders from Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep, along with representatives from industry bodies, trade associations, and logistics sector stakeholders. The discussions focused on enhancing logistics efficiency, promoting integrated infrastructure planning, and improving ease of logistics throughout the region. PM GatiShakti National Master Plan focus is to enable integrated infrastructure development and improved logistics efficiency, it remarked.
Telangana played host to the Southern Regional Workshop for the first time. The State has consistently participated in the Logistics Ease Throughout Different States (LEADS) assessment and earned recognition as a high performer among landlocked States. Telangana administration Director of Industries and Export Commissioner Nikhil Chakravarthi inaugurated the workshop.
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