New Delhi, June 8:
The Government has constituted an
inter-ministerial logistic board to lay down policy guidelines for setting up
cargo handling facilities at airports. It will also frame the performance
standards for air cargo logistic supply chain to ensure quality of service.
The new board has been constituted a
day after the Prime Minister held a meeting to expedite the development of
infrastructure projects across the country and give a boost to the sagging
economy.
The board has been given the mandate
to resolve inter-ministerial issues that affect air cargo operations in the
country.
The board will review, on a
continuous basis, the general and sectoral policy regime governing air cargo
logistic operations and remove the bottlenecks to efficiency.
The new Board will also lay down
policy guidelines for setting up of air cargo facilities at airports, air
freight stations/cargo villages including guidelines for public private
partnership model of development of these facilities.
It will also lay down performance
standards relating to quality of service in the air cargo logistics supply
chain to be monitored by the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA) for
implementation.
The 17-member board has
representatives from the Ministries of Environment and Forests, Health and
Family Welfare, Home Affairs, Railways, Road Transport and Highways, Shipping,
Planning Commission, and Department of Commerce, Department of Revenue, Central
Board of Excise and Customs, Container Corporation of India Ltd among others.
The Board may also co-opt
representatives of financial institutions and professional experts,
representatives of industry as and when required, an official statement adds.
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/todays-paper/tp-logistics/article3506602.ece
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