New Delhi: The National Logistics Policy was an important step towards “Building a Developed India”, and the policy came with a “New Energy for Every Sector”, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi launching the policy in Delhi on Saturday.
The prime minister, who turned 72 on Saturday, also said that the national logistics policy “did not come out of the blue” and that “eight years of hard work” was behind it.
A major objective of logistics policy is to reduce logistics costs and improve the competitiveness of household goods in the global market.
PM Modi described the policy as a solution to many problems and said it would improve “all our systems”.
“There is a constant effort to find solutions to the challenges of fast last mile delivery, transportation to save time and money of our manufacturers and industries, all these subjects,” Modi said.
He said: “The National Logistics Policy is one form of a solution to this. I believe that there will be coordination among the various units of government working in these areas with a holistic approach to improve all our systems.
Moments of the event at Vigyan Bawan, Delhi.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaking in the program. Photo: Praveen Jain | impression
The Prime Minister talked about the new policy and how it will help the country. Photo: Praveen Jain | impressionEight years of hard work in formulation of National Logistics Policy, said PM Modi Photo: Praveen Jain | impressionThe National Logistics Policy was an important step towards ‘building a developed India’, Modi said. Photo: Praveen Jain | impressionModi also said that the policy has brought ‘new energy for every sector’. Photo: Praveen Jain | impressionThe Prime Minister said the policy will bring down the logistics cost of businesses to single digits from 13-14 per cent, making India at par with countries like Germany and Japan. Photo: Praveen Jain | impressionPrime Minister Narendra Modi after his speech at the event. Photo: Praveen Jain | impressionPM Modi and Ministers Ashwini Vaishnav and Sarbananda Sonowal | Photo: Praveen Jain | impressionEducation Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia at the launch. Photo: Praveen Jain | impressionMinister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal along with Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, at the launch. Photo: Praveen Jain | impressionVaishnav and Sonowal’s conversation during the event. Photo: Praveen Jain | impressionPrime Minister Narendra Modi talking to Nitin Gadkari during the program. Photo: Praveen Jain | impressionPrime Minister Narendra Modi with Commerce & Industry and Consumer Affairs Minister Piyush Goyal | Photo: Praveen Jain | impressionPrime Minister Narendra Modi before his speech at the event. Photo: Praveen Jain | impression
