Q. Why is this in news?
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry is considering replacing the Multimodal Transportation of Goods Act, 1993 (MMTG) with a National Logistics Efficiency and Advancement Predictability and Safety Act (NLEAPS).MMTG provides for the regulation of multimodal transportation of goods from any place in India to any place outside India. Multimodal transportation refers to a combination of more than one mode of movement, such as rail, road or sea, for end-to-end delivery of goods. It was introduced to facilitate the exporters and give them a sense of security in transporting their goods.
Q. What are key provisions?
NLEAPS aims to streamline the logistics ecosystem in the country, with a view to promote growth of the sector. Modernise and formalise the logistics services and promote digitisation in the sector, which is key for the smooth movement of goods.
To reduce the logistics cost from the present 14% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to less than 10% of GDP.
Q. What is the reason behind new law?
Q. What are its proposed benefits?
Q. What is Logistics Performance Index?
A. The Logistics Performance Index (LPI), developed by the World Bank Group, is an interactive benchmarking tool created to help countries identify the challenges and opportunities they face in their performance on trade logistics and what they can do to improve their performance.
Q. What was India’s rank in last published Logistics performance Index?
A. India ranked 44 in last Logistics Performance Index 2018