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The logistics sector has finally received infrastructure status by the Indian government. The move is expected to help the sector attract more funding at competitive rates. Amending the existing framework, a notification issued by the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) has widened the category of infrastructure sub-sectors to "transport and logistics" from the earlier sub-head of "transport". Receiving infrastructure status would also help secure the sector - largely comprising small and medium enterprise (SME) - secure credit on a long-term basis. The definition of logistics includes industrial parks, warehouses, cold storage and transportation companies. According to the notification issued by the government, logistics infrastructure includes multimodal logistics parks comprising inland container depots (ICD) with a minimum investment of Rs 50 crore and a minimum area of 10 acres. Further, a cold chain facility having an investment of at least Rs 15 crore as well as warehousing facility with investment of minimum Rs 25 crore would come under logistics infrastructure. In both cases, the facilities should also have a minimum required area. Read On ..
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