Freight Smart Cities Initiative

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 03, Jul 2021

Purpose: To improve urban freight efficiency, and create an opportunity for reduction in the logistics costs.

Why it needed ?

Final-mile freight movement in Indian cities is currently responsible for 50 per cent of total logistics costs in India’s growing e-commerce supply chains.

About the Initiative

• Under the Freight Smart Cities initiative, city-level logistics committees would be formed
• These committees would have related government departments and agencies at the local level, state and from the reacted central ministries and agencies.
• These committees would co-create City Logistics Plans to implement performance improvement measures locally.