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Cabinet approves an Integrated Transport and Logistics Authority
बातमीत का?
Logistics costs eat into growth: the new Integrated Transport and Logistics Authority, explained for GS3 Infrastructure
A new authority will coordinate transport and logistics planning to raise efficiency.
Why it matters: general awareness
What you need to know
2 मिनिटे
The Union Cabinet has approved the creation of an Integrated Transport and Logistics Authority intended to improve efficiency in the movement of goods and people.
The move is aimed at reducing logistics costs by coordinating transport planning across modes.
स्रोत: Topper IAS editorial (PIB / The Hindu / Indian Express)
महत्त्वाची तथ्ये
Remember these
- The Union Cabinet has approved an Integrated Transport and Logistics Authority.
- Its aim is to improve efficiency in the movement of goods and people.
- It will coordinate transport planning across modes to reduce logistics costs.
- Syllabus link: GS3 Economy, Infrastructure.
- Cabinet approval is the Union executive's decision; a statutory body would need legislation, while an executive body can be set up by resolution.
पूर्व · मुख्य
How the exam will ask it
पूर्व
- Statement: The Union Cabinet has approved an Integrated Transport and Logistics Authority to coordinate transport planning across modes.
- Statement: Multimodal coordination of transport planning is intended to reduce logistics costs and improve the efficiency of moving goods and people.
- Statement: Cabinet approval alone makes the Authority a statutory body (incorrect: statutory status requires an Act of Parliament).
मुख्य
GS3 (Economy: Infrastructure). Issue: fragmented planning across road, rail, port, air and inland waterways raises logistics costs and hurts competitiveness. Policy: a single Authority coordinates transport planning across modes. Implication: lower costs and better efficiency, provided it has clear powers and works with states and existing agencies; way forward is clear mandate, data integration and cooperative federalism.
Quick recall
Answer before you reveal
The Strait of Hormuz, where a commercial vessel with Indian crew was recently struck, connects the Persian Gulf with the:
- Gulf of Oman
- Gulf of Aden
- Red Sea
- Gulf of Aqaba
उत्तर पहा
उत्तर: A — Correct: Gulf of Oman — The Strait of Hormuz links the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman, which opens onto the Arabian Sea. • Gulf of Aden — wrong: The Gulf of Aden is reached through the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, not Hormuz. • Red Sea — wrong: The Red Sea connects to the Indian Ocean via the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, not Hormuz. • Gulf of Aqaba — wrong: The Gulf of Aqaba is an arm of the Red Sea and has no link with Hormuz.
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