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Indian logistics industry: Trends to look forward to in 2023
Kannan Marimuthu •Due to India’s growing e-commerce and retail businesses, the logistics sector has witnessed robust growth and has developed the ability to keep pace with the latest demands
Logistics and connectivity infrastructure projects of over Rs 500cr to route through NPG under PM GatiShakti
•The PM GatiShakti plan was announced last year with an aim to break departmental silos and bring in more holistic and integrated planning and execution of projects with a view to addressing the issues of multi-modal and last-mile connectivities
Economy Under Lockdown | Supply Chain | Insider Take By JK Arora, Founder and CEO of Tradologie
Fp Staff •Shaking the logistics and supply chain industry, COVID 19 has disrupted the wheels of the economy. Therefore, it is expected to take at least a year for activities to resume to pre-pandemic levels and until the end of next year for any growth.
Coronavirus Outbreak: The pandemic spells big opportunities in e-commerce and logistics
Naman Vijay •Correspondents in the e-commerce industry believe that the transaction volumes in verticals will be higher than the pre-COVID levels by September 2020.
UP, MP ease labour laws: India needs to ride this wave focussing on employee health, safety and correct 'miserable' record in this matter
Sulekha_nair •Labour regulations such as 8 hours work days were brought in after years of protests against exploitation.
Lockdown 3.0: From laptops to apparels, people place orders online for non-essential items; staff crunch may delay deliveries
•From laptops to apparels, people logged on to e-commerce platforms like Amazon, Paytm Mall and Snapdeal on Monday to place orders for non-essential items
Loadshare Networks raises Rs 100 cr to fund expansion in Series-B funding from investors
•Logistics platform Loadshare Networks has raised Rs 100 crore in Series-B funding from investors led by Beenext, with participation from the CDC Group of Britain and existing investors like Matrix Partners India, Stellaris Venture Partners and Alteria Capital
Amazon India launches a special fund to help small and medium business partners in logistics
Fp Staff •Amazon Partner Support Fund follows the recent announcement of the global $25 million Amazon Relief Fund (ARF) in India.
Hotels, hospitality sectors severely hit by COVID-19; India may get increased share of manufacturing, logistics business: Report
•Industry estimates indicate that in India, branded and organised hotels annual revenue is Rs 38,000 crore, it added.
Coronavirus Outbreak: Which sectors will bounce back, which will take time post-lockdown, experts weigh in
•Sectors that depend on people's behaviour would take the longest time to recover after the end of the lockdown period, while those curbed by the government to contain the spread of coronavirus are set for a bounce-back immediately after the restrictions are removed, say experts