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Topic: Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways etc.
5. A push towards logistics, prioritizing government measures to reduce India’s extremely high logistics costs, plethora of regulations, poor connectivity and distribution challenges is the current need of the hour. Elucidate (250 words)
Difficulty level: Easy
Reference: moneycontrol.com
Why the question:
A government study has estimated that facilitating a 10 percent decrease in indirect logistics costs will directly translate to a growth of 5-8 percent in exports.
Key Demand of the question:
To write about the need to reduce the cost of logistics in India.
Directive word:
Analyse – When asked to analyse, you must examine methodically the structure or nature of the topic by separating it into component parts and present them in a summary.
Structure of the answer:
Introduction:
Begin by giving a statistic about high cost of logistics in India.
Body:
First, mention the impact of high cost of logistics on the Indian economy.
Next, analyze how regulations, poor connectivity and distribution challenges are detrimental to India’s developmental ambitions.
Next, suggest steps to overcome the same and reduce the bottlenecks.
Conclusion:
Conclude by writing a way forward.
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