Need integrated digital platform for trade logistics, says Bibek Debroy

Bibek Debroy, who is Chief of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister has also flagged the need for an integrated logistics policy

The government needs to move fast on creating an integrated digital platform that links all trade stakeholders and helps in significantly cutting down crucial time and expense for trade logistics, a research paper by economist Bibek Debroy and NITI Aayog official Kishore Desai has suggested.

Debroy, who is the Chief of the newly set-up “Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) has also called for trade facilitation to be prioritised and an integrated logistics policy to be put forward by the government.

At present, different stakeholders in trade use different digital platforms systems. While an exporter will need to