What’s in the news?

• The Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways has launched The National Logistics Portal (marine) (NLP). 
• It is a one-stop platform aimed at connecting all the stakeholders of the logistics community using IT, to improve efficiency and transparency by reducing costs and time delays and achieving easier, faster, and more competitive offerings of services, to promote the growth of the logistics sector and thereby improve trade. 
• NLP will be a single window for all trade processes of the logistics sector spread across the country covering all modes of transport in the waterways, roadways, and airways along with an E-marketplace to provide a seamless end-to-end logistic service coverage.

https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1894117