New Delhi, March 20 -- India must develop indigenous technologies such as robotics, sensors, and artificial intelligence tailored to domestic conditions to reduce dependence on imports and strengthen its cold-chain infrastructure, according to a report by FICCI and Grant Thornton Bharat.
The report, Transforming Indias Logistics Ecosystem: Warehousing, Cold Chain and Role of Technology, calls for the creation of a national R&D centre for cold-chain automation. It states that the next phase of logistics development should move beyond capacity creation to improving system efficiency.
Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) Joint Secretary Pankaj Kumar emphasised that logistics efficiency should be assessed beyo...