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than one mode of transport under the may be sent by road from Rohtak to Delhi and
control or ownership of one operator. In by rail from Delhi to Mumbai. During the
whole process, a road transporter and a rail
simple terms, it means, carriage of goods by
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reduces logistics costs of exporter and of transport on the basis of the single
makes products more competitive in the transport contract and according to it an
international market. unregistered multi-modal transport operator
is absolutely forbidden to carry on
This Act was amended in 2002 to simplify the business of multi-modal transportation.
the procedure. Section 4 of this act stated
that- Section-3, 4, 5 & 6 of Multi-Modal
Transportation of Goods Act deal with the law
“Any person may apply for registration to the regulating various aspects such as
competent authority to carry on or registration, cancellation and appeal against
commence the business of multimodal such registration or cancellation of
transportation.” registration of multi-modal transport
operator.
The Director General of Shipping has been
notified as competent authority to perform The criteria to be fulfilled for being registered
the functions under the Act including as a multi-modal transport operator are
registration of multimodal operator. The as follows:
Act provides registration for three years
which can be renewed from time to time for • The applicant should be a company,
a further period of three years. firm or proprietary concern.
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2. The Government Route- for all Operator Sector can be summarized broadly
activities which are not covered under as under:
automatic route can be done through
after getting approval Foreign • Developing structure and roadmap for
Investment Promotion Board (FIPB), entry into the Logistics and Multimodal
which is mandatory. Transport Operations business in India.
HOW INDIA JURIS CAN ASSIST POTENTIAL including litigation & arbitration in
INVESTORS Logistic business.
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