New Delhi, Jun 3 (PTI) Chairman of the Standing Committee for Promotion of Exports (Shipping) on Friday advised the shipping associations to implement uniform best practices across the country to make Indian exports more competitive in the global markets.

This was requested by the Special Secretary of the Logistics Division in the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) Amrit Lal Meena during the 51st session of this standing committee meeting.

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The government agencies present in the forum also agreed to examine issues of trade associations on a case-to-case basis to further reduce logistics costs wherever feasible to make Indian exports more competitive globally, the commerce ministry said in a statement.

The forum was in broad agreement that wider adoption of technology solutions, such as the Port Community Systems, can reduce the turnaround time of Indian ports, it said.

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"It is also expected to further reduce logistics costs for Indian traders, and at the same time, improve India's competitiveness globally," it added.

It also said that for efficient registration and monitoring of authorised stakeholder issues, along with seamless coordination among concerned ministries, a user interaction dashboard is under development by the DPIIT.

"Such a digital platform is expected to enable the industry to highlight points of discussion to the government through a single-window system throughout the year in a transparent manner," it said.

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