Global Leaders Set to Convene at Vibrant Gujarat Summit 2024
时间:2024-06-29 02:31:51 阅读(143)
The upcoming Vibrant Gujarat Summit 2024 is poised to host leaders such as Timor-Leste’s President José Ramos-Horta and Czech Republic Prime Minister Petr Fiala. This biennial event, established by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2003 as the then Chief Minister, has evolved into a pivotal platform for policymakers, investors, and business leaders to cultivate collaborations and explore investment opportunities.
President José Ramos-Horta, a co-recipient of the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize, will make his inaugural visit to India in his current capacity, signifying the deepening diplomatic ties between the two nations. Notably, India’s announcement of establishing an embassy in Timor-Leste’s capital, Dilli, during the ASEAN-India Summit in September 2023 marked a significant milestone.
Czech Republic Prime Minister Petr Fiala’s participation builds on the momentum from the 2019 visit by then-Prime Minister Andrej Babis, reflecting the flourishing bilateral economic relations since the Czech Republic’s entry into the European Union in 2004. Bilateral trade has surged to over US $3.16 billion in 2022, a noteworthy increase from US $86 million in 1993.
The summit will also be graced by the presence of President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan of the UAE and Mozambique’s President Filipe Nyusi. The UAE, as the seventh-largest investor in India, underscores robust economic ties, strengthened by the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA). Mozambique’s attendance highlights the strategic importance of the oil and gas sector in bilateral cooperation, with Indian companies actively participating in a Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) project, emphasizing collaborative efforts to explore mutual economic opportunities.
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- tions and academic institutions have computed logistics costs, which are widely quoted to stress the point that India is a country with high logistics costs.” In addition to the ones I mentioned earlier, NCAER cites three—Armstrong and Associates (2017), an estimate of 13% of GDP; CII (2015), an estimate of 10.9% of GVA; and NCAER (2019), an estimate of 8.9% of GVA. Clearly, there are variations in what is being measured and how. This new NCAER report uses supply and use tables. What does it find? In 2021-22, logistics costs had an estimated range of between 7.8% and 8.9%. In 2014-15, they had an estimated range of between 8.3% and 9.4%. There has been a decline over time (with a transient increase in 2017-18 and 2018-19). It cannot be anyone’s case that this new NCAER report is the last word on the subject. But it is a beginning, with a clear methodology. And two points emerge. First, logistics costs aren’t as bad as they are often made out to be. Second, they have declined over time (also evident from LPI).
Logistics, good or bad, are driven by the states and the commerce ministry has a LEADS (Logistics Ease Across Different States) report, based on perceptions. The 2023 version was released in December. Since states are heterogenous, in the reporting, they are divided into four groups—coastal, landlocked, north-east, and UTs. States that do well are called achievers. Nomenclature matters. Thus, states that are middling aren’t called average. They are called fast movers. States that are sub-par are called aspirers. Let me highlight coastal states, since 75% of export cargo is estimated to originate from them. Among coastal states, ones that do well are Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu. The ones that lag are Goa, Odisha, and West Bengal. While India’s logistics performance may have improved over time, that’s not true of every state. Some have slipped. Most states have a state-level logistics policy, including Goa and Odisha. West Bengal, bottom of the pecking order in the coastal category, doesn’t have one. To quote from LEADS 2023, “Looking ahead, the State (West Bengal) could benefit from formulating a State Logistics Master Plan and State Logistics Policy to drive efficiency improvements and facilitate investments within the logistics sector and undertake consultation with the logistics stakeholders for educating and informing them about the initiatives State is undertaking for the development and improvement of logistics sector.”
Logistics has been talked about for a long time and India has also focused on improving performance. We are now getting some precise data on measurement and quantification. That helps.
Bibek Debroy, chairman, EAC-PM. Views are personal.
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