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Definitions Logistics for the purposes of this Policy shall mean Units meeting the following criteria: (i) Providing warehousing services i.e., warehousing facilities (having a minimum of 3,000 sq. ft. of storage area at the ground level), material handling, packaging facilities and transport facilities. Provided that only specialised transportation facilities e.g., specialised vehicles such as refrigerated transport vehicles, specialized construction sector vehicles, specialized chemical transportation vehicles, cryogenic vehicles will be counted for the purposes of FCI. It shall exclude normal transport vehicles, goods carriers, cargos, containers etc. (ii) The facility shall not be for self-consumption. Logistics Park means an agglomeration of a given set of logistics activities (core, value added*, ancillary as well as commercial) at a particular, well-defined location. Such a park will be developed on a minimum area of 25 acres with a total investment of at least INR 25 Crore and will include but not be limited to the following activities: Warehousing Storage System Industrial Plots Logistics Services Infrastructure for value added and ancillary industries & commercial activity Sector specific in-bound and out-bound logistics Inter-modal transfer arrangements/ truck terminals A minimum of 85% of the total area to be used for providing logistics services and within this 20% will be permitted for industrial activities and 10% of the remaining area shall be allowed for residential purposes. For commercial activities, up to 5% shall be allowed. * Value added services include processing, sorting, grading, packaging, re-packaging, palletisation, Bagging, Kitting & Unitizing Facilities etc. and Ancillary services include equipment maintenance & repair, testing/inspection Inland Container Depot means a customs notified off seaport (port) facility having such fixed installations or otherwise, equipment, machinery etc. providing services for handling and/or clearance of laden import/ export containers, under customs control and with storage facility for customs bonded or non-bonded cargo. These facilities shall have road connectivity, rail connectivity, customs/non-customs bonded warehousing, truck terminals etc. and other common user facilities required to carry out efficient operations. Container Freight Station means a customs notified off seaport (or port) facility having such fixed installations or otherwise, equipment, machinery etc. Providing services for handling / clearance of laden import, export containers under customs control and with storage facility for customs bonded or non-bonded cargo, parking area and such other facilities desired to carry out the operations. Air Freight Station means a customs notified off-airport common user facility equipped with fixed installations of minimum requirement and offering services for handling and temporary storage of import and export cargo, etc. These facilities shall be equipped with customs/ non- customs bonded warehousing, parking area etc. and other common user facilities required to carry out efficient operations. 5 | P a g e Integrated Logistics & Logistics Park Policy 2023 These facilities shall be developed at strategic locations to provide smooth connectivity to the airports and may also have extended area leased out to e-commerce zones. Private Freight Terminal / Gati Shakti Multi-modal Cargo Terminal (GCT): A terminal notified under Gati Shakti Multi-modal Cargo Terminal (GCT) or PFT policy to deal with rail-based cargo including containers. Greenfield PFT means a new PFT commissioned on private land under the provisions of the PFT policy. Brownfield PFT is used to refer to an existing private siding (including the private sidings dealing with container traffic) converted into PFT under the policy. Air Cargo Complexes are customs notified areas developed to enhance air cargo movement capacity of the state. These facilities may be located within airport/ off airport location and provide facilities such as handling, storage, clearance of cargo, among others. Cold Chain Facility means a facility for storage and minimal processing of perishable/ temperature sensitive cargo such as agriculture, horticulture, dairy, fish & marine, poultry & meat products, pharma etc. with a linkage from source to the consumer. The key components of Cold Chain Facility may include: Controlled Atmosphere (CA)/ Modified Atmosphere (MA) chambers, Variable Humidity Chambers, Ambient Storage, Individual Quick Freezing (IQF), blast freezing, etc. Minimal Processing Centre may have facility for weighing, sorting, grading, cleaning, waxing, packing, pre-cooling, fog treatment, irradiation facility, etc. Mobile pre-cooling vans and reefer trucks may also be attached with cold chain facilities on dedicated basis to provide end to end services. Multi-Modal Logistics Park means a logistics facility with access to more than one mode of transport. An Integrated/Multi Modal Logistics Park (MMLP) is defined as a multi-modal freight handling facility with a minimum area of 50 acres with a total investment of at least INR 100 Crore. Warehouse means any premises (including any protected place) conforming to all the requirements including manpower specified by the Warehousing Development and Regulatory Authority by regulations wherein the warehouseman takes custody of the goods deposited but the depositor and includes a place of storage of goods under controlled conditions of temperature and humidity. Truck Terminals mean such facilities which are developed in order to ease traffic congestion on strategic locations such as the district logistics nodes, industrial areas, national/ state highways, expressways intersection points, etc. Truck terminals may provide facilities such as repair and maintenance of the trucks, stores for spare parts, ATMs, fuel stations, parking spaces, transport offices, sanitary facilities, weigh bridges, storage spaces etc. These facilities may also have lodging facility for drivers and helpers along with areas for loading/unloading (cross docking) of cargo among other facilities. Facility to check vehicle fitness automatically may also be provided at truck terminals. Such shall be developed on a minimum area of 10 acres with minimum parking capacity of 100 Trucks. 6 | P a g e Integrated Logistics & Logistics Park Policy 2023