Centre to form high-level panel to monitor plan for multi-modal connectivity SECTIONS Share Synopsis Through the plan, the commerce and industry ministry would map all existing and proposed economic zones along with the multi-modal connectivity infrastructure projects on a single platform. The initiatives are part of the government’s plan to reduce India’s logistics costs by 5% over the next five years and help it break into top 25 countries in major global logistics-related performance indices. The government will soon set up a high-level panel to fast-track implemention of a National Master Plan that seeks to provide multi-modal connectivity across the country to reduce logistics cost in a time-bound manner and improve competitiveness of local manufacturing.