Extreme summer heat, rising absenteeism, and productivity loss have led to a high demand for last-mile delivery and warehouse personnel in India. About 2,000 delivery personnel are dropping off daily in quick commerce and 5,000 in food delivery, with an estimated 2.1-2.2 lakh people needed for replacement hiring daily. The monthly attrition of riders, warehouse staff, pickers, packers, and loaders is at a high of 30-40%.
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In a strategic move poised to transform the logistics landscape in India, Ecom Express, a Delhi NCR-based company, is launching a pilot project to deliver packages using drones.
Govt Reduce Emissions Freight: To encourage the rapidly expanding freight transport ecosystem to transition to zero emission movement, the WEF had, earlier this year, announced the setting up of a zero emission road freight cluster. This would be the first such cluster anywhere in the country. And this cluster is being supported by the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways as well as the NITI Aayog. The aim of this zero emission freight corridor is to bring together the government and the private sector to deploy over 550 zero-emission trucks in select road corridors along Gujarat and Maharashtra.
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