Criteria for new ICDs/CFSs/AFSs

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..... n Zone: States low on ICD/CFS infrastructure. These will be open for proposals (Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Telengana, Tripura and West Bengal, and Union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh); * Blue Zone: States where the proposals can be accepted only for specific trade generating locations with no existing facilities or with over utilized facilities (Andhra Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala Odisha, Uttarakhand, and Uttar Pradesh and Union Territories of Diu and Daman, Pudhucherry); and * Red Zone: The identified states have adequate ICD/CFS infrastructure. These may be closed for any new CFSs development indefinitely. However, in except .....

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..... uch facilities is limited. These are clustered in Green Zone as proposed above. IMC can give relaxation on Distance rules in Green Zone. 4.1.6. National Logistics Action Plan/Policy - The approval and notification of all new ICD/CFS, including existing and new MMLPs will be processed in consonance with the national logistics action plan/policy. 4.1.7. Inland National Waterways - Development of ICDs based on Inland National Waterways as mode of transportation will be encouraged with relaxation being given on Geographical Zone& Distance rules. 4.1.8. Railways Freight Corridors - Approval of Greenfield ICDs directly along/Linked with DFCs (Eastern & Western DFCs and any new operationalized railways freight corridor) will be accorded with no .....

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..... f traffic. The applicants must therefore study carefully the viability of the project from the point of view of the TEU traffic availability. 4.2.2. In the time of growing international trade, the creation of any infrastructure facility must commensurate with the generation of demand in actual terms. This is particularly important as such facilities have a long gestation period for being fully operationalized. Accordingly, the minimum threshold performance shall be 7200 TEUs/consignments (Consignments here refers to Shipping Bill/ Bill of Entry) per year (two way) for an ICD and 1200 TEUs/consignments per year (two way) for a CFS. However, no such threshold performance is prescribed for an AFS. 4.3 Land 4.3.1. The minimum area requiremen .....

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