New India budget set to heat up the country's perishables supply chain

India’s perishable logistics industry is set to benefit from the country’s latest budget.

India’s Union Budget earmarks an enormous $23bn investment in transport and logistics infrastructure that includes a “seamless national cold supply chain for perishables”.

This in turn includes the Krishi Rail project, which will launch refrigerated freight trains for transporting fruit and vegetables across the country.

PC Musthafa, co-founder of iD Fresh Food, said the budget boost and proposed public-private partnership (PPP) model for refrigerated transport would help minimise perishable cargo ...