The logistics sector in India is likely to create 3 million new jobs over the next four years largely driven by GST implementation and significant investment in infrastructure, says a TeamLease report. According to the report, seven sub-sectors — road freight, rail freight, warehousing, waterways, air freight, packaging and courier services — are likely to result in 3 million new jobs, upping the employment numbers in the sector from 10.9 million at present to 13.9 million by 2022.
The report titled ‘Indian Logistics Revolution – Big Bets, Big Jobs’, noted that 1.89 million incremental jobs are likely to be created in the Road Freight, while the Rail Freight sub-sector will create 40,000 incremental jobs, Air Freight will create 400,000 incremental jobs, and Waterways will create 450,000 incremental jobs.

The logistics sector in India is likely to create 3 million new jobs over the next four years largely driven by GST implementation and significant investment in infrastructure, says a TeamLease report. According to the report, seven sub-sectors — road freight, rail freight, warehousing, waterways, air freight, packaging and courier services — are likely to result in 3 million new jobs, upping the employment numbers in the sector from 10.9 million at present to 13.9 million by 2022.
The report titled ‘Indian Logistics Revolution – Big Bets, Big Jobs’, noted that 1.89 million incremental jobs are likely to be created in the Road Freight, while the Rail Freight sub-sector will create 40,000 incremental jobs, Air Freight will create 400,000 incremental jobs, and Waterways will create 450,000 incremental jobs.