One of our Client is doing a project in the logistics industry and wanted to connect with some experts who have experience in legal/operations part of the sector. The subject they want to understand is
? What are the documents required for transporting goods from one point to the other (need of documents across intracity, intercity, interstate etc.)
? What are the significance of these documents (e.g. Invoice, LR, Chalan)
? How does the above two change based on spot market vs. long term contract market
? How does the answer to the first two question change based on the fleet size/ owner (single owner/ own truck/ rented truck/ attached truck etc.)
? What is the prerequisite for a party to create/ provide these documents
? Digitization possibility of the required documents for transportation
? What are the legal/ financial liabilities that each of the parties involved in the transportation (shipper, booking agent, transport agent, carrier)
? What are the tax implication on these parties (Octroi, Service tax, income tax etc.)
? Any other licenses required to enter logistics business as a shipper/ carrier/ intermediary (booking agent/ transport agent)
