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    The high price of slow lanes: How transport networks can make or mar the success of manufacturing hotspots

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    With India increasing the focus on exports, manufacturing hubs in the hinterlands have started playing a bigger role in powering the growth engine. However, these regions continue to face connectivity problems that make it difficult for traders to competitively price the goods in export markets.

    India’s growth is linked to how well MSMEs spread across the country can make and export. While smaller cities do offer several cost benefits when it comes to setting up a business, connectivity issues overshadow these gains when it comes to exports.Jalna in Maharashtra gives an apt example of how logistics challenges pose a hindrance to its industrial development. It is cheaper to send export goods from Faridabad to Mumbai port than it is from
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