Cabinet approves Integrated Transport & Logistics Authority (ITLA) as apex body for transport and logistics planning
On 6 October 2026, the Union Cabinet approved setting up the Integrated Transport & Logistics Authority (ITLA), an SPV that will prepare a National Transport Master Plan and technically appraise and monitor central transport projects of ₹500 crore or more.
Summary
The Union Cabinet on 6 October 2026 approved setting up the Integrated Transport & Logistics Authority (ITLA) as a Special Purpose Vehicle to strengthen research, planning, appraisal, monitoring and impact assessment in transport and logistics. ITLA will be the apex institution for integrated transport planning and will prepare a National Transport Master Plan with a horizon of ten years or more, covering roads, railways, ports and shipping, civil aviation, inland waterways, coastal shipping, urban mobility and logistics. It will carry out technical appraisal and monitoring of Government of India infrastructure projects costing ₹500 crore or more, build a National Transport Data Repository using data such as GSTN e-way bills, FASTag and Vahan, and help review the National Logistics Policy (2022).
Key facts
- Body
- Integrated Transport & Logistics Authority (ITLA)
- Legal form
- Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV)
- Approved
- Union Cabinet, 6 October 2026
- Main task
- National Transport Master Plan (horizon 10 years or more)
- Project threshold
- Technical appraisal and monitoring of projects of ₹500 crore or more
- Financial appraisal
- Continues under existing mechanisms
- Data
- National Transport Data Repository (GSTN e-way bill, FASTag, Vahan, GPS etc.)
- Policy link
- Review and updation of National Logistics Policy (2022)
Practice MCQs 4 questions
What does ITLA, approved by the Union Cabinet in October 2026, stand for?
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Correct answer: B — Integrated Transport & Logistics Authority
ITLA will undertake technical appraisal of Government of India infrastructure projects costing:
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Correct answer: C — ₹500 crore or more
What is the planning horizon of the National Transport Master Plan to be prepared by ITLA?
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Correct answer: A — Ten years or more
Consider the following statements about the Integrated Transport & Logistics Authority (ITLA): 1. ITLA will take over the financial appraisal of transport projects from the existing financial appraisal mechanisms. 2. ITLA will advise and assist in the review and updation of the National Logistics Policy (2022). Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: B — 2 only