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The Union Minister for Commerce and Industry, launched Logistics Ease Across Different States (LEADS) 2025 in New Delhi as part of the decade-long celebrations of the Make in India initiative. The launch marks a major step in India’s efforts to create a globally competitive, efficient, and sustainable logisticsecosystem, integral to achieving the goals of Atmanirbhar Bharat and Viksit Bharat 2047.

About LEADS 2025

• Logistics Ease Across Different States (LEADS) is a national index and survey developed by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
• It aims to benchmark and rank the logistics performance of Indian States and Union Territories, providing actionable insights to improve supply chain efficiency and reduce logistics costs.

Objectives

• To evaluate and compare logistics performance across States and UTs.
• To identify best practices and policy gaps for targeted reforms.
• To guide infrastructure planning and capacity building for logistics improvement.
• To support Make in India by enhancing logistics competitiveness and reducing costs.

Key Features of LEADS 2025

• Corridor Performance Tracking
  • Assessment of 5–7 key national logistics corridors based on journey time, truck speed, and waiting periods.
  • Provides a data-driven evaluation of corridor efficiency.
• API-Enabled Real-Time Data
  • Introduces API-based analytics to evaluate section-wise speeds on major road corridors.
  • Offers sharper insights into congestion points and logistics bottlenecks.
• State Rankings &Categorisation: States and UTs are ranked under Leaders, Achievers, and Aspirers categories to encourage healthy competition and policy innovation.
• Digital Dashboard: A new interactive monitoring platform allows States and UTs to track performance and progress in real time.
• Policy Recommendations: The survey provides customised state-level action plans to address infrastructure, service, and regulatory gaps.

Assessment Parameters

LEADS evaluates States and UTs on five major dimensions:

1. Infrastructure Quality – Roads, warehousing, multimodal connectivity.
2. Service Quality – Availability, reliability, and performance of logistics providers.
3. Efficiency – Timeliness, truck turnaround time, and ease of clearances.
4. Policy and Regulatory Support – State-level facilitation measures and grievance redressal mechanisms.
5. Stakeholder Perception – Industry feedback on cost, speed, and reliability of logistics operations.