Logistics Ease Across Different States (LEADS) 2024

06.01.2025

Logistics Ease Across Different States (LEADS) 2024

Why in the news?                

           Recently, the Union Minister of Commerce & Industry released the “Logistics Ease Across Different States (LEADS) 2024” report in New Delhi.

About Logistics Ease Across Different States (LEADS) 2024:

• It is the 6th edition of the LEADS report.
• It was conceived on the lines of the Logistics Performance Index of World Bank in 2018 by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
• It evaluates logistics performance across four key pillars: Logistics Infrastructure, Logistics Services, Operating and Regulatory Environment, and the newly introduced Sustainable Logistics.
• It highlights initiatives undertaken by various States and UTs across the identified pillars and also focuses on State/UT-specific opportunities to enable informed decision-making.

Key highlights of LEADS 2024:

Coastal Group

• Achievers: Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu
• Fast Movers: Andhra Pradesh, Goa
• Aspirers: Kerala, West Bengal

Landlocked Group

• Achievers: Haryana, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand
• Fast Movers: Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan
• Aspirers: Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand

North-Eastern Group

• Achievers: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh
• Fast Movers: Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura
• Aspirers: Manipur

Union Territories

• Achievers: Chandigarh, Delhi
• Fast Movers: Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Jammu and Kashmir, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
• Aspirers: Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Ladakh

                                                                          Source: PIB

Logistics Ease Across Different States Report is published by:

A.Ministry of Road Transport and Highways of India

B.Ministry of Civil Aviation

C.NITI Aayog

D.Ministry of Commerce & Industry

Answer D