LEADSReports 2022 19april2023

Government of India
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
LEADS 2022
Logistics Ease Across Different States
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Acknowledgement
Efficient logistics is the bed rock for a fast-growing the logistics ecosystem in the country in
economy like India. Movement of goods across the partnership with States/UT. LEADS is an
country and beyond its borders has created indigenous data driven index which practically
opportunities for millions of Indians. At the measures performance of States/UTs on Logistics.
macroeconomic level, logistics is regarded as one It focuses on providing a common platform for a
of the main factors influencing competitiveness, consultative and collaborative framework for
policy effectiveness, infrastructure development Central and State Governments to work in a
and other investments. Improvement in logistics coordinated manner in logistic sector.
ecosystem has become a cornerstone for
EY is pleased to have supported Logistics Division,
achieving Government’s vision of a $5 trillion
Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MOCI),
economy including push towards achieving
Government of India with preparation of the
Atmanirbhar Bharat and becoming a
LEADS 2022 report. I would like to thank Shri
manufacturing hub for the world.
Anurag Jain - Secretary, DPIIT; Shri
Government of India has prioritised development Amrit Lal Meena - IAS, Special Secretary -
of a robust, cost-efficient, and high-quality Logistics Division, Ministry of Commerce and
logistics ecosystem with is a judicious blend of Industry; Dr. Surendra Ahirwar - IRTS, Logistics
technology, regulation, standardisation, and Division, Ministry of Commerce and Industry; and
highly skilled human resource. A comprehensive Shri Shlok Bhardwaj - IES, Deputy Director General
exercise of mapping all existing/planned - Logistics Division, Ministry of Commerce and
infrastructure initiatives of various Ministries and Industry; for their continuous support throughout
State Governments has been initiated under the LEADS exercise and guidance.
pioneering initiative of PM GatiShakti National
Finally, I would like to acknowledge the support
Master Plan (PMGS-NMP). The National Logistics
provided by all the States / UTs and various
Policy (NLP) provides an overarching cross
stakeholders of the logistics industry who
functional, cross jurisdictional and
participated in the LEADS 2022 survey. Their
interdisciplinary framework for improving logistics
inputs accompanied by the willingness to improve
ecosystem in the country.
the logistics ecosystem in the country has been a
LEADS survey is one of the many initiatives taken source of constant encouragement and
by Government of India to collaboratively improve motivation.
Mihir G. Shah
Partner,
Ernst & Young LLP
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Abbreviations
S. No Abbreviations Full form S. No Abbreviations Full form

1 AAI Airports Authority of India 26 CLC City Logistics Committee
2 ACC Air Cargo Complex 27 CLU City Logistics Unit
3 ADB Asian Development Bank 28 CLU City Logistics Unit
Asia Foundations and 29 CM Chief Minister
4 AFCONS
Construction Limited.
30 CMRL Chennai Metro Rail Limited
5 AFS Air Freight Station
31 COT Commissioner of Transport
6 AIS All India Services
Crescent Resources Incentive
32 CRIDP
Automatic Number Plate Deferral Plan
7 ANPR
Recognition
33 CRZ Coastal Regulation Zone
8 AQ Animal Quarantine
District Level Single Window
34 DLSWCA
Animal Quarantine and Clearance Authority
9 AQCS
Certification Services
Department for Promotion of
35 DPIIT
Andhra Pradesh State Road Industry and Internal Trade
10 ASPRTC
Transport Corporation
Department for Promotion of
36 DPIIT
Advanced Traffic Management Industry and Internal Trade
11 ATMS
Systems
37 DPR Detailed Project Report
12 BBN Baddi Barota Nalagarh
38 DTI Mechanics Training Institute
Bhaskaracharya Institute for
Empowered Group of
13 BISAG-N Space Applications and 39 EGoS
Secretaries
Geoinformatics
40 EU European Union
14 CAPEX Capital Expenditure
41 EV Electric Vehicle
Central Board of Indirect Taxes
15 CBIC
and Customs 42 EXIM Export and Import
16 CCTV Closed-Circuit TeleVision 43 EY Ernst & Young
17 CCTV Closed-Circuit TeleVision Federation of Indian Chambers
44 FICCI
of Commerce and Industry
18 CFA Confirmatory Factor Analysis
Freight Operations Information
19 CFI Confirmatory Fix Index 45 FOIS
System
20 CFS Container Freight Station
46 FPO Farm Produce Organization
Calcutta Goods Transport
21 CGTA 47 FRI Forest Research Institute
Association
Food Safety and Standards
22 CHA Customs House Agent 48 FSSAI
Authority of India
23 CI Confidence Interval
49 FY Financial Year
24 CII Confederation of Indian Industry
50 GDP Gross Domestic Product
Comprehensive Logistics Action
25 CLAP 51 GMB Gujarat Maritime Board
Plan
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52 GOI Government of India 90 MOU Memorandum of Understanding
53 GPCB Gujarat Pollution Control Board Maharashtra Pollution Control
91 MPCB
Board
54 GPS Global Positioning System
Madhya Pradesh Warehousing &
Gujarat Skill Development 92 MPLWC
55 GSDM Logistics Corporation
Mission
Ministry of Skill Development
56 GST Goods and Services Tax 93 MSDE
and Entrepreneurship
57 GSTN Goods and Service Tax Network
Micro, Small and Medium
94 MSME
58 GSVA Gross State Value Added Enterprises
59 IAS Indian Administrative Services 95 MT Million Tonnes
Industrial and Business 96 MTI Driver Training Institute
60 IBDP
Development Policy
97 MTPA Million Tonnes Per Annum
61 ICD Inland Container Depot
National Bank for Agriculture
98 NABARD
62 ICP Integrated Check Post and Rural Development
Institute of Driver Training and National Committee on Trade
63 IDTR 99 NCTF
Research Facilitation
64 IEF Information Engineering Facility 100 NER North Eastern Region
65 IES Indian Engineering Services 101 NH National Highway
66 IIT Indian Institute of Technology National Highway Authority of
102 NHAI
67 IMC Inter-Ministerial Committee India
68 IMS Inspection Maintenance Station National Institute For

103 NIAIMT Automotive Inspection
69 INR Indian National Rupee Maintenance & Training
70 IRTS Indian Railway Traffic Service 104 NIC National Informatics Centre
71 IWT Inland Waterway Terminal National Industrial Corridor
72 JNPT Jawahar Lal Nehru Port Trust 105 NICDC Development Corporation
Limited
73 LCP Land Customs Port
106 NLP National Logistics Policy
74 LCS Land Customs Station
107 NMPA New Mangalore Port Authority
Logistics Ease Across Different
75 LEADS 108 NOC No Objection Certificate
States
76 LLP Limited Liability Partnership 109 NPG Network Planning Group
Mukhyamantri Bhavishyalakshi National Skill Development

77 MBKVY 110 NSDC
Kaushalya Vikas Yojana Corporation
78 MDR Major District Road Non-Vessel Operating Common

111 NVOCC
Carrier
Maharashtra Industrial
79 MIDC 112 NW National Waterway
Development Corporation
80 MMLP Multi Modal Logistics Park 113 ODC Over Dimensioned Cargo
81 MoCA Ministry of Civil Aviation 114 PAB Project Approval Board
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Punjab Grievance Redress and

82 MoCAF&PD 115 PBGRAMS
Food and Public Distribution Monitoring System
Ministry of Commerce & 116 PCS Port Community System

83 MOCI
Industry 117 PFT Private Freight Terminal
84 MoR Ministry of Railway Participatory Government
118 PGA
Ministry of Road Transport and Agency
85 MoRTH
Highways Production Linked Incentive
119 PLI
Ministry of Skill Development Scheme
86 MoSDE
and Entrepreneurship Pradhan Mantri Gati Shakti
120 PM
Ministry of Skill Development National Master Plan
87 MoSDE
and Entrepreneurship 121 PMGS PM GatiShakti
Ministry of Statistics and 122 PMGS-NMP Pradhan Mantri
88 MOSPI
Programme Implementation
Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas
Ministry of Port Shipping & 123 PMKVY
89 MoSPW Yojna
Waterways
124 PPP Public Private Partnership

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125 PQ Plant Quarantine 162 UT Union Territory
126 PTZ Pan, Tilt & Zoom Village based Initiative to
163 VISWAS Synergise Health, Water And
127 PWD Public Works Department
Sanitation.
128 RFID Radio Frequency Identification
Warehousing Development and
164 WDRA
Root Mean Standard Error of Regulatory Authority
129 RMSEA
Approximation
165 WEO World Economic Outlook
130 ROB Road Over Bridge
166 WTO World Trade Organization
131 RTA Road Transport Authority
167 XGN Xtended Green Node
132 RTO Regional Transport Office
133 RUB Road Under Bridge
134 SEM Structural equation modeling
135 SEZ Special Economic Zone
136 SFPO Sub Foreign Post Office
137 SH State Highways
Small Industries Development
138 SIDCO
Corporation
139 SIM Subscriber Identity Module
State Industries Promotion
140 SIPCOT
Corporation of Tamil Nadu Ltd
141 SLC State Logistics Cell
State Logistics Coordination
142 SLCC
Committee
State Level Single Window
143 SLSWCA
Clearance Authority
144 SMP State Master Plan
145 SPMG State Project Monitoring Group
Tamil Nadu Industrial
146 TIDCO
Development Corporation
Trade Infrastructure for Export
147 TIES
Scheme
Terminal Infrastructure Service
148 TISP
Providers
149 TNEB Tamil Nadu Electricity Board
Tamil Nadu Irrigated Agriculture
150 TNIAMP
Modernization Project
Tamil Nadu Road Development
151 TNRDC
Company
152 TNRSP Tamil Nadu Road Sector Project
153 TSP Transport Service Providers
Telangana State Road Transport
154 TSRTC
Corporation
155 TSU Technical Support Unit
156 UK United Kingdom
Unified Logistics Integrated
157 ULIP
Platform
Uttar Pradesh Expressways
158 UPEIDA Industrial Development
Authority
Uttar Pradesh State Industrial
159 UPSIDA
Development Authority
160 US United States
161 USA United States of America

Contents
Contents
Executive Summary ........................................................................................................................ 18

Changing landscape of logistics ................................................................................................. 21
Logistics Ease Across Different States (LEADS) 2022 .................................................................. 27
Cluster insights on overall indicators – infrastructure, services and regulatory ............................... 49
Category-wise State and UTs performance ................................................................................. 59
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Coastal No. Landlocked No. North-East Region No. Union Territories No.
Andhra Pradesh 59 Bihar 93 Arunachal Pradesh 132 Andaman & Nicobar 157
Goa 63 Chhattisgarh 96 Assam 135 Chandigarh 160
Daman & Diu and
Gujarat 66 Haryana 99 Manipur 139 163
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Karnataka 70 Himachal Pradesh 102 Meghalaya 142 Delhi 166
Kerela 74 Jharkhand 106 Mizoram 145 Jammu & Kashmir 169
Maharashtra 78 Madhya Pradesh 109 Nagaland 148 Ladakh 172
Odisha 82 Punjab 113 Sikkim 151 Lakshadweep 175
Tamil Nadu 85 Rajasthan 117 Tripura 154 Puducherry 178
West Bengal 90 Telangana 120
Uttar Pradesh 124
Uttarakhand 129
Way forward and Conclusion ................................................................................................... 192

Annexures ............................................................................................................................. 198

Executive Summary
India envisions a US$2 trillion export figure by an annual “Logistics Ease Across Different States
2030. As a result the Government has been taking (LEADS)” survey in all States/ UTs to assess
a number of initiatives to spur export trade, logistics ecosystem in the country at State/UT
support domestic consumption and bring in level. It’s a combination of perception and
logistics efficiencies. Make in India, Production objective data to arrive at a grading system for
Linked Incentive Schemes (PLI), increased States/UTs using a statistical model. It further,
Government spending on capex, flagship assesses viewpoints of various users and
programs such as PM GatiShakti and launch of stakeholders in the value chain (through
National Logistics Policy are few a reforms tools perception survey) to identify bottlenecks, and
to mould the vision. Given the high Logistics cost suggest appropriate measures to rectify the same.
in India competition in Global markets becomes LEADS acts a feedback mechanism for the
extremely challenging and thus more scientific administrative ecosystem to take a coordinated
approach has been adopted by the Government of approach to develop cost effective and efficient
India (GOI) to create a Cost Effective, Data Driven logistics system.
and Technically Robust Logistics Ecosystem
LEADS 2022 survey garnered meticulous insights
across the country.
through a much wider reach and deeper
PM GatiShakti and recently launched National penetration into key markets across State/UTs. A
Logistics Policy in particular along with many total of 6,583 responses were received from
other initiatives such as Unified Logistics Interface 2,140 respondents through 600+ meetings
Platform (ULIP), E-LogS – Dashboard for Ease of facilitated through 20+ National and 75+ regional
Logistics Services, Standards for Warehousing and associations. LEADS 2022 continues to focus on
physical assets and Training Courses on IGoT indicators introduced across 3 established pillars –
Platform are aimed at holistically developing Infrastructure, Services and Operating &
Logistics Ecosystem. Given the federal system of Regulatory Environment. These pillars are further
our country, States & UTs are the most important divided into 19 indicators. Corroborative evidence
Partners and have a critical role as enablers and collected through stakeholder discussion along
work in tandem alongside the Central Government with inputs from the States and UTs through an
for implementation of these initiatives. evidence-based objective survey to map their
initiatives forms core of the study. LEADS 2022
Monitoring / audit of various sectors, identifying
also considers the facilitation provided by
impediments and recommending course
State/UTs in logistics sector through various
correction to streamline processes is thus a
policy initiatives, interventions and actions taken
reliable mechanism to bring in efficiencies.,
by the states on the suggestions made under
Thereby since 2018, the Logistics Division, DPIIT,
LEADS 2021.
Ministry of Commerce & Industry, has undertaken

Previously, States/UTs were ranked based on their percentage score ranges. A percentage score
logistics ecosystem. However, it was felt that the indicates how well a State or UT has performed in
phenomenal work which has been done in the last comparison to the Top State/UT within the
one year by States towards logistics ecosystem specific cluster. The States/UTs with similar
improvement are not adequately appreciated in percentage score range have been graded in a
either the perception or objective survey. Further, common group.
the scores and resultant ranks of States/UTs have
LEADS 2022 categorizes States based on their
in all previous occasions been arrived at using
geographic demographics into 4 categories of
different sample sizes and intra-category
Landlocked, coastal, north-eastern regions and
compositions, varying weights applied to the
Union Territories. For grading each of these
broader Indicator categories (Infrastructure,
categories in into three categories. The
Services and Regulation) as also to stakeholder
“Achievers” are States which have shown
groups. All these issues, mostly uncontrollable
exemplary logistics ecosystems with exceptional
because of a constantly shifting stakeholder
infrastructure and transparent regulatory
profile and a very strong ‘recency bias’, make
processes. The “Fast Movers” are States who are
differentiation in perceptions of logistics
moving towards becoming Achievers by notifying
competence among States/UTs very unclear and
progressive policy and legislatives initiatives along
indistinct.
with new infrastructure projects. Finally, we have
Adapting the evaluation framework of the recently the “Aspirers” – States which have initiated their
released Business Reforms Action Plan 1, in journey towards logistics ease and excellence by
LEADS 2022 there is a shift from one uniform adopting national best practices to further
ranking. All the States / UTs in their respective improve their contribution towards India’s
clusters (based on geographical profile), are emerging position as a global manufacturing and
grouped into three grades based on the logistics hub.
Results of the exercise are as shown in the exhibit-1 below:
Exhibit 1: Result of LEADS 2022
Categories Achievers Fast movers Aspirers
Haryana, Himachal Pradesh,

Landlocked Madhya Pradesh,
Punjab, Telangana, Uttar Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand
states Rajasthan
Pradesh, Uttarakhand,
Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat,

Coastal states Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala Goa, West Bengal
Odisha, Tamil Nadu
North-Eastern Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur,

Assam Sikkim, Tripura
Region Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland
Andaman & Nicobar, Daman Diu &

UTs Chandigarh, Delhi Puducherry Dadara and Nagar Haveli, Jammu
& Kashmir, Ladakh, Lakshadweep
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Business Reforms Action Plan (dpiit.gov.in) accessed at Business Reforms Action Plan (dpiit.gov.in)

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Changing landscape of
logistics

Changing landscape of logistics
Global Supply Chains have been through rough These world events, both in terms of policy
weather in the Covid19 era and recovery from the initiatives and resultant outcomes, could not have
pandemic has not been a smooth ride either. left the Indian economy untouched. But most
World economies will continue to brace for economists and analysts accept that India has
economic and geopolitical headwinds ahead. emerged from this global crisis as one of the more
Moreover, there have been some important global mature and stable economies, both in its
developments in the recent past that are also not policymaking, its post-pandemic recovery and the
encouraging from macroeconomic perspective. more recent well-calibrated response to the geo-
Declining populations in large number of countries political crisis and the recessionary trends in the
have impacted demographic patterns, random developed economies of the world.
bailouts for the Covid-affected have
The Asian Development Bank (ADB), in its
indiscriminately encouraged inefficient enterprise,
September 2022 Asian Development Outlook
de-globalisation as basis of policymaking in many
Update, has projected India’s growth at 7% for
countries has made trade and industry suffer, and
FY23, increasing to 7.2% in FY24. The World Bank
reliance on excessive debt-financing has now
has just recently revised India’s growth projection
come to bite over-indulgent economies. Apart
for the year from 7% to 6.5%. Growth for
from these trends, the war in Europe, galloping
Developing Asian economies has been forecasted
inflationary trends in most economies, and the
at 4.3% in 2022 and 4.9% in 2023 while for China,
unprecedented energy crisis in Europe are the
the corresponding projections stand at 3.3% and
current woes of the world. Central Banks, the
4.5% respectively. The ADB observed that in more
world over, have turned aggressive policy hawks
than three decades, this has been the first time
in trying to control unprecedented inflationary
that the rest of Asia is expected to grow faster
trends, even declaring that growth will have to be
than China.
sacrificed so that aggregate demand reduces in
the economy. In the wake of ongoing geopolitical developments,
key structural changes are happening in terms of
While the global merchandise trade continues to be
international trade and capital flows. These call
in the post-pandemic- recovery phase, the pace of
for major adjustments in relation to sourcing and
recovery is projected to reduce in 2022 compared
composition of imports as well as destination and
to 2021, extent of which for now seems difficult to
composition of exports, supplemented by
assess.
substantive policy support. The Indian economy
The trade had seen a reduction of 5% in 2020, continues to exhibit vulnerability on account of
owing to pandemic-induced shock. The same enhanced inflation levels, reduced GDP growth
increased significantly during post-pandemic rate, increasing current account deficit, reduced
recovery (10% in 2021). Hit by the Russia-Ukraine dollar reserves, and expectations of a higher fiscal
crisis and its impact on the supply of key deficit, mainly on account of geo-political
commodities and global trade relations, the trade disruptions, the oil price increase and the
growth is estimated to be 3% for 2022 and 2023. imminent recessionary conditions in the USA and
EU. Still, India’s economic recovery compares well
Further, as per World Economic Outlook (WEO)
with most large economies of the world. India’s
July 2022 update, global growth is expected to
growth rate, despite an expected marginal decline,
slow down owing to global inflation and the
is projected to be significantly higher than other
recessionary monetary policies being aggressively
economies including the developed western world
pursued by the developed economies. (Exhibit-2)
and China.
Further, as per World Economic Outlook (WEO)
International Trade forms the backbone of the
July 2022 update, global growth is expected to
world’s economies, spurring investment, job
slow down owing to global inflation and the
creation, economic growth, and raising standards
recessionary monetary policies being aggressively
of living. As Supply chains across the globe
pursued by the developed economies
inevitably inch towards normalcy, India is

expected to take advantage of the increasing industry is now on its path to normalization as
trading activity. India's real GDP has well exceeded rates have slowly crept lower in the last few
$3 trillion and has overtaken UK as the fifth months. This is thanks to the widespread
largest economy recently. Emphasis on improvement in asset-utilisation across major
Government of India (GOI) policy initiatives, such ports and a consequent decrease in congestion.
as Make in India, Aatmnirbhar Bharat etc., has Average contract rates of major container carriers
made domestic industry grow and fulfil domestic for westbound bookings from India to Europe have
demand, and this will naturally expand into higher dropped by double digits during the current month
export potential. Further, the GOI initiative on the from the levels reported in June’22. The cost of
Productivity-Linked (PLI) schemes for select shipping a 20ft container from Nhava Sheva/JNPT
industries, has been well-patronised and is already or Mundra ports to London Gateway is now
showing gains by way of enhanced manufacturing $4,200, which is 43% less than $6,009 a couple of
which when scaled higher is likely to become much months ago. For a 40ft box, rates are down to
more efficient. Government of India is also $5,200, from $7,141 — a decrease of almost 37%.
increasing the size of Government expenditure
India’s commodity imports and exports are
relative to GDP and prioritizing public expenditure
constantly increasing in value terms since Q1 of
on education, health and physical infrastructure to
2022. Exports registered a growth of 25% till Q4
sustain economic growth for scaling new heights
over Q1, whereas for the same period the import
of becoming a $5 trillion economy coupled with
bills increased by 38%, negatively impacting the
crossing $2 trillion exports in the next few years.
trade balance.
In sum, India appears geared to counter global
headwinds and to be well on road to recovery. However, the pace of growth of import bills is
India’s own focused initiatives are likely to receive expected to slow down given the expected
a boost from the recovery of the world trade and decrease in prices of key import commodities,
logistics environment. This recovery though, has mainly oil. But the gradual end of post pandemic
again received a setback from the current ongoing supply crunch is bracing for headwinds of softer
war in Europe and the growing fears of recession demand and tightening market conditions as a
in the world economies. result of ongoing inflationary pressures in major
global economies and increasing geopolitical
After more than two years of crippling delays, due
tensions. Global trade is being increasingly
to Covid 19 leading to high congestion across
disrupted due to tariff tensions, political
major ports, shippers are finally witnessing
unpredictability, protectionist policies and
significant improvement in both transit times and
regulatory uncertainty challenge established
in port detentions of vessels and containers.
business models and trade relationships.
Having suffered from the steep rise in maritime
freight prices during the pandemic period, the
Exhibit 2: Annual change in volume of world merchandise trade
10%
3% 3% 3%
0%
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022a 2023a
-5%
Source: Twenty-seventh WTO Trade Monitoring Report on G20 trade measures

Exhibit 3: Quarter-wise Exports-Imports (INR '000 Cr) from India FY 2022
Exports (INR '000 Cr) Imports (INR '000 Cr)

880
800 1,246 1,287

761
1,088
704
930
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
Source: Ministry of Commerce and Industry, GoI
India is now among the world’s five largest Integrated Digital Logistics Systems,
economies, doing even better when GDP is Standardization of Physical Assets &
measured on PPP basis. In order to improve benchmarking service quality standards in
faster, International Trade will have to be given a warehousing sector, Logistics Human Resources
strong leg up, with Indian manufacturing Development and Capacity Building, State
becoming efficient producers of comparatively Engagement, EXIM Logistics, Service
advantaged exports. This competitiveness of Improvement framework, and Sectoral Plan for
Indian goods is a crucial enabler for bolstering Efficient Logistics. These key pillars are
India’s economy and for achieving the target of $2 envisioned to boost EXIM as well as domestic
trillion exports by 2030. Sustaining domestic trade and help reduce logistics cost.
consumption and enabling integration with global
While NLP will strengthen Logistics Services and
value chain is critical for India’s economic growth
Systems, Government of India’s pioneering
and logistics holds the key to both. A
initiative of the PM GatiShakti National Master
strengthened logistics ecosystem is going to form
Plan (PMGS-NMP) will focus on creation and
the backbone of India’s $5 trillion economy vision.
improvement of multimodal logistics
Government of India’s vision to ease the supply
infrastructure in coordination with States/UTs and
chain bottlenecks and expedite the development
their agencies under one common platform
of an integrated logistics ecosystem is reflected in
unifying all decision-making levels, by removing
the scale of decisions and initiatives which have
silos. PMGS-NMP is a transformative approach
been undertaken in the recent past. The
towards integration and synchronization of
Government of India is now adopting specific
efforts, prioritization of projects and optimization
strategies to improve the global competitiveness
of cost and time so that the lack of coordination in
of Indian goods by targeting to position itself
infrastructure projects does not result in time and
among the top 25 countries in the Logistics
cost overruns.
Performance Index, reducing logistics cost
comparable to global benchmarks and creating a The Department of Expenditure, Government of
technology enabled and data-driven logistics India (GOI) has issued guidelines on "Scheme for
ecosystem in coming years. Special Assistance to States for Capital
Investment" to provide financial assistance to the
Envisaging the need of a network-wide
State Governments of Rs 1 lakh crore in the form
collaboration on a marble-cake federalism theme,
of 50-year interest free loan for capital
Government of India has launched the National
investment. Part-II of this Scheme is aimed at
Logistics Policy (NLP) on 17th September 2022,
facilitating PM GatiShakti-related expenditure in
which will guide States/UTs in formulating and
the States for which a total amount of Rs. 5,000
implementing their respective Logistics Policies.
crores have been earmarked. Additional amount
The Policy will be implemented through a
may further be reallocated to Part II of the
Comprehensive Logistics Action Plan (CLAP) that
Scheme based on the response of the States and
proposes interventions in key action areas of
utilisation of funds.

All The States have been sensitized about the The context of LEADS…
Guidelines of Part-II of the Scheme, including
Keeping in mind the important role of States/UTs
institutional arrangements to be put in place,
in the overall Logistics competence of the
guiding principles for selection of projects and
country, the GOI initiatives has set a roadmap of
suggestive list of eligible categories of projects.
Logistics excellence for States/UTs to adopt
For more details, please refer Annexure-7
suitably in their own special environment. Yet,
Unified Logistics Interface Platform (ULIP) and E- basic principles of logistics ease and efficiency are
Logs initiatives are two key pillars of NLP. ULIP is universal, and when they are converted to a set of
conceptualized to provide an integrated platform Indicators which together form an Index, the
that can be effectively utilized by the stakeholders comparative assessment of States/UTs assume
to enhance efficiency, utilize technology, and significance. The Logistics Division of DPIIT,
reduce the cost of logistics in India while E-Logs – Ministry of Commerce & Industry, undertakes an
is a dashboard for ease of logistics services annual “Logistics Ease Across Different States
envisages registering, coordinating, and (LEADS)” survey; based both on User/Service
monitoring resolution of logistics stakeholders’ Provider perception and on Objective data; in all
issues States/ UTs to assess their logistics ecosystems
and uses a robust statistical model to grade them
E– handbook on Warehousing Standards recently
on performance. This is the fourth attempt in five
published by DPIIT, intends to bring in
years after 2018, 2019 and 2021 survey, to
standardization of physical assets and
enumerate and analyse the LEADS survey results
benchmarking of Service Quality Standards by
and seek learnings that will improve the logistics
adoption – of incentives, system of grading, rating
ecosystem of the entire network and reduce
and certification of excellence to promote
logistics cost for all stakeholders.
optimization of assets and minimize handling of
risks.

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Logistics Ease Across Different

States (LEADS) 2022

Logistics Ease Across Different States
(LEADS) 2022
A. LEADS context:
The Government of India (GOI) has prioritised to work in a coordinated manner in the logistic
development of a robust, cost-efficient and high- sector. The objective of LEADS is to channelize
quality logistics ecosystem through blend of focus on bringing out the existing challenges and
technology, digitalisation, regulation, and issues, the States/UTs are facing with regard to
standardisation coupled with highly skilled human their logistics ecosystems and acts as a feedback
resource. Envisaging the need of a network-wide mechanism to address the inefficiencies via policy
collaboration on a marble-cake federalism theme, or physical interventions, as may be required. The
the Government of India has launched the study provides an opportunity to identify the
National Logistics Policy (NLP) on 17th interplay among various stakeholders engaged in
September 2022, which will guide States/UTs in the fragmented logistics sector. It is also a
formulating and implementing their respective reflection of ground reality, as the subjective
State Logistics Policies. While NLP will strengthen perceptions of users and service providers,
Logistics Services, Government of India’s obtained through a carefully designed sampling
pioneering initiative of the PM GatiShakti National technique which are comprehensive enough to
Master Plan (PMGS-NMP) will focus on creation provide a clear picture of State’s/UT’s logistics
and improvement of multimodal logistics ecosystem.
infrastructure in coordination with States/UTs and
This perception is further blended with Objective
their agencies under one common platform by
data and the concerned State’s/UT’s feedback to
unifying all decision-making processes and
arrive at an Index-based grouping. LEADS is
removing silos.
therefore a combination of both objective data
in continuation of the spirit of Centre-State and perception of relevant stakeholders in
cooperation, the NLP sets a standard of Logistics logistics, based on identified indicators, which
excellence for States/UTs to be adopted suitably constitute an Index. LEADS also provides
in their own special environment. Yet, basic indicator-level assessments of performance and
principles of logistics ease and efficiency are logistics ecosystem on specific dimensions.
universal, and when they are converted to a set of Ministry of Commerce & Industry (MoCI)
Indicators which together form an Index, the undertook LEADS study to gauge the experience
LEADS comparisons among States/UTs assume of industry players and stakeholders involved in
significance. The Logistics Division of DPIIT, key value chains. While the gains from this
Ministry of Commerce & Industry, undertakes an exercise are important, in that they help analyse,
annual “Logistics Ease Across Different States monitor and plan logistics efficiency and its
(LEADS)” survey; based both on User/Service improvement, it still does not account for the
Provider perception and Objective data provided varying operating circumstances, resource
by States/UT; in all States/UTs to assess the availability, geographical factors, among other
logistics ecosystem and uses a robust statistical things, across all States/UTs. But this study
model to grade them on performance. certainly acts as an informed perceptive guide to
further deliberations, identification of potential
The LEADS study focuses on providing a common
focus areas, and setting priorities for strategic
platform for a consultative and collaborative
plans.
framework for the Central and State Governments
B. Evolution of LEADS) over the years:
LEADS is an annual study conducted by Logistics responsibility to measure the logistics

Division, Department for Promotion of Industry performance of States, to help in informed policy
and Internal Trade, which is entrusted with the

interventions and action plans and to implement and security (transportation & terminal
them strategically. services) and track & trace
“LEADS 2018” focused on international trade 3. Operating & Regulatory Environment - covers
(EXIM) and provided a useful starting point in 4 indicators related to extent of facilitation
assessing the efficiency of logistics ecosystem in offered by the State/ UT, ease of obtaining all
each State and UT. In the second edition of the approvals, inter-state border movement and
study – “LEADS 2019”, the Ministry expanded clearance and last, efficiency of regulatory
coverage to include both international and services.
domestic trades. The two LEADS exercises have
The LEADS 2022 survey assesses viewpoints of
served the purpose of initiating a dialogue
various users and stakeholders across the value
amongst all stakeholders, including Central and
chain viz Shippers, Terminal Infrastructure Service
State Governments, as also the private sector, to
Providers, Logistics Service Providers,
improve the efficiency of the States’/UTs’ logistics
Transporters and Government agencies, to
ecosystem.
understand the ‘enabler’ and ‘impediment’
The LEADS initiative had already introduced elements to the logistics ecosystem in the
constructive competition and excitement amongst country. Anecdotal evidence, gathered on the
States. This is now to be taken to the next level basis of industry interactions, also forms a key
though greater engagement with the States / UTs. part of the framework. These would be a guide to
In this regard, the Logistics Division of MoCI key issues and challenges in the industry.
initiated the third edition of the study – “LEADS
The annual survey processes data received from
2021”. Like “LEADS 2019”, the 2021 edition
stakeholders and States/ UTs. It grades logistics
focuses on both international and domestic trade.
ecosystem of each State/ UT based on perception
However, while LEADS 2018 and 2019 editions
inputs from stakeholders and objective data for
were perception-based, “LEADS 2021” introduced
respective States / UTs using a statistical model.
objective parameters in the index formulation by
The LEADS Study considers inputs from the States
engaging with all the States/UTs for the first time.
and UTs through an evidence-based objective
LEADS 2022 framework: survey to map their initiatives and improvements
in all three categories.
LEADS 2022 continues to focus on indicators
introduced across three established pillars as It has been considered prudent to utilize the same
statistical methodology as in the last round,
1. Infrastructure - covers 4 indicators related to LEADS 2021. The Structured Equation Modelling
quality of available Logistics Infrastructure (SEM) methodology for undertaking a
2. Services - covers 7 indicators related to Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) has been
quality of service, price reasonableness found useful for preparation of LEADS 2022
(freight rates & terminal services), timeliness index.
(transportation & terminal services), safety
C. Learnings from 2021 LEADS exercise and resultant modifications made to LEADS 2022:
i. LEADS 2021: LEADS 2021 successfully issues further. LEADS 2021 was conducted
established a robust mechanism to capture predominantly on a virtual platform owing to
key issues and challenges of the stakeholders the Covid-19 pandemic related travel
through its comprehensive set of 17 restrictions. LEADS 2021 exercise garnered a
perception-based indicators (covering total of 3,771 responses out of which 3,363
infrastructure, services, and the regulatory responses were considered after data
framework) dovetailed with State/UT specific cleaning.
objective (data based) indicators. Anecdotal
ii. LEADS 2021 key findings: In LEADS 2021,
evidence (gathered on the basis of industry
Gujarat, Haryana and Punjab emerged as the
interactions) is embedded in the study as a
top three performers. Western India led by
key part of the framework to understand

Gujarat and Maharashtra exhibited good iii. Learnings from LEADS 2021
performance on nearly all perception
indicators leading to understanding that these LEADS 2022 is led by learnings and lessons
States have a well-established logistics taken from the previous years’ exercises. The
ecosystem in relation to the current demand questionnaire has been revised based on
of such services. Southern India on the other respondents’ feedback. It has been
hand fared in the average to good range consolidated into a robust survey instrument
across indicators. Eastern States depicted an and pilot tested with key stakeholders for
average rating across parameters in LEADS suitability in terms of data collection and
2021 index. Except few States, overall relevant trends being captured. New questions
Operating and Regulatory Environment across have been added to reflect major initiatives
States was registered in average to good undertaken over the past year and cover the
range. Northern States such as Haryana, evolving spread of issues and challenges. The
Punjab and Uttar Pradesh endorsed good number of perception-based indicators have
scores (highest in few individual indicators) been revised to 15 from 17 (in 2021) whereas
across categories. Uttar Pradesh clocked the objective indicators have been retained at the
highest jump in ranking compared to the earlier 4.
previous year with a leap of 7 places to claim a) Value addition in LEADS 2022:
6th Rank.
Following revisions were undertaken in the
latest study based on feedback from
stakeholders and operating environment:
Optimized Data based insights

questionnaire length Mode of operation Numbers achieved
in report
► Perception survey: 15 ► Physical visits v/s virtual ► More than 40% higher ► Data analytics to derive
questions v/s 21, Part rollout in 2021 due to v/s LEADS 2021 deeper insights from
B removed Covid restrictions survey findings
► Sample collection:
► Objective survey: 3 ► 2,140+ respondents
additional question ► 6,583+ responses
To avoid respondent Wider reach-out and

Granular anecdotal
fatigue and capture deeper connect with Data driven insights
insights from Industry
valuable insights industry and States
D. Perception Indicators
Three Pillars of LEADS study, i.e., Infrastructure, LEADS 2022 not only assesses perception of
Services and Regulatory environment define the private stakeholders but also the facilitation
basic structure of Logistics ecosystem. These provided by State/UTs in logistics sector through
pillars have independent identities but, play a various policy initiatives and interventions.
conjoined role in deciding overall Logistics cost Another important aspect of State Engagement
and user experience. Therefore, it is imperative to that has been captured through this survey is
extensively study all three pillars. To achieve the action taken by States/UTs in respect of the
vision of LEADS study, these three pillars are recommendations made in LEADS 2021 report
further broken into various sub indicators. and State feedback on observations indicated by
stakeholders in existing survey.

Apart from the data available in public domain on objective data-based indicators. Perception
key parameters like road/rail network, warehouse questions are administered to private players and
capacity, etc., it was also captured from objective data queries to the State/ UT
States/UTs and Line Ministries in respect of Governments.
terminal infrastructures like ICD, CFS, Air cargo
terminals, etc. Given the nature of this study, the Survey instrument (perception- based):
focus was only on infrastructure related data sets.
Comparison and Revisions undertaken to the
The perception survey questionnaire was survey instrument
circulated to industry stakeholders in the form of
The perception-based questions focus on the now
physical as well as online survey. In LEADS 2022,
well-established framework of Infrastructure,
52% more responses have been collected as
Services, and Regulatory and operating
compared to the previous year’s reports, taking
environment. A detailed comparison of the
the overall number of responses to 6,583 from
Indicators in LEADS 2021 and the respective
2,140 respondents. LEADS Study has established
changes in LEADS 2022 Perception based Survey
itself as a validated and accepted mechanism for
questionnaire and associated indicators are listed
measuring efficiency of the logistics ecosystem of
in Annexure-1
the State/UT. Hence, LEADS 2022 continues with
the Index being a combination of perception and
Exhibit 4: LEADS 2022 (Perception Survey) – Indicators and Comparison with LEADS 2021
LEAD 2021 Indicators LEAD 2022 Indicators
Quality of available Road Quality of available Rail

Infrastructure
infrastructure infrastructure Quality of Road Quality of Rail

infrastructure infrastructure
Quality of Multimodal Quality of Unimodal
terminal terminal Quality of terminal Quality of Warehousing
Infrastructure Infrastructure
Quality of Warehousing
Quality of logistics Quality of Logistics Quality of modal logistics Quality of Services at

services offered by LSP Service Providers services terminals
Reasonableness of Reasonableness of
transportation prices terminal prices Reasonableness of prices of logistics services
Services
Timeliness of cargo Timeliness of cargo Timeliness of cargo Timeliness of cargo

delivery w.r.t delivery w.r.t terminal delivery w.r.t delivery w.r.t terminal
transportation services transportation services
Availability of mobile/ internet connectivity Ability to track and trace
Safety/ security of cargo Safety/ security of cargo Safety/ security of cargo within State/UT
during transportation at terminals
Promoting, incentivising and facilitating creation,

Extent of facilitation provided by the State Government/ management and operation of logistics infrastructure and
UT for encouraging logistics
Regulatory Framework
encouraging efficient logistics services
Ease of obtaining approvals Satisfaction with

logistics issues related grievance redressal mechanism
Ease of obtaining all approvals for setting up warehouse

infrastructure
Efficiency of regulatory process
Ease of entry in the selected State/UT from a neighbouring
State/UT

Perception based Indicators definition: Regulatory Environment) are covered through 15
Indicators. The indicators and their coverage area
The three Pillars of LEADS 2022 study
for study are listed below in Exhibit 5:
(Infrastructure, Services and Operating and
Exhibit 5: Perception based indicators and their coverage
Pillars Indicators Coverage

Road network and associated physical infrastructure such as road
Quality of Road Infrastructure condition, Capacity utilisation, signage, lighting, vehicle refuelling
services, toll, Parking, Lay-bys, State border points, etc.
Infrastructure
Quality of Rail Infrastructure Sufficiency of Rail tracks, congestion on rail networks etc.
ICDs, CFSs, AFSs, PFTs, MMLP, port terminals, airport terminals,
Quality of Terminal
logistics parks, inland waterway terminals, dry ports, Land Custom
Infrastructure
Stations, Road-based terminals, transport nagar, LCS/LCP etc.
Quality of Warehousing Warehouses including silos/bulk storage, consolidation centres, cold
Infrastructure storages, packhouses, ripening chambers, reefer vans etc.
Haulage/transportation by different modes, terminal operations
Quality of Modal Logistics including handling and storage of cargo, customs broking, and value-
Services added services like consolidation, repackaging, labelling, last-mile
connectivity, etc.
Competency of transport providers, truck drivers, freight forwarders,
Quality of Services at terminals
custom house agents, MTOs etc.
Reasonableness of prices of Road Freight Rates, Terminal Charges, Charges by Service providers
logistics services such as Shipping Lines, Transporters and Freight Forwarders etc.
Services
Timeliness of cargo delivery

Delivery within schedule/expected time within a State/ UT
w.r.t transportation
Timeliness of cargo delivery Reasonable time taken for terminal operations viz., time taken in
w.r.t terminal services stuffing up a cargo, customs broking time, dispatch waiting period, etc.
Ease of tracking and tracing of the cargo movement and condition from
Ability to track and trace
First mile to last mile.
Consistency in delivery without damage/deterioration/pilferage/loss of
Safety/ security of cargo within
cargo and to the truck due to logistics inefficiencies or accidents or
State/UT
thefts during transportation of goods
Promoting, incentivising, and
facilitating creation, Existence and effectiveness of policies related to single window
Operating and Regulatory Environment
management and operation of clearances, logistics/ labour, ease of availing land and ancillary facilities,
logistics infrastructure and maintenance of law and order, and provision and implementation of tax
encouraging efficient logistics breaks/subsidies/access to credit etc.
services
Satisfaction with logistics issues
Provision of effective system to ensure grievance redressal and dispute
related grievance redressal
resolution etc.
mechanism
Ease of obtaining all approvals
Approvals related to Warehouses including silos/bulk storage,
for setting up warehouse
consolidation centres, Cold storages, packhouses etc.
infrastructure
Ease of entry in the selected
Presence of Check posts, easy RTO and Police regulations and
State/UT from a neighbouring
implementation of Smart enforcement system
State/UT

Quality of available Infrastructure (Rail, Road, ecosystem. Any delay in delivery of goods occurs
Terminals and Warehouses): mainly at two stages, first when the cargo is in
transit and the second at storage/transit centre
The quality of available Infrastructure in terms of
such as depots, warehouses, and freight
accessibility, connectivity, cargo handling and
terminals. Both these aspects have been
storage is the preliminary parameter in root-cause
considered in the study.
analysis of logistics ecosystem. Infrastructure
drives the overall quality of logistics services such Ability to track and trace: Track and trace is
as timeliness, prices being paid and safety security enabled by GPS or SIM-based tracking, which
of cargo and while in-transit. Infrastructure quality depends on the availability of the cellular mobile
also creates the perception about the proactive network for accuracy. Better the network services
approach by States/UTs for betterment of in a State, lesser the blind spots in connectivity
Logistics ecosystem. and the higher the real-time cargo visibility. Ease
of track and trace is enabled by strong mobile
Quality of modal logistics Services and Service
network strength in the States/UTs.
Providers (Modal Logistics Services and Services
at Terminal): Extensive deliberations with multiple Safety/Security of Cargo: It has been observed
expert groups from industry and Government to that cargo pilferage happens during
develop LEADS 2021 indicators helped establish transportation or during storage at terminals. The
how the logistics ecosystem could be evaluated in indicator maps user perception about any such
a holistic way and bottlenecks be identified. The experience (in the recent past) to accurately
root cause analysis (deliberations) ultimately led identifying gaps in safety and security and help
to the basic premise of availability and quality of the responsible agency to implement counter
logistics. it was concluded that availability is measures to reduce such instances.
necessary but not sufficient for logistics
Promoting, incentivising, facilitating and
infrastructure. Hence, to understand the
investing in creation, management and operation
ecosystem, it is imperative to understand the
of logistics infrastructure and encouraging
“quality” of logistics. The quality of available
efficient logistics services: LEADS 2021
infrastructure dictates the price being paid for the
identified the extent of facilitation provided by
service, thereby driving service levels. Hence the
State/UT for enabling logistics while LEADS 2022
shift in indicators from availability (in “LEADS
took an extensive study to understand the
2019”) to quality of infrastructure. Since the
perception in Users’ mind regarding the action
objective was to identify at which leg of the supply
taken by the states / UTs in promoting,
chain issues were being faced, infrastructure
incentivising, and facilitating for creation,
construct was further broken into infrastructure
management and operation of logistics
subgroups of transportation (rail, road) and
infrastructure and encouraging efficient logistics
terminal infrastructure (multi-modal, unimodal,
services in the State. State policies are the driving
and warehousing).
force for any sector to thrive in the State in an
Reasonableness of Prices of Logistics Services: organised and efficient manner.
The indicator aims to determine the respondents'
Satisfaction with logistics issues related
perception of reasonableness of cost for services
grievance redress mechanism: This Indicator
being availed. Pricing is a derivative of multiple
helps in understanding perception about the
factors like infrastructure available, nature of
promptness of the State in handling the users’
market (fragmented or organized), demand for
grievances and disputes through effective and
the service etc. Continuing with the aim to identify
responsive redressal mechanism.
at which leg of supply chain is the issue being
faced, the indicator is further broken down in Ease of obtaining all approvals for setting up
terms of reasonableness of prices for warehouse infrastructure: This indicator was part
transportation and for terminal service. of LEADS 2021 and has been retained in the
study. Warehousing Infrastructure is an important
Timeliness of Cargo Delivery with respect to
component in terms of extent of services, capital
Transportation and Terminal Services: This
investment, required land and approvals.
indicator dictates the bottlenecks in the logistics

Perception about State’s policies and ease of interstate cargo movement. Ease of entry from
documentation for obtaining approvals for setting any State depends upon various factors such as
up Warehouses such as CLU, Pollution NOC, Fire policy by the State for checking, number of check
department approval etc. is the essence of this posts, effective policy enforcement by police and
indicator. RTO officials, use of Smart Enforcement System
etc. Perception under this category encapsulates
Ease of entry in the selected State/UT from a
both the effectiveness of checks, as also delays
neighbouring State/UT: In India, diverse policies
that it entails.
across States play a major role in determining the
E. Objective Indicators:
The Objective indicators diagnose the logistics States and UTs. The framework for binary
ecosystem in the State/UT through enabling questions is presented in the Annexure-3
initiatives undertaken by respective State/UT and
Part II – Secondary data sets: A set of 20
use of available secondary data points.
questions related to availability of logistics
Part I – Part I of the survey comprises 13 binary infrastructure, services and facilities in the States
Questions, which collectively are considered as a were included in the objective survey to map
single indicator for Statistical analysis. Questions available logistics at State/UT level. To ensure
under this indicator are used to assess various authenticity and reduce variation, all responses
initiatives undertaken by States such as policy from States/UTs were reconfirmed with respective
formation, institutional set up, regulatory States/UTs before using the data in Statistical
improvements, and other related initiatives for analysis. Received data variables were also
promoting and facilitating efficient logistics compared with the data sourced from the
infrastructure and services. As a part of data repository of different Central Line Ministries and
authenticity process, States/UTs had to also Government organizations. A detailed matrix of
provide documentary evidence against the binary secondary data used in statistical modelling,
questions where the response was mentioned as normalizing parameter and for state analysis is
“Yes”. This survey was administered to all 36 represented in Exhibit 6 below:
Exhibit 6: Details of Secondary data
Sr. No. Variables Year Source

Used for statistical analysis
1 Total Length of State Highways Replaced with proxy
2 Total Length of District Roads variable - State wise
2018-19,
Capital Outlay on Roads
3 Total Length of Urban Roads 2019-20, States/ UTs budget data
and Bridges Average of
2020-21
4 Total Length of Rural Roads (2018-19, 2019-20,
5 Total Length of Village Roads 2020-21)
MoRTH (VAAHAN data) and State

6 Total no. of registered Goods Commercial Vehicles (GCVs) 2020-21
data
7 No. of CFSs 2020-21 IMC List and State Data
8 No. of ICDs 2021-22 IMC List
9 No. of PFTs 2020-21 FOIS
10 No. of Railway Good sheds 2020-21 FOIS and State Data
11 No. of Air cargo terminals / AFSs 2020-21 MoCA and State data
12 Capacity of cold storages (MT) 2020-21 MoCAF&PD and State data
13 Capacity of warehouses (MT) 2020-21 WDRA and State Data
14 Total number of training centres for logistics 2019-20 MoSDE and State data
15 Number of individuals, trained in logistics training 2019-20 MoSDE and State data
Subsidy data from TIES, State wise average of (2017-18, 2017-18,
16 DPIIT, MoCI
2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21) 2018-19,

Sr. No. Variables Year Source
2019-20,
2020-21
DPIIT - Business Reform Action
17 Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) 2019-20
Plan
Number of road accidents during the year of Goods
18 2019-20 MoRTH
Commercial Vehicles
Used as normalizing parameter
1 Gross State Value Added (GSVA) 2019-20 MOSPI
2 Total geographical area of the State/UT 2020-21 FRI Dehradun website
Used for States’ analysis/ insights
MoRTH (SARATHI data) and State
1 Total no. of registered drivers of GCVs 2020-21
data
2 Total forest cover of the State/UT 2019-20 FRI Dehradun website
In line with the idea of introducing objectivity to been undertaken in LEADS 2022. A detailed
the index, proxy variables were utilised in case the comparison of LEADS 2021 and LEADS 2022
direct, quantifiable measures were not available Objective Questionnaire is attached in Annexure-3
for all the objective parameters. For instance, for
As a result of the above exercise, four indicators
road infrastructure (State Highway / District /
were arrived at for objective data set using the
Urban / Rural / Village), the available data was
following methodology:
outdated and not available for every State. Hence
total CAPEX on roads and bridges done by ► Indicator I – consolidation of part I of the
States/UTs has been considered as a proxy Objective questionnaire (binary questions).
measure of infrastructure creation. On the
► Indicator II – Out of these 20 questions in Part
terminal infrastructure availability front, number
II of the Objective questionnaire, 11 data
of CFS/ICD/PFT/Railway goods sheds have been
variables on availability of logistics
used to assess the extent of logistics network that
infrastructure, services and facilities have
has been developed at the State / UT level
been clubbed together as a single indicator.
Critical support infrastructure in terms of capacity Annexure-3 illustrates the usage of
of cold storage, general warehouse and available parameters and its normalisation factor. The
capacity has been used as provided by States and usage of data in statistical model including
available with Warehouse Development and normalisation factors were finalised with the
Regulatory Authority. Ease of Doing Business expert committee. After normalisation, a total
(EoDB) rankings and Trade Infrastructure for score was generated, which was categorised
Export Scheme (TIES) – a subsidy provided by using a class interval of 1-5. This objective
Centre to the States/UTs for development of score was considered a measure of the quality
export infrastructure - have been retained as a of infrastructure data to be included in the
parameter. Gross State Value Added (GSVA) and Infrastructure construct and was named
geographical areas have been used as normalising “Assessment of variables of logistics ease”.
factors. ► Indicator III – Range Scaled EoDB Ranks: EoDB
Survey instrument (Objective): is considered as an index to rank the States on
the regulatory policies and ecosystem which
Comparison and revisions undertaken to the directly affects businesses in the State. The
survey instrument: EoDB Index for individual State was included in
the overall model. The rankings of the States
LEADS 2022 Objective-based questions also deep-
were categorised into separate class intervals
dive into the aspects of logistics policy framework,
before including them in the model. This
institutional mechanism, first/last mile
objective variable was named “Range Scaled
connectivity, bottlenecks/choke-points and PM-
EoDB Ranks” and was included in the
GatiShakti-led initiatives and reforms. Few
Operating and Regulatory Environment.
changes in Objective Survey Questionnaire have

► Indicator IV – Trade Infrastructure Export Regulatory Environment. An average of the
Subsidy (TIES) Outlay: Trade Infrastructure subsidy across multiple years was calculated.
Export Subsidy (TIES) Outlay: It is a Class intervals were calculated based on the
Government of India Scheme to assist Central average amount of subsidy for the States. This
and State Government agencies for creation objective variable was named as “TIES
of appropriate infrastructure for growth of Outlay”.
exports from the States/UTs. TIES was
A detailed matrix of data used for statistical
launched in the year 2017. This parameter
modelling, normalizing parameters and State / UT
was also considered as one of the objective
level analysis is presented in Annexure -4
variables included in the Operating and
F. Overall indicator set for LEADS 22 index including perception and objective data:
Overall, combining 15 perception indicators and 4 been used for Statistical analysis which is
objective indicators, a total of 19 indicators have represented in the Exhibit 7 below.
Exhibit 7: LEADS 2022 Index – Combination of Perception and Objective Data based Indicators
Questions in Questions in No. of

LEADS 2021 LEADS 2022 Indicators
Perception indicators – focus on assessment of
Private
quality, efficiency of transport and terminal
sector 21 15 15
logistics Infrastructure and logsistics Services
LEADS 2022 Objective Questions - assessment of initiative 20 13 1

Index and enablement of Logistics by States/UTs States/UTs
Nodal
Objective assessment – assessment of available officers
27 20 1
Logistics Infrastructure/Services – data based
Trade Infrastructure for Export Scheme (TIES)

MoCI data 1 1 1
assistance utilized by States
Ease of Doing Business Ranking (EoDB) DPIIT data 1 1 1
Statistical model SEM SEM
G. Framework, data & methodology including statistical modelling
i. Sampling: The table below enlists industry ► Logistics Service Providers - freight
stakeholders which were covered for the forwarders, express carriers, customs
perception-based survey under four broad brokers, multimodal transport operators,
categories: and air cargo agents, etc.
► Traders and Shippers (TS) With ease in travel restrictions, the LEADS
(Exporters/Importers) 2022 Survey was initiated in April 2022.
Physical meetings were held with more
► Transport Service providers (TSP)- Road
than 20 National Associations of Logistics
hauliers, Rail operators, Container train
sector and more than 75 Regional
operators, Airlines, and Shipping lines
Associations across the country operating
► Terminal Infrastructure Service Providers in the sector. Their active participation
(TISP) - Surface transport based terminal resulted in more than 6,000 responses
operators (CFS/ICD/PFT/AFS), Warehouse being collated. The States/ UTs extended
operators, Cold storages, Port terminal their support by providing necessary data
operators, Air cargo Terminal operators, pertaining to the objective survey (in
etc. addition to 8 Central Line Ministries). The
list below shows a comparison of LEADS
2021 and LEADS 2022 data collection:

Description LEADS 2021 LEADS 2022 % Change
Respondents 1,405 2,140 +52%
Responses 3,771 6,583 +75%
Meetings 500+ 600+ +20%
The LEADS 2022 survey also involves a critical aspects of successful capture of
component of PM-Gati Shakti initiative (PMGS), as respondents' perceptions accurately. The
PMGS is playing a crucial role in developing a designed survey instruments went through
robust logistics visualisation platform in close multiple iterations to make them accurate,
coordination with BISAG-N. As on date, more than pinpointed, and comprehensive so as to elicit a
900 essential data layers have been integrated by proper response from the stakeholders. The
the States/UTs on the PMGS National Master Plan survey instruments were then subjected to pilot
platform. The States of Gujarat, Karnataka, Tamil testing sessions with actual stakeholders from the
Nadu and Uttar Pradesh have been leading in the logistics sector to understand their perspectives.
process of integration of essential data layers After multiple rounds of iterations and
modifications, the survey instrument was
Survey Instrument finalization: finalized.
Discussions were held with experts to design the Perception survey questionnaire is enclosed as
perception and objective survey instruments. The Annexure-1 to this report. Objective survey is
design of the survey instrument is one of the enclosed as Annexure-3 to this report.
Database of respondents
Exhibit 8: Stakeholder categories for LEADS survey
Transport Service
Provider 1 2 Trader/Shipper
4 3
Terminal
Logistics Services
Infrastructure
Provider
Service Provider
Sampling groups, the sample size needed to be customised.

Cochran’s formula 2 was used to calculate sample
The next step was to arrive at the right sample sizes for each State's stratum (category of
size, across States and stakeholders. Considering stakeholders).
that the sampling frame was segregated as per
State and different stakeholder groups / sub-
2
Cochran’s formula for sample size determination is an accepted practice in the domain of statistics for small or large population sizes (Cochran, W. G,
“Sampling Techniques”, John Wiley and Sons, 3rd Edition, 1991)

Data Collection
To collate a population set of the above
categories, industry and trade associations and
N: Population Size
chambers of commerce were approached.
Z: Critical Value of desired Confidence Level (min: 90%, max:
99%)
Respondents were contacted through multiple
means. The exhibit 6 below represents the mode
P: Population proportion with homogeneous characteristics
(90%) of capturing responses.
d: Margin of error (Sampling error
Exhibit 9: Survey administration tools
1 2 3 4
Web enabled Telephonic Video Face to face

portals and discussion conferencing meetings
emails
A total of 6.583 responses from 2,104 four categories of respondents identified earlier.
respondents were collected as part of the LEADS Distribution of responses is presented in the
2022 exercise. Data was collected from all the Exhibit 10 below:
Exhibit 10: Respondents data sharing percentage
Trader / Shipper
32%
41% Transport Service Provider
Terminal Infrastructure Service Provider

9%
Logistics Service Provider
18%
Data Analysis and Agriculture or the State's Geographical Area.

Annexure-4 illustrates the usage of parameters
For all of 6,583 responses, data was cleaned, and and its normalisation factor. After normalisation,
only valid responses, i.e., responses where more a total score was generated, which was
than 50% of the data exists, totalling 5,130 were categorised using a class interval of 1-5. This
used for analysis. objective score was considered a measure of the
quality of infrastructure data to be included in the
Each of the objective parameters used for
infrastructure construct.
statistical analysis was normalised either using
Gross State Value Addition (GSVA) for Industry

EoDB index for individual States was included in found to be 0.078. The factor scores of the 3
the overall model. This Index is meant to measure constructs: Infrastructure, Services and
regulations directly affecting businesses. The Regulation were utilised to arrive at gradings for
rankings of the States were categorised into States/UTs.
separate class intervals before including them in
the model. This objective variable was included in Weighting
the Operating and Regulatory Environment.
In this round of LEADS survey the highest number
TIES outlay was also considered as one of the of responses have been collected compared to the
objective variables included in the Operating and past editions. However, collecting a greater
Regulatory Environment. An average of the number of responses could possibly introduce
subsidy across multiple years was calculated. biases due to over-representation of respondents
Class intervals were calculated based on the with particular characteristics. Consequently, the
average amount of subsidy for the States/UTs. current round of data has been weighted to
maintain similar proportion as in LEADS 2021.
Statistical modelling
Cluster-based Grading
In this edition of the LEADS report, latent
variables, or constructs (dimensions of LEADS 2022 has shifted from a purely rank-based
Infrastructure, Services and Regulatory) have listing to a much more holistic grading system.
been defined in a way that they are composed of a The primary classification is based on geographies
number of indicators/questions, making the or clusters. Within this classification, the States
measurement more detailed in nature. The have been graded based on buckets; the ranges of
perception questions and the objective variables, which are derived from the scores formulated
illustrated in previous sections, were considered using the SEM model.
as observable variables. A confirmatory factor
Given the vast demographic profile of India, each
analysis approach using Structured Equation
State / UT has its own enablers and challenges
Modelling (SEM) was adopted where the
related to its geographical characteristics. Thus, it
measurement models and paths were defined to
is important to assess the States/UTs with respect
depict the relationship between constructs, the
to their profile. Insights in the LEADS report are
respective observed variables, and the overall
presented with due consideration to the context
dependent variable. The model was executed
(influenced largely by Geography) in which
using Latent Variable Analysis (LAVAAN) package
stakeholders and States have to deliver Logistics
in R – a statistical analysis software package.
services. It is imperative that this aspect is
The “Assessment of Variables of Logistics Ease” reflected in grading as well. As a result, 4
variable that reflected the quality of infrastructure separate clusters have been formulated within
was included in the infrastructure latent which the States/UTs have been categorized:
construct. The other objective variables such as 1. Landlocked: States that are landlocked and
the” Range scaled EoDB ranks”, subsidy and the are away from the coast
regulatory policy indicated by States “States’
logistics enabling initiatives” were included in the 2. Coastal: States that are on the coastline of
Regulatory Environment latent construct. For the country
parameter estimation, the Pairwise Maximum 3. North-Eastern Region (NER): States that are
Likelihood Estimation method 3 4 was used. considered to be part of political and
administrative part of North East Region
During model implementation, goodness-of-fit
indices such as chi-square, root mean standard 4. Union Territories (UT): Territories that are
error of approximation (RMSEA), Confirmatory Fit governed, in part of whole, by the
Index (CFI) were examined at every iteration. The Government of India
CFI was observed to be 0.912, and RMSEA was
3
Katsikatsou, M, Moutaki, I and Jamil, H, “Pairwise Likelihood estimation for confirmatory factor analysis models with ordinal
variables and data that are missing at random”, British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology, November 2018,
4
“The Pairwise Likelihood Method for Structural Equation Modelling with ordinal variables and data with missing values using the R
package lavaan”, https://users.ugent.be/~yrosseel/lavaan/pml/PL_Tutorial.pdf

Exhibit 11: The list of the states within each clusters:
Landlocked
Bihar Chhattisgarh Haryana Himachal Pradesh
Jharkhand Madhya Pradesh Punjab Rajasthan
Telangana Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand
Coastal
Andhra Pradesh Goa Gujarat Karnataka
Kerala Maharashtra Odisha Tamil Nadu
West Bengal
North-East Region (NER)
Arunachal Pradesh Assam Manipur Meghalaya
Mizoram Nagaland Sikkim Tripura
Union Territories (UT)
Daman & Diu /
Andaman & Nicobar Chandigarh Delhi
Jammu & Kashmir Ladakh Lakshadweep Puducherry
Shift from ranking to grading in LEADS 2022: LEADS 2022 categorizes States based on their
geographic demographics into 4 categories of
Previously, States/UTs were ranked based on their
Landlocked, coastal, north-eastern regions and
logistics ecosystem. However, it was felt that the
Union Territories. For grading each of these
phenomenal work which has been done in the last
categories in into three categories. The
one year by States towards logistics ecosystem
“Achievers” are States which have shown
improvement are not adequately appreciated in
exemplary logistics ecosystems with exceptional
either the perception or objective survey.
infrastructure and transparent regulatory
Further, the scores and resultant ranks of
processes. The “Fast Movers” are States who are
States/UTs have in all previous occasions been
moving towards becoming Achievers by notifying
arrived at using different sample sizes and intra-
progressive policy and legislatives initiatives along
category compositions, varying weights applied to
with new infrastructure projects. Finally, we have
the broader Indicator categories (Infrastructure,
the “Aspirers” – States which have initiated their
Services and Regulation) as also to stakeholder
journey towards logistics ease and excellence by
groups. All these issues, mostly uncontrollable
adopting national best practices to further
because of a constantly shifting stakeholder
improve their contribution towards India’s
profile and a very strong ‘recency bias’, make
emerging position as a global manufacturing and
differentiation in perceptions of logistics
logistics hub. Accordingly, three percentage-based
competence among States/UTs very unclear and
grades are as follows:
indistinct.
► Achievers: Above 90% of the highest scoring
Adapting the evaluation framework of the recently state (at 100%)
released Business Reforms Action Plan 5, in
LEADS 2022 there is a shift from one uniform ► Fast Movers: 80% to 90% of the highest
ranking. All the States / UTs in their respective scoring state (at 100%)
clusters (based on geographical profile), are ► Aspirers: Below 80% of the highest scoring
grouped into three grades based on the state (at 100%)
percentage score ranges. A percentage score
indicates how well a State or UT has performed in Based on the above approach, results of cluster-
comparison to the Top State/UT within the based grading are illustrated below. The States
specific cluster. The States/UTs with similar and UTs are listed in each group in alphabetical
percentage score range have been graded in a order.
common group.
5
Business Reforms Action Plan (dpiit.gov.in) accessed at Business Reforms Action Plan (dpiit.gov.in)

Exhibit 12: LEADS 2022 grading of States/UT across cluster
Categories Achievers Fast movers Aspirers

Madhya
Landlocked Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab,
Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand
states Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand
Rajasthan
Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka,
Coastal states Kerala Goa, West Bengal
Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu
North Eastern Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur,
Assam
Region Tripura Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland
Andaman & Nicobar, Daman Diu &
UTs Chandigarh, Delhi Puducherry Dadara and Nagar Haveli, Jammu &
Kashmir, Ladakh, Lakshadweep
Creation of separate North-eastern unique status in the national economy, and it

States currently enjoys a determined developmental
focus.
In the NER states, the geographical positioning,
Putting these States at the bottom of all States’
terrain, resource base and economic activity at
ranking would be discouraging for them, as also
large act as natural deterrents to development of
an unfair comparison. In any case, the model
a robust logistics infrastructure and its effective
applied for determining grading for NE States and
management. Hence, the region is considered as a
others is the same. Keeping all the points above in
separate category for ranking. Limited access
view, putting these States as a special and
points, mostly via the (inefficient) ecosystems in
exclusive set, in one lot and grading them within
West Bengal and centred primarily around Assam
was therefore considered as justified.
within the NER, only increase time and cost of
cargo movement to/from the region. Lack of Creation of other Union Territories
major industries / production centres across the
entire region discourage logistics infrastructure The regulatory set-up in UTs is different as
development and the States’ difficult terrain compared to other States. Limited area, and lack
makes operation and management of logistics of industrial zones are factors that reduce scope
challenging. of development of logistics infrastructure and
robust service deliveries. As a result, the demand
NER is a consumption-based economy with little to
in these centres is largely catered by support from
offer for return cargo. This fact itself makes the
infrastructure / service providers in adjacent
region a high-cost logistics territory. The entire
States. As a result, UTs as a group was treated
region encounters similar kinds of challenges, and
separately.
it appears as though it is one large homogeneous
territory with its centre in Assam. Though efforts Puducherry, Ladakh, Daman & Diu and Dadra &
are underway to develop connectivity and build Nagar Haveli, Andaman & Nicobar Islands and
infrastructure in States other than Assam, it will Lakshadweep have been excluded from grading
take time for the focus to shift. The NER has a due to inadequacy of responses in the survey.

Exhibit 13: LEADS 2022 – indicator-wise grading and heat maps
Legend
Achiever Fast Mover Aspirer
90% - 100% 80%-90% <80%
Himachal Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Chhattisgarh
Uttarakhand
Maharashtra
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Telangana
Rajasthan
Haryana
Gujarat
Punjab
Kerala
Bihar
Goa
Road
infrastructure
Rail infrastructure
Terminal
infrastructure
Warehousing
infrastructure
Modal logistics
services
Quality of services
at terminals
Reasonableness of
prices of logistics
services
Timeliness -
transportation
services
Timeliness -
terminal services
Track and trace

cargo movement
Safety/security of
cargo
Promoting,
incentivising,
facilitating
Ease of obtaining
all approvals
Ease of entry
Issues related
grievance
redressal

Odisha
Tamil Nadu
West Bengal
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Sikkim
Tripura
Andaman & Nicobar
Chandigarh
Daman & Diu / Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Delhi
Jammu & Kashmir
LEADS 2022: Logistics Ease Across Different States

Ladakh
Lakshadweep
Puducherry
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Cluster: Landlocked States
► Bihar
► Chhattisgarh
► Haryana
► Himachal Pradesh
► Jharkhand
► Madhya Pradesh
► Punjab
► Rajasthan
► Telangana
► Uttar Pradesh
► Uttarakhand
Legend
90% - 100% 80%-90% <80%

Cluster: Coastal States
► Andhra Pradesh
► Goa
► Gujarat
► Karnataka
► Kerala
► Maharashtra
► Odisha
► Tamil Nadu
► West Bengal
Legend
90% - 100% 80%-90% <80%

Cluster: North-Eastern Region
► Arunachal Pradesh
► Assam
► Manipur
► Meghalaya
► Mizoram
► Nagaland
► Sikkim
► Tripura
Legend
90% - 100% 80%-90% <80%

Cluster: Union Territories
► Andaman & Nicobar

Islands
► Chandigarh
► Daman & Diu and
Dadar & Nagar Haveli
► Delhi
► Jammu & Kashmir
► Ladakh
► Lakshadweep
► Puducherry
Legend
90% - 100% 80%-90% <80%

3
Cluster insights on overall indicators –

infrastructure, services and regulatory

Cluster insights on overall indicators –
infrastructure, services and regulatory
Globalization has led to convergence of supply has been studied to better understand the
chain across borders with raw materials being underlying cause / effect of existing supply chain.
sourced from one part of the World and finished
Clustering approach highlights that the logistics
products being supplied to another. As a result,
ecosystems depend on many variables, of which
being competitive and agile, in terms of efficient
geographical position of a State/UT is only one
supply chains, is need of the hour. What it means
factor. Though geographical position might
for the domestic industry is that States/UTs and
provide an initial impetus to logistics, its
Central agencies have to work in unison to
sustenance is based on a number of underlying
facilitate seamless movement of goods. Given the
factors for an efficient ecosystem.
vast geographical demographics of India, every
State/UT has a certain advantage / disadvantage As detailed earlier, the States/UTs have been
inherent to deal with. Adjoining sub-regions of two clustered into 4 segments as follows:
or three States/UTs may exhibit a common
► Landlocked States
ecosystem, only differentiated by varying policy
measures undertaken by the concerned ► Coastal States
States/UTs.
► North-Eastern States and
The flow of goods from origin to destination is ► Union Territories
almost always across more than one State,
traversing various geographies. The presence of Performance of States/UTs, in each of these
production and consumption centres are not clusters, was based on their individual scores
bound by the logic of administrative units such as (respondents’ ratings) across pillars of – “overall
a State or a UT. Multiple interactions with industry quality of logistics infrastructure, quality of
stakeholders have indicated that a broader logistics services; and operating and regulatory
geographic lens must be used to examine the environment”. These three indicators were part of
performance of logistics ecosystem. Therefore, the perception questionnaire administered to
States/UTs have been clustered as per geographic private stakeholders (as Question no. A, B and C).
demography and their performance, indicator wise Detailed analysis is presented below:

3.1 Landlocked States
Quality of overall infrastructure -
Exhibit 14: Landlocked - Overall quality of infrastructure
3.80 Telangana
Madhya Pradesh
3.70 Punjab
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
3.60 Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
3.50
Rajasthan
INDICATOR SCORE
3.40
3.30
3.20
3.10 Bihar
3.00 Chhattisgarh
2.90 Jharkhand
2.80
0.50 Aspirers
1.00 1.50 Fast2.00
movers 2.50 Achievers
3.00 3.50
SEGMENT
As shown in the exhibit below, all States barring further improving roads infrastructure which will
three fall in Achievers category, indicating that help advance its overall logistics ecosystem.
the respondents perceive that infrastructure is
good in the cluster. Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, Quality of overall logistics services:
Punjab, Haryana, lead the cluster. A deep dive into Telangana, Punjab, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh
sub indicators of road, rail, terminals, and score high in “Overall Services indicator”.
warehouse indicates that the achievers maintain
Telangana in particular features in Achievers
their leadership across all the indicators.
segment in most of the sub-indicators like “Quality
Especially in roads, all the achievers retain their
of modal services, Quality of services at terminals,
position. Further highlighting majority of the
Timeliness of transportation services, Timeliness
cargo is shipped via road mode and thus having
of terminal services”. Primary interactions
good road infrastructure augurs well for States
indicate that well developed road connectivity in
logistics ecosystem.
Telangana (with ring roads to bypass city traffic)
In terms of “Quality of rail infrastructure”, Punjab, especially in consuming hub of Hyderabad has
Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Telangana are the made supply chains efficient, timely and reliable.
leaders. Madhya Pradesh which has the largest In terms of “Reasonableness of prices of logistics
warehousing capacity in the country features in services” also, the State features in Achiever’s
Fast Movers’ category for “Quality of warehousing category. Bihar is the only State to feature in Fast
infrastructure”. Movers segment mainly on account of scoring high
in “Reasonableness of logistics prices” indicator
Bihar is the only State to feature in the Fast and progressive steps being undertaken by the
Movers segment, mainly as the respondents have State towards improving logistics ecosystem.
indicated high confidence in “Overall rail
infrastructure” which puts it in the Achievers Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh have scored low on
category for the said indicator. Respondents’ all sub-indicators of “Quality of logistics service
feedback indicate that the State’s in Aspirers indicator”, particularly on “Timeliness and Safety
segment need to improve logistics infrastructure and Security of cargo” aspects. States may look
i.e. road, rail, terminal and warehousing into immediate interventions to improve quality of
infrastructure. Bihar may specifically focus on logistics services and further improve logistics
ecosystem.

Exhibit 15: Landlocked – Overall quality of services
3.90
Telangana
Punjab
3.70 Haryana
Madhya Pradesh Himachal Pradesh
Uttarakhand Uttar Pradesh
INDICATOR SCORE
3.50
Rajasthan
3.30
Bihar
3.10
Jharkhand
2.90 Chhattisgarh
2.70
0.50 Aspirers
1.00 1.50 Fast2.00
3.00 3.50
SEGMENT
Overall operating and regulatory Madhya Pradesh is the only State to feature in
environment Fast movers segment as it is one of the high
scorers in each of the sub indicators, a reflection
Telangana continues to maintain its leadership of its progressive policies. States in Aspirers
position even in the “Overall Operating and segment have been perceived to have poor
regulatory environment” indicator, followed by operating and regulatory environment. Thus, the
Himachal Pradesh and Haryana. States featuring States may look at immediate interventions to
in the Achievers segment are the ones who have resolve relevant issues. Over the long term,
formulated their Logistics Policy barring formulation of logistics policy and providing a
Uttarakhand, Punjab and Rajasthan, whose policy favourable business environment will help States
is in final stage of being notified. to improve regulatory perception.
Exhibit 16: Landlocked - overall operating and regulatory environment
3.70 Telangana Himachal Pradesh

Haryana Uttar Pradesh
3.50 Uttarakhand Punjab
3.30 Rajasthan
INDICATOR SCORE
3.10
Madhya Pradesh
2.90
Bihar
2.70
Jharkhand
2.50
Chhattisgarh
2.30
0.50 Aspirers
1.00 1.50 Fast2.00
3.00 3.50
SEGMENT

3.2 Coastal States
Quality of overall infrastructure Goa fares particularly low in “Overall quality of
logistics infrastructure”. As per primary
All States in coastal cluster barring two (West interactions, warehousing and terminal
Bengal and Goa) feature in the Achiever’s segment infrastructure needs major improvements to cater
lead by Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Andhra to the trade demands. West Bengal too has been
Pradesh. Gujarat and Karnataka score high in sub- perceived with similar observations and
indicator – road infrastructure. Gujarat leads in improvement areas, with the exception of having
“Quality of rail and Terminal infrastructure” which good rail infrastructure as per feedback from
also reflects in positive feedback from primary industry and hence it features in Fast Movers
interactions indicating that the State has one of segment.
the best terminal infrastructure across country.
Karnataka on the other hand tops in quality of
warehousing infrastructure.
Exhibit 17: Coastal – quality of overall infrastructure
4.00
Tamil Nadu
Gujarat
3.80 Karnataka
Andhra Pradesh
Odisha
Maharashtra
INDICATOR SCORE
3.60 Kerala
3.40
West Bengal
3.20
3.00 Goa
2.80
0.5 Aspirers
1 1.5 Fast movers
2 2.5 Achievers
3 3.5
SEGMENT
Quality of overall logistics services logistics services, Quality of service at terminals,

Reasonableness of prices and Track and Trace”.
All States barring two (Goa and West Bengal – in
Fast Movers) feature in Achievers category. Goa and West Bengal have been rated low on all
Odisha, Gujarat, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu lead the sub-indicators of logistics services, particularly
cluster. Odisha leads in sub – indicators of “Modal “Quality of services at terminals, Timeliness and
Track & Trace”.

Exhibit 18: Coastal – quality of overall services
3.90
Odisha
3.80 Gujarat
Karnataka
Tamil Nadu Andhra Pradesh
3.70
Maharashtra
INDICATOR SCORE
3.60 Kerala
3.50
3.40
3.30 Goa
West Bengal
3.20
0.5 Aspirers
1 1.5 Fast movers
2 2.5 Achievers
3 3.5
SEGMENT
Overall operating and regulatory State machinery with necessary feedback to

environment optimise and take appropriate policy
interventions.
Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh
Goa and West Bengal have been rated low on all
lead the cluster. South India States featuring in
sub-indicators of operating and regulatory
Achiever’s segment have undertaken a
environment. The States need to particularly
collaborative approach with industry stakeholders,
focus on ease of obtaining approvals and ease of
whereby regular interactions are being held to
entry to/from neighbouring States where multiple
understand issues faced on ground and devise
issues have been highlighted.
necessary resolutions. This has helped create a
positive environment in the States and support
Exhibit 19: Coastal – Overall operating and regulatory environment

3.70 Karnataka
Tamil Nadu Odisha
3.50 Andhra Pradesh
Gujarat
Kerala
INDICATOR SCORE
3.30
Maharashtra
3.10
2.90
West Bengal
2.70 Goa
2.50
0.5 Aspirers
1 1.5 Fast movers
2 2.5 Achievers
3 3.5
SEGMENT

3.3 North – Eastern States
Quality of overall infrastructure of the States lack established logistics ecosystem
as reflected in the grading.
Assam features in the Achievers segment, barring
which all other States are categorized in Aspirers Arunachal Pradesh on the other hand features in
with Arunanchal Pradesh in Fast Movers. Assam’s Fast movers category as it one of the high scorers
focus on developing logistics infrastructure, in “Quality of services at terminal,
prepration of Logistics Policy has augured well for Reasonableness of prices and timeliness”.
development of logistics ecosystem. For North
Among all the States featuring in Aspirer’s
Eastern States, limited access points, mostly via
category, Manipur, and Mizoram in particular are
the long distance and inefficient ecosystems in
rated low on road, rail and warehousing
West Bengal, logistics development centered
infrastructure. Considering difficult terrain of the
primarily around Assam, only increases time and
region, State Governments may look at developing
cost of cargo movement to/from the region. The
appropriate action plan or policy to create
States’ difficult terrain makes operation and
required infrastructure in coordination with
management of logistics challenging. As a result,
Central agencies.
development is seen in Assam barring which rest
Exhibit 20: North - Eastern Region – quality of overall infrastructure
3.10
2.90
Assam
2.70
INDICATOR SCORE
2.50
2.30 Arunachal Pradesh

Sikkim Nagaland
2.10 Meghalaya
Tripura
1.90 Manipur
1.70 Mizoram
1.50
0.5 Aspirers
1 1.5 Fast movers
2 2.5 Achievers
3 3.5
SCORE
Quality of overall logistics services Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur feature in the
Aspirers segment mainly on account of low ratings
Nagaland and Assam lead the category of “Overall in “Reasonableness of prices and timeliness”
logistics services” in Achievers segment. Nagaland indicators.
has been rated high in every sub-category
indicator of quality of logistics services.

Exhibit 21: North - Eastern Region – quality of overall services
3.40
3.20 Nagaland
3.00
INDICATOR SCORE
Assam
Sikkim
2.80
Tripura
Meghalaya
2.60 Mizoram
2.40 Arunachal Pradesh

Manipur
2.20
2.00
0.5 Aspirers
1 1.5 Fast movers
2 2.5 Achievers
3 3.5
SEGMENT
Overall operating and regulatory proactive work towards building sustainable

environment logistics infrastructure.
Tripura, Sikkim and Meghalaya have been rated

Assam and Mizoram lead the indicator. Assam
low on operating and regulatory environment
especially on the back of its progressive polices
during primary interactions.
reflected in the launch of its Logistics Policy and
Exhibit 22: North - Eastern Region - overall operating and regulatory environment
2.70
Assam
2.50
Mizoram
2.30
INDICATOR SCORE
Manipur
2.10 Nagaland
Tripura Arunachal Pradesh
Sikkim
1.90
1.70 Meghalaya
1.50
0.5 Aspirers
1 1.5 Fast movers
2 2.5 Achievers
3 3.5
SEGMENT

3.4 Union Territories (UTs)
UTs have a different regulatory set-up as Quality of overall infrastructure
compared to the States. Limited area, and lack of
industrial zones are factors that reduce scope of Chandigarh, Puducherry, Delhi, Jammu &
development of logistics infrastructure and robust Kashmir, are leaders in this category. Chandigarh
service deliveries. As a result, the demand in scores maximum in sub indicators of “Quality of
these centers is largely catered by support from road, terminal and warehousing infrastructure”.
infrastructure / service providers in adjacent Delhi tops in quality of rail infrastructure.
States. Hence they have been clubbed in a
separate category.
Exhibit 23: Union Territories – quality of overall infrastructure
4.10
3.90 Chandigarh
Puducherry
3.70 Delhi
Jammu & Kashmir
INDICATOR SCORE
Daman & Diu/ Dadra &

3.50
Nagar Haveli
3.30
Andaman & Nicobar
3.10
Lakshadweep
2.90
2.70 Ladakh
2.50
0.5 Aspirers
1 1.5 Fast movers
2 2.5 Achievers
3 3.5
SEGMENT
Quality of overall logistics services Timeliness at terminal services, Track and Trace
and Safety and security of cargo”. Ladakh leads in
Chandigarh, Puducherry and Delhi lead in the sub indicator of reasonableness of prices of
category. Chandigarh scores maximum in sub logistics services.
indicators of “Quality of services at terminals,
Exhibit 24: Union Territories – quality of overall services
4.10
3.90 Chandigarh
3.70 Puducherry
Delhi
INDICATOR SCORE
3.50
Jammu & Kashmir
3.30 Daman & Diu/ Dadra &
Nagar Haveli Andaman & Nicobar
3.10
Lakshadweep
2.90
2.70
Ladakh
2.50
0.5 Aspirers
1 1.5 Fast movers
2 2.5 Achievers
3 3.5
SEGMENT

Overall operating and regulatory Puducherry, Chandigarh, Andaman & Nicobar
environment Island and Delhi lead the indicator. Chandigarh
scores maximum in all the sub indicators related
to operating and regulatory environment.
Exhibit 25: Union Territories – overall operating and regulatory environment

4.00
Puducherry
3.80 Chandigarh
3.60 Andaman & Nicobar
Delhi
3.40
INDICATOR SCORE
Daman & Diu/ Dadra &

Nagar Haveli
3.20
3.00 Lakshadweep
2.80
2.60 Jammu & Kashmir

2.40 Ladakh
2.20
2.00
0.5 Aspirers
1 1.5 Fast movers
2 2.5 Achievers
3 3.5
SEGMENT

Coastal Landlocked NER UTs
Category-wise State and UTs

performance

Category-wise State and UTs performance

4.1 Coastal
Andhra Pradesh
Category Coastal
2022 Grade Achiever
Andhra Pradesh – a brief logistics profile

Brief overview of the logistics profile of the State is provided in the exhibit 26 below.
Exhibit 26: Brief logistics profile of Andhra Pradesh
Parameter Unit Value Year Source
NH= 7,340/ NH - MoRTH/NHAI

Road Length km 2020-21
SH= 13,500 SH – State data
Railway Track Track-km 7,714 2019-20 MoR
Inland Container Depot (ICD) nos. 1 2021-22 CBIC
Container Freight Station (CFS) nos. 16 2020-21 State Govt.
Private Freight Terminal (PFT) nos. 3 2020-21 State Govt.
Air Cargo Terminals nos. 4 2020-21 State Govt.
Railway Goods Sheds nos. 288 2020-21 State Govt.
Warehouse Capacity (incl. State, Central, State Govt.

MT 12,17,566 2020-21
Private owned) (MTPA)
Cold Storage Capacity MT 11,56,759 2020-21 State Govt.
Logistics Training Centres nos. 43 2020-21 State Govt.
No. of Individuals trained in logistics nos. 1,297 2020-21 State Govt.

Exhibit 27: State’s LEADS indicator wise performance
Quality of Infrastructure
Quality of Road Infrastructure
Quality of Rail Infrastructure
Infrastructure
Quality of Terminal
Infrastructure
Andhra Pradesh Max Average
Reliability of Logistics Services

Quality of Modal Logistics
Services
Quality of Services at
Safety/ Security of Cargo
Terminals
Ability to Track and Trace Reasonableness of Prices of

Cargo Movement Logistics Services
Timeliness of Cargo Delivery Timeliness of Cargo Delivery
(Terminal Services) (Transportation Services)
Extent of Facilitation
Grievance Redressal
Ease of Obtaining all Approvals
Mechanism
Ease of Entry
Objective Assessment of States' Logistics Ecosystem

TIES Outlay
State Logistics Enabling

Range Scaled EODB Ranks
Initiatives
Assessment of Variables of
Logistics Ease

Andhra Pradesh has been graded as an Achiever State feedback

within the Coastal cluster.
Truck Parking terminals have been provided near
The State has scored above average across Ports and Industrial Parks with ancillary facilities
indicators related to Quality of Infrastructure at Nellore, Gangavaram, Anantapur, Tirupathi,
except for Warehousing Infrastructure. NTR District etc.
Like other Coastal states, Reasonableness of ► More than 20 truck lay-bys and resting areas
prices of logistics services has been identified as have been provided at regular sections of
an area where the state could improve. The state various NHs namely NH-16, NH-256, NH-65,
has been rated above average on all indicators NH-4, NH-544 & NH-40.
related to Reliability of Logistics Services.
► Various works are under progress and at
State has scored high with regards to Ease of proposal stage for improving connectivity to
Entry and Grievance Redressal Mechanism related Visakhapatnam port such as widening of East
indicators. Break Water up to Convent Junction to
Visakhapatnam Port and Convent Junction to
Extent of Facilitation and Ease of Obtaining Sheelanagar Junction, construction of fly over
Approvals have been identified as areas where the near Airport Terminal for MMLP connectivity,
state could improve. 4 lane highway connectivity at NH-16 etc.
Industry feedback ► Technology interventions for Smart
Enforcement, like Static Weighbridges, Weigh
Infrastructure in Motion, CCTV/PTZ Cameras and Emergency
► Truck lay-bys with ancillary facilities (security, Call Box are put in place at critical points
food, washrooms, medical shop, repairs & connecting to various Highways (at Toll
maintenance areas) are required on important Plazas) namely NH-216-A, NH-16, NH-40, NH-
freight routes, at ports, and in industrial 65, and other State Highways.
parks.
► Driver training schools have been established
► First and last mile connectivity to railway at key logistics hubs. APSRTC a has taken up
sidings/good sheds is required. an initiative on establishment of driving
► First and last mile road connectivity to schools in all major cities of the state. The
Visakhapatnam port needs improvement. Government of India has also sanctioned
Elevated road access to the port is required setting up Institute of Driving Training and
and service roads need to be widened. Research (IDTR) at Darsi, Prakasham District
and Dhone, Kurnool District.
Services
►  hortage of skilled drivers in the State is a
S ► The State Government is in the process of
concern. devising zoning for freight movement in cities
and district headquarters.
Regulatory and Operating Environment
► Government is also implementing Grievances
► Diesel theft on highways, especially on Vizag- Redressal Mechanism in the name of
Vijayawada and Vijayawada-Hyderabad routes INDUSTRIES SPANDANA’
is a concern. (http://apindustries.gov.in/industriesspandan
► Speedy disbursement of fiscal incentives and a) on the Single Desk Portal to act as a one
grants for development of logistics stop-shop for all investment/industry-
infrastructure is required. infrastructure related Queries/Grievances.
► Seamless integration of RTO with centralized ► Transport Department of the State is
Vaahan portal is required. integrating its software with Vahan and
► Delays in statutory clearances and approvals Sarathi of NIC.
from State Authorities have been witnessed.
► Transport Department has taken up various
Process and paperwork for securing approvals
steps to improve transparency. All 83 services
needs to be simplified.
of RTO are online 24 X 7.
► Delays in ODC movements owing to multiple
approvals from various agencies is an area of
concern.

Initiatives undertaken by the State Government

State policy for logistics
► Andhra Pradesh has formulated Andhra Pradesh Logistics Policy 2022-2027
Skill Development
► APSRTC, is establishing driving training schools in all the major cities of the state.
► Government of India has also sanctioned development of Institute of Driving Training and Research
(IDTRs) at Darsi, Prakasham District and Dhone, Kurnool District.
Actions taken by the State against LEADS 2021 recommendations

The State has taken following actions against recommendations suggested in LEADS 2021 report.
► Formulation of Andhra Pradesh State Logistics Policy 2022-27 covering major aspects of logistics
such as creation of institutional mechanism, development of logistics enabling infrastructure, fiscal
Incentives etc.
The state has setup institutional mechanism (EGoS, NPG & TSU) which will focus on providing
actionable program strategies to align the State with National Logistics Policy and develop state/
city logistics plan.
► Disbanding of check posts and introduction of e-way bills across the state.
► NHAI is strengthening Icchapuram - Narasannpeta section of NH-16
► MoRTH is strengthening flyover at Muthukur Road Junction on NH-67 and Kanakdurga Flyover on
NH-9, Mirchi Yard Flyover on NH-544D. MoRTH has also constructed 7 ROB’s; additionally,
construction for 13 ROB’s is ongoing and construction of 5 more ROB’s is sanctioned
► The state has proposed 3 Institutes for Driver Training Research (IDTR) in Darsi (Prakasam District),
Dhone (Kurnool District) and Rajapulova (Vizianagaram District).
► The state has developed amenities for drivers along highways.
► The state has developed multiple warehousing facilities in Vijaywada, Kakinada and Nellore.
Presently 27,000 MT, 60,100 MT and 124,000 MT of storage facility is available at Vijwada,
Kakinada and Nellore respectively
► Increasing draft depth at Kakinada Port is under implementation as part of Modernization of
Infrastructure under Sagaramala program.
► Regular stakeholder interactions are conducted between transport unions and the industry to jointly
address issues pertaining to logistics.
► Andhra Pradesh State Logistics Policy 2022-27 includes provisions for development of PGA
laboratories.
► The state is in discussion with the central government to resolve frequent PCS portal failures.

Goa
Category Coastal
2022 Grade Aspirer
GOA – a brief logistics profile

Exhibit 28: Brief logistics profile of Goa
NH=299 / NH - MoRTH/NHAI
SH= 143 SH – State Govt.
Railway Track Track-km 111 2019-20 MoR
Air Cargo Terminals nos. 1 2020-21 AAI
Warehouse Capacity (incl. State, Central,

MT 12,902 2020-21 WDRA
Cold storage capacity MT 7,705 2020-21 MoCAF&PD

Infrastructure
Quality of Terminal
Infrastructure
Goa Max Average
Quality of Modal Logistics Services
Safety/ Security of Cargo Quality of Services at Terminals
Ability to Track and Trace Cargo Movement Reasonableness of Prices of Logistics Services
Timeliness of Cargo Delivery (Transportation

Timeliness of Cargo Delivery (Terminal Services)
Services)
Goa Max Average
Grievance Redressal Mechanism Ease of Obtaining all Approvals
Ease of Entry
Goa Max Average

TIES Outlay

Initiatives
Logistics Ease
Goa Max Average

Goa has been graded as an Aspirer within the ► Connectivity to Pune and Bangalore regions
Coastal cluster. from the state needs to be improved.
► Goa to Ramnagar (Karnataka) repairs are
The State has scored below average across all the
ongoing on 15 kms stretch since a long time
indicators related to Quality of Infrastructure. As
on NH748 leading to take an alternate route
per primary interactions Warehousing and
which is 150 kms more. Similar is the case
Terminal Infrastructure needs improvement.
with Panaji to Belgaum highway.
The State has been rated below average on all ► Transport hub is required at Pilen or Mapsa.
other indicators related to Reliability of Logistics
► A bus stop (for state and other commercial
Services.
buses) is required at Concor Balli terminal to
Similarly, the State has also scored below average ease out the travelling of workers to / from
with regards to all the Operating and Environment the terminal.
indicators. ► Dredging is required at IWT channels of
Mandovi and Zuari rivers. Immediate attention
Industry feedback is required to deepen draft at Cortalim area,
Infrastructure where barges crossing from Cortalim through
Cumbarjua channel are often stuck /
► First mile connectivity to Industrial areas in grounded.
Sankhwal, Pilerne, Cuncolim and Madgaon
► Cranes at Mormugoa port need to be
need widening.
upgraded for a faster handling.
► There are two bottleneck points while
accessing Madgaon, Cuncolim industrial area, Services
at Baithem and Salem which leads to high
► Power supply to Industrial area is marred with
congestion.
fluctuations, spikes, and frequent cuts.
► Road connecting Navelim to Balli terminal
(Concor) needs widening to handle trailer Operating and Regulatory Environment
traffic. ► Unregulated land zoning in the state poses a
► Last mile connectivity from AFCONS jetty in challenge in land acquisition.
Kothambi to main highway needs to be ► Grievance redressal mechanism at State level
provided. The Jetty is 2 kms from the SH is required.
which is 1further 10 kms from NH i.e., Usgao
► A comprehensive policy is required for the
mining road connecting Mollem on one side
state to develop the infrastructure in a
and Amona on the other side.
planned manner.

► The Logistics Policy and Logistics Master Plan of the State is under preparation.
► Goa Export Strategy 2018 prepared by the State, highlights the aspects for improvement with
regards to infrastructure and regulatory issues.
Institutional mechanism for logistics implementation
► The State has a robust institutional setup for logistics – Nodal officer for logistics has been
appointed, State logistics cell, as well as State Logistics Co-ordination Committee, has been
constituted.
Key initiatives under the regulatory regime
► The State has the single-window mechanism for hassle-free processing of approvals for setting-up
logistics facilities.

Gujarat
Category Coastal
2022 Grade Achiever
GUJARAT – a brief logistics profile

Exhibit 30: Brief logistics profile of Gujarat
NH=7,744/ NH - MoRTH/NHAI
Road Length Km 2020-21
SH=16,386 SH – State Govt.
Private Freight Terminal (PFT) nos. 8 2020-21 MoR

MT 7,97,254 2020-21 WDRA and State Govt.
MoCAF&PD and State

Cold Storage Capacity MT 38,22,112 2020-21
Govt.
Logistics Training Centres nos. 10 2020-21 MoSDE and State Govt.

Infrastructure
Quality of Terminal
Infrastructure
Gujarat Max Average

Services
Terminals

Gujarat Max Average
Grievance Redressal
Mechanism
Ease of Entry
Gujarat Max Average

TIES Outlay

Initiatives
Logistics Ease
Gujarat Max Average

Gujarat has been graded as an Achiever within the ► Check points at State borders often lead to
Coastal cluster. truck stoppages, leading to informal payments
and other complexities to truck transporters.
The State has scored high across indicators
related to Quality of Infrastructure except for ► No clear mechanism is available to track
Warehousing infrastructure. The State has scored interstate grievances for logistics service
high on Quality of Road Infrastructure, and providers.
primary interactions have particularly highlighted ► Clarity on warehouse categorization for
about presence of Quality Terminal Infrastructure environment clearances and compliance is
in the State. The State continues to undertake required and process for renewal is to be
multiple measures to improve quality of simplified.
infrastructure.
► Delays in obtaining approvals from State
Like other Coastal States, Reasonableness of Pollution Control Board.
prices of logistics services has been identified as
an area where the State could improve. The State State Feedback
has been rated high on all other indicators related
Infrastructure
to Reliability of Logistics Services.
► Roads: Length of surface road in Amreli
State has scored above average with regards to all
district is 3,908 Kms. Out of this length
indicators related to Operating and Regulatory
around 5% length is damaged due to heavy
Environment.
rain. Road repairing is in progress and by the
Industry Feedback end of September 2022 repairing work will be
completed.
Infrastructure
► Truck parking: Enough Truck Parking Spaces
► Completion of road repair works at NH -8A and zones with amenities for drivers are
road from Kandla to Surajbhari to be provided inside Mundra Port.
expedited.
► Warehousing: Mapping of existing warehouses
► Road infrastructure in Amreli district, needs and their state of infrastructure has been
improvements. initiated as part of PM GatiShakti Gujarat.
► Dedicated truck parking zones with driver lay- ► Storage at Mundra port: The multipurpose
bys (providing basic amenities) are required terminal in Mundra has multiple covered
along the connecting road corridors outside godowns and open yards for storage of large
Kandla and Mundra ports. volumes of cargo. The covered godown can
store over 630,000 MT of cargo. Open yards
► Port warehouses (at Mundra, Kandla, etc.),
have been earmarked for minerals, timber,
should have mechanized handling.
steel, and project cargo. Port along with allied
► Several Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB) jetties warehousing facilities are already developed
are under-utilized or non-operational. A plan and being operated by private entities
to improve their utilization can help reduce
► Non-operational GMB jetties: Jetties would be
cargo handling / transit time and thus the
refurbished and made operational based on
logistics cost.
the clear demand forecast as to avoid burden
Services in case of uncertainty in the future traffic.
► Shortage of truck drivers (medium, heavy ► Grievance Redressal System: Grievance

commercial vehicles) and helpers is an issue. Redressal System has been established at the
office of Commissioner of Transport (COT) for
► Shortage of skilled logistics workforce is an reporting issues related to logistics. This also
issue. addresses grievances raised through twitter
Regulatory and Operating Environment and mail.
► Expediting pollution control approvals for
► Effective implementation of monitoring
warehousing: GPCB has implemented online
system to keep in check overloading of
system known as XGN, with minimum physical
vehicles as it often results in road accidents.
visits required.

► Awareness program: Awareness workshops in ► Actions undertaken on LEADS 2021

32 Districts of Gujarat have been undertaken observations: Gujarat has taken adequate
as part of Gujarat Integrated Logistics and actions against the recommendations as
Logistics Parks Policy 2021 wherein more suggested in LEADS 2021 report.
than 2200 logistics stakeholders participated.

► Gujarat has formulated Gujarat Integrated Logistics and Logistics Park Policy 2021
Smart Enforcement
► The state has implemented e-challan and ‘POS’ system to prevent unwarranted stoppages
accompanying informal payments
► Border check posts have been abolished in Gujarat and online Over Dimension Carriage (ODC) and
Tax exemption module have been implemented for online payments in advance for ODC vehicles and
levy tax online from other state vehicles for seamless plying of inter-state movement
► Validation of digital documents through Mparivahan and Digilocker. Therefore, digital copy of the
vehicle related documents is also valid.
► The state has taken up the process of identifying theft prone highway locations and implementing
CCTV based surveillance and monitoring mechanism under VISWAS Phase-II
Skill Development
► Gujarat Skill Development Mission (GSDM) in association with National Skill Development
Corporation (NSDC) has trained (Skilling and upskilling) around 25 thousand candidates in the
logistics sector till date under Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) 2.0 and 3.0, and
Project Sankalp
► The candidates have been trained in more than 25 Job roles across the three segments of logistics
value chain - Transportation, Warehousing and Value-Added Services
► GSDM has announced to train more than 3,000 candidates in the logistics sector in FY 2022-23
through its flagship scheme Mukhyamantri Bhavishyalakshi Kaushalya Vikas Yojana (MBKVY) and
Project Sankalp
Action taken by the State against LEADS 2021 recommendations

Gujarat has taken following actions against the recommendations as suggested in LEADS 2021 report:
► The state has implemented e-challan and ‘POS’ system to prevent unwarranted stoppages
accompanying informal payments.
► The state has abolished all border check posts and implemented online ODC payment and tax
exemption module for online payments in advance.
► The state has taken up the process of identifying theft prone highway locations and implementing
CCTV based surveillance and monitoring mechanism under VISWAS Phase-II.

Karnataka
Category Coastal
2022 Grade Achiever
KARNATAKA – a brief logistics profile

Exhibit 32: Brief logistics profile of Karnataka

SH= 28,985 SH – State Govt.
Inland Container Depot (ICD) nos. 4 2021-22 CBIC and State Govt.
Private Freight Terminal (PFT) nos. 2 2020-21 MoR and State Govt.

MT 42,48,959 2020-21 State Govt.
No. of Individuals trained in logistics nos. 809 2020-21 State Govt.

Infrastructure
Quality of Terminal
Infrastructure
Karnataka Max Average

Services
Terminals

Grievance Redressal
Mechanism
Ease of Entry

TIES Outlay

Initiatives
Logistics Ease

Karnataka has been graded as an Achiever within ► ICD Whitefield is inaccessible due to traffic and
the Coastal cluster. inadequate road infrastructure in the region.
Either alternate road connectivity or
The State has scored high across indicators
enhancement of existing connectivity needs to
related to Quality of Infrastructure except for Rail
be undertaken.
and Terminal infrastructure. The State is rated
high in Quality of Warehousing Infrastructure. The ► Connectivity to various existing industrial
State has taken multiple measures to improve zones of Karnataka, especially in Bengaluru
quality of infrastructure. and Hubbali regions is inadequate.
Like other Coastal states, Reasonableness of ► Bengaluru Satellite Town Ring Road project
prices of logistics services has been identified as needs to be expedited.
an area where the state could improve. Logistics ► First and Last mile connections are sub
stakeholders have highlighted that the sector optimal especially in Tier 3 cities.
suffers from unlawful profiteering of
► Multimodal/Logistics parks required in places
transporter/trucker’s unions who do not allow
other than Bengaluru and Mysuru.
trucks from other State to enter the States’
border without charging extra money. ► Lack of Truck terminals, especially at Hubbali,
Raichur and other cities at city periphery.
The State has been rated above average on all
other indicators related to Reliability of Logistics ► Additional Customs facilities/CFS/ICDs are
Services required in the northern and eastern parts of
Bengaluru as there is a high demand for cargo
State has scored high with regards to all indicators movement.
related to Operating and Regulatory Environment.
► District level cold storage facilities are
Industry feedback required of agricultural cargo.
Infrastructure Services
► Connectivity to Mangalore Port: ► Shortage of truck drivers leading to non-

availability of trucks.
► Road and Rail connectivity needs to be
improved. Mysuru to Madikeri stretch, ► High demand of skilled manpower in the
enroute to Mangalore Port also needs to logistics industry – especially warehouse
be augmented. handling and crane operators.
► Closure of Mangalore - Bengaluru (NH 75) ► Non availability of unloading labourers during
due to monsoon or any other reasons night-time at terminals (bulk movements -
severely affects trade activities. Mangaluru) causes delays and adds to cost.
► Bypass is required for Channarayapatna Operating and Regulatory Environment
town.
► Warehousing should be brought under White
► An elevated highway or flyover is needed Category to allow exemption of environmental
between Kulur and Baikampady on NH 66 clearance.
as the stretch connecting New Mangalore
Port is always congested. ► Implementation and functioning of Single
window Clearance system for Warehousing
► Infrastructure at Mangalore port needs to be and Logistics Parks should be improved,
augmented. especially NOC from Fire Department and
► Due to restrictions on movement of heavy Licenses by Panchayat.
vehicles between Heggadde and Maranahalli ► There are delays in statutory clearances from
on NH 75 during 6pm to 6am, heavy vehicles state authorities.
need to take a detour of 350 kms via Hubballi
- Ankola route. ► Single point for grievances redressal needs to
be provided, especially for domestic trade.
► The Baikampady Industrial Area lacks proper
approach road from NH 66. ► Multiple check points between Karnataka and
Kerala.

► There is unwanted stoppage of cargo vehicles with Karnataka State Industrial Area
by RTO/Police authorities. Development Board and undertake necessary
actions.
► Diesel pilferage happens consistently,
especially in the regions of Peenya and ► Specific actions to address challenges to first /
Bommanahalli. last mile connectivity, access to industrial
zones, ICD Whitefield, establishing MMLP (and
► Restricted movement of cargo vehicles in
allied infrastructure), district level cold
cities and district headquarters.
storage facility, truck parking terminals,
State feedback skilling in logistics sector, streamlining
clearances, etc. are envisaged in ‘The
► While most of the observations related to road Karnataka State Logistic Plan-2022’.
and port connectivity fall under the purview of
central agencies like NHAI, the state has ► 280.8 km Bangalore Satellite Town Ring Road
included these gaps and envisaged changes as construction by NHAI is underway.
per the “Karnataka State Logistics Plan- ► The issue of non-availability of unloading
2022”. labourers during night-time at terminals (bulk
► The state will discuss issue of sub optimal road movements at Mangalore) will be taken up
connectivity to Baikampady Industrial Area with NMPA to make adequate arrangements.

Smart Enforcement
► The state has implemented ANPR (Automated Number Plate Record) and adoptive signals on major
traffic routes along with CCTV surveillance.
Skill Development
► The state has developed ‘Automated Driving Test Track’ at RTO offices of Jnanabharathi, Electronic
City, Mysore and Kalaburagi.
► Construction work has been completed for establishing Heavy Vehicle Driver Training Institutes at
Kalaburagi and Mangaluru.

Karnataka has provided actions against recommendations as suggested in LEADS 2021 report by
mapping improvement areas to stakeholders (NHAI, MOSPW, NCTF, Indian Railways). The state will work
in close quarters with these stakeholders to implement reform actions.

Kerala
Category Coastal
2022 Grade Fast mover
KERALA– a brief logistics profile

Exhibit 34: Brief logistics profile of Kerala
NH=1,782 / NH - MoRTH/NHAI
Inland Container Depot (ICD) nos. 2 2021-22 State Govt.
Railway Goods Sheds nos. 134 2020-21 MoR

MT 1,59,449 2020-21 State Govt.
Cold Storage Capacity MT 80,715 2020-21 State Govt.

Infrastructure
Quality of Terminal
Infrastructure
Kerala Max Average

Services
Terminals

Kerala Max Average
Grievance Redressal
Mechanism
Ease of Entry
Kerala Max Average

TIES Outlay

Initiatives
Logistics Ease
Kerala Max Average

Kerala has been graded as Fast Mover within the ► Streetlights on Bolgatty to Kalamaseri to be
Coastal cluster. provided, as it is an accident-prone route.
The State has scored below average across ► Non availability of Warehouses, especially in
indicators related to Quality of Infrastructure Northern Kerala.
except for Terminal Infrastructure. Primary ► MMLPs are required in Kochi and Kannur.
interactions have highlighted about insufficient
storage infrastructure at Cochin Port and ► Temperature controlled warehousing facility is
regarding high congestion on the connecting not available in Cochin area.
roads. Besides, the strong clout of labour unions ► The draft in Azhikkal is only 2.4 and in
drives labour cost higher. This has also been Beypore 3.2m which limits the type of vessel
reflected in the low scores on the indicators of that can be handled at port.
Reasonableness of Road Freight Rates and Prices
of Terminal Services. Services
The State has been rated above average on all ► Availability of skilled labour is scarce for cargo
other indicators related to Reliability of Logistics handling services at warehouses.
Services except for Modal Logistics Services.
The State has been rated average in all indicators
► High road tax in the state causing high
in regard to Operating and Regulatory
transportation cost.
Environment. Extent of Facilitation and Ease of
Obtaining Approvals have been identified as areas ► There are multiple stoppages during interstate
where the state could improve. cargo movement by RTO and police officials to
collect informal charges.
Industry feedback
► Parking yards for empty trailers are under-
Infrastructure utilised (infrastructure is available but trucks
are being parked on roads).
► First and Last mile connectivity to key
Industrial clusters needs to be provided. ► There is no grievance cell and official
mechanism to have a direct dialogue with the
► Roads widening work from
transporters.
Thiruvananthapuram to Kasaragod to be
expedited.

Smart Enforcement
► The State has implemented e-challan and ‘POS’ system to prevent unwarranted stoppages
accompanying informal payments.
► Suraksha Mitr – It is a GPS based vehicle tracking and monitoring system for ensuring safety of
Transport vehicles in Kerala.
Skill Development
► The State is formulating Intelligent transport policy which will cover various aspects on
infrastructure creation for skill development of truck drivers and other logistics personnel.


Kerala has taken adequate actions against the recommendations as suggested in LEADS 2021 report.
Broadly, the measures taken by the State government are:
► The State has formulated logistics action plan which includes various aspects of logistics such as
logistics infrastructure development, digitization of logistics operations, institutional development,
policy measures.
► The State logistics action plan categorizes activities as per short (1-2 months), medium (3 months
to 1 year) and long (5 years) timelines. Cargo infrastructure augmentation is envisaged as utilizing
rail and water transport. The action plan also focuses on using green logistics for last mile delivery.
► Greater emphasis on developing logistics facilities – cold storage facilities, warehouses, MMLPs etc.
and digitization of state logistics and transport management systems.
► The State has also included institutional development as one of its focus areas which will augment
skilling of logistics personnel and industry engagement coupled with formulation of logistics disaster
management plan.
► The State has included policy measures, such as industry status to logistics and drone delivery, to
strengthen its logistics environment.

Maharashtra
Category Coastal
2022 Grade Achiever
MAHARASHTRA – a brief logistics profile

Exhibit 36: Brief logistics profile of Maharashtra

Inland Container Depot (ICD) nos. 18 2021-22 IMC List
Container Freight Station (CFS) nos. 45 2018-19 CBIC

MT 22,33,000 2020-21

Infrastructure
Quality of Terminal
Infrastructure
Maharashtra Max Average

Services
Terminals

Grievance Redressal
Mechanism
Ease of Entry

TIES Outlay

Initiatives
Logistics Ease
Note: It is important to check the confidence interval (CI) of a States’ indicator scores before making any judgement on its performance.

Maharashtra has been graded as an Achiever needs to be improved in Nashik, Nagpur and
within the Coastal cluster. Konkan, region.
The State has scored above average across Services

indicators related to Quality of Infrastructure.
► Labour is a major issue in State across
State has scored high with regards to Terminal
industrial areas in Maharashtra.
Infrastructure indicator.
► Regular delay in stamp-duty validation at
Reasonableness of Prices of Logistics Services,
Inspector General of Stamps, office based in
Track and Trace movement of cargo and Safety
Alibaug.
and Security of Cargo related to Reliability of
Logistics Services has been identified as areas ► Lack of Reconciliation / grievance redressal
where the state could improve. system in the state.
Maharashtra has been rated below average on all ► The quality of water supply to industrial areas
indicators related to Operating and Regulatory located outside MIDC needs improvement.
Environment. Labour unions, entry restrictions
and lack of effective grievance redressal ► Waste management facilities need to be
mechanism for the sector have been highlighted developed in Chakan industrial region.
by the trade as key limiting factors.
► Quality testing and other clearances required
State needs to take pro-active measures for for European and American exports are often
addressing and improving the perception of trade delayed and subject to speed money.
friendliness.
Industry Feedback ► Illegal encroachments in MIDCs at Pimpri
Infrastructure Chinchwad cause hindrance in cargo handling
and movement.
► Approach roads to CFSs in Dronagiri and
Rasayani clusters need to be widened to ► Weigh bridges on the Maharashtra - MP border
handle growing traffic. need to be jointly calibrated.
► Internal MIDC roads and first / last mile roads ► State Government collects Stamp Duty at 0.1%
connecting various industrial areas in Pune, on delivery order value of imported goods as
Nagpur and Nashik need improvement. tax. This results in increasing the total logistic
cost to the trade.
► Road infrastructure between Pune to Chakan
needs improvement. ► Renewal permissions, related to Maharashtra
Pollution Control Board (MPCB) are delayed.
► Parking facility for trucks plying in between
JNPT and CFS is required. ► ” Facilitation Fee” is collected from truck
owners at inter states borders of Madhya
► Truck terminal/Transport nagars are required Pradesh, Gujarat and Goa. 
at Ambad, Shirpur, Satpura, Ambik,
Nayagaon, Pimplegaon and Ozar areas of ► Locals (project affected people) collect INR
Nashik. 1,000 – 1,500 / truck as “facilitation fee”
(known as Varai charges) at JNPT associated
► Hazardous cargo insinuation facility near CFSs, this directly adds to the cost of logistics
JNPT needs to be setup. to the customer.
► Cold warehousing infrastructure for ► Unwarranted and frequent stoppages by RTO
agriculture and horticulture commodities officials in the state lead to delays.


► Maharashtra has formulated Maharashtra Logistics Park Policy – 2018.
Smart Enforcement
► 18 Border check post have been modernized, equipped with weighbridges, cameras, RFID etc. to
minimize manual stoppages and checking at border locations.
Skill Development
► Maharashtra Logistics Park Policy – 2018 covers various aspects of skill development for logistics
personnel.

Maharashtra has taken following actions against the recommendations as suggested in LEADS 2021
report:
► Institutional mechanism (EGoS, NPG & TSU) has been setup to streamline logistics in the state.
► The state has built Command and Control Centers in seven smart cities to ensure efficient traffic
management and easier passage of freight through these cities. Additionally, 24 Integrated Border
Check Points have also been sanctioned by the state to ease freight movement.
► 18 Border check post have been modernized, equipped with weighbridges, cameras, RFID etc. to
minimize manual stoppages and checking at border locations.
► The state has identified 4 MMLP Projects at Mumbai / Thane, Pune, Nashik, and Aurangabad.

Odisha
Category Coastal
2022 Grade Achiever
ODISHA – a brief logistics profile

Exhibit 38: Brief logistics profile of Odisha

Container Freight Station (CFS) nos. 0 2020-21 IMC List

MT 6,89,671 2020-21 State Govt.

Infrastructure
Quality of Terminal
Infrastructure
Odisha Max Average

Services
Terminals

Odisha Max Average
Grievance Redressal
Mechanism
Ease of Entry
Odisha Max Average

TIES Outlay

Initiatives
Logistics Ease
Odisha Max Average

Odisha has been graded as an Achiever within the State needs to take pro-active measures for
Coastal cluster. addressing and improving the perception of trade.
The State has scored high across indicators Industry feedback

related to Quality of Infrastructure (Road, Rail,
Terminal and Warehouse Infrastructure). Infrastructure
The state has scored above average on all other ► NH 520 and SHs in Keonjhar and Sundargarh
indicators related to Reliability of Logistics districts are in good condition, but do not have
Services except for Safety/ security of cargo, shoulders. In addition, first mile connectivity
which has been identified as an area where the to NH/SH needs to be improved.
state could improve. ► Sub optimal condition of the roads serving
Dhamra port need attention as it leads to low
As per primary interactions, Reasonableness of
port utilization, which results in traffic
prices of logistics services and Track and Trace of
diversion and congestion at Paradeep port.
Cargo are rated high.
Services
Within the Operating and Regulatory Environment
indicators, Extent of facilitation and Ease of ► Most of the road transportation is highly
obtaining approvals have been rated high. cartelized which increases the transportation
rates.
State has scored below average on all indicators
related to Ease of Entry and Grievance Redressal ► At Paradeep port, evacuation and turnaround
Mechanism. This aspect has been perceived as a of vehicles takes a lot of time which results in
major concern by the logistics stakeholders and snarled-up traffic outside the port gate.

► The State has formulated its Industrial Policy in 2015 and MSME Development Policy in 2016.
Key initiatives under the regulatory regime
► Under the Odisha Industries Facilitation Act of 2004 and Rules of 2005, State Level Single Window
Clearance Authority (SLSWCA) has been set up to approve all projects, including logistics facilities.
Similarly, District Level Single Window Clearance Authority (DLSWCA) has been set up to approve all
projects at the individual district level. Application to these authorities can be submitted through the
GO SWIFT online application system.
► The State also has setup a State Project Monitoring Group (SPMG) chaired by Chief Secretary for
grievance redressal and dispute resolution for the logistics sector.

Tamil Nadu
Category Coastal
2022 Grade Achiever
TAMIL NADU – a brief logistics profile

Exhibit 40: Brief logistics profile of Tamil Nadu

Air Cargo Terminals nos. 6 2020-21 AAI and State Govt.

MT 14,72,098 2020-21 State Govt.

Infrastructure
Quality of Terminal
Infrastructure
Tamil Nadu Max Average

Services
Terminals

Grievance Redressal
Mechanism
Ease of Entry

TIES Outlay

Initiatives
Logistics Ease

Tamil Nadu has been graded as an Achiever within storage at government owned/operated
the Coastal cluster. warehouses.
The State has scored above average across ► Inadequate storage infrastructure, lack of
indicators related to Quality of Infrastructure skilled manpower and higher freight tariffs at
except for Rail infrastructure. The State has taken ICD Irugur.
multiple measures to improve quality of ► Infrastructure augmentation is required at
infrastructure. non-major ports, to handle coastal and captive
Like other Coastal states, Reasonableness of cargo (especially at Cuddalore and
Prices of Logistics Services has been identified as Rayapatnam ports).
an area where the state could improve. The state ► Logistics parks are required in Chennai,
has been rated above average on all other Coimbatore, Madurai and Tuticorin to serve as
indicators related to Reliability of Logistics aggregation points for handling domestic
Services. cargo movement.
State has scored high with regards to all indicators ► Air Cargo complex at Tuticorin airport needs
related to Operating and Regulatory Environment. to be developed.
This is corroborative with various initiatives being ► State needs to create farm produce
taken by the State Government for improvement aggregation points with multi modal
of the logistics ecosystem in the state. connectivity in peri-urban areas. Absence of
infrastructure like ripening chambers,
Industry feedback dehumidifier and reefer trucks in rural
collection centres is leading to huge post
Infrastructure
harvesting losses.
► Absence of dedicated road connectivity to ► Cold Storage/Temp controlled storage needs
ease movement from seaport/airport. to be developed at Chennai Airport.
► Lane capacity of roads to be increased near
Services
key industrial clusters in Kanchipuram,
Tiruvallur, Chengalpettu, Coimbatore, ► Service providers do not work on weekends
Tiruppur and Dindigul. hence shipments reaching during weekend
► Sub optimal condition of Vallanadu bridge accrues additional terminal charges.
connecting Tuticorin, and Tirunelveli is ► Inadequate skilled manpower at the freight
hindering traffic movements. handling facilities.
► Madurai to Tuticorin road needs to be Operating and Regulatory Environment
widened.
► Toll charges are increasing every year. Many
► Tuticorin ring road needs to be developed.
of toll plazas continue to charge tolls even
► Tirunelveli to Tuticorin, Palayamkottai bypass after completion of their concession period. It
work needs to be expedited. needs to be regulated.
► Absence of earmarked truck parking / laybys ► State should have 24/7 control room service
infra facilities inside Ports/ICDs, SIPCOT & single window system to assist exporters,
/TIDCO /SIDCO Industrial estates. importers, and all logistics stakeholders.
► Truck parking facilities along the ► Absence of regulatory and institutional
state/national highways need to be developed framework to facilitate the on-time clearance
at every 100 km distance. of CRZ, land acquisition and others for the
infrastructure projects. There are multiple
► Land to be earmarked inside the industrial
local bodies for land acquisition and
estates/parks/zones to carry out the logistics
clearances in different zones of the state.
related activities. This land should be
disbursed to logistics operators at the same ► Approval towards ODC movements on the
cost of industrial land. highways needs to be digitalized and a single
window approval system needs to be
► Unavailability of advanced /modern freight
introduced. Currently multiple agencies are
handing equipment to facilitate vertical

involved, and unnecessary halts are being PPP model under the draft Logistics Plan and
made enroute. Policy.
► In TN, unlike AP and Kerala, yearly Warehouse ► The State has already discussed the issue in
license renewal is required. the 1st NPG and EGOS meeting. The Central
agency (CONCOR) responded that necessary
► Integrated system of e-waybill, fast-tag,
action will be taken up towards improvement
VAAHAN needs to implement in the state.
of the services.
► Multiple physical checks of goods carrying
► The State has already initiated the
vehicles by commercial tax officers despite
upgradation and expansion works for
the existence of E-waybill needs to be
Cuddalore Minor Port which shall enhance the
regulated.
port capacity.
State feedback ► The State jointly with central agencies
► The state has awarded works (Package 1 for (NHLML/NHAI) is taking multiple initiatives
Chennai peripheral ring road) to ease towards development of logistics park at
movement. Moreover, NHAI is constructing a strategic locations. Development of Chennai
two-tier elevated corridor to Chennai Port. MMLP is under bid evaluation and DPR and
site identification for Coimbatore MMLP is
► NHAI is constructing Chennai-Bangalore underway.
Industrial Corridor and NH connecting
Tambaram to Chengalpattu. In addition, the ► The development of air cargo complex is
state is also increasing first/last mile under the purview of Airport Authority of
connectivity of industrial clusters under CRIDP India. The State shall facilitate necessary
& IEF. support towards the requirement for
development of Air Cargo Complex.
► Vallandu bridge, Madurai-Tuticorin Road and
Tuticorin ring road project are being ► The State is taking necessary step towards
developed by NHAI. development of primary processing centres at
strategic location under the Tamil Nadu supply
► The State initiated the development of road chain management project. additional 20
stretch (Palayamkottai) under the Chennai locations have been identified for
Kanyakumari Industrial Corridor Program (SH establishment of PPC's under NABARD Rural
40). Further, The State is discussing with Infrastructure Development Fund.
relevant state departments to expedite the
project. ► The State is promoting development of Farm
Produce Organization (FPO) under Tamil Nadu
► The State is already in process of developing Irrigated Agriculture Modernization Project
truck parking facilities at Industrial clusters of (TNIAMP) and jointly under Central
SIPCOT/TIDCO. The truck parking facility at Government schemes.
Nilakkottai and 13 other industrial locations is
operational from 2021. ► The cargo terminals in Tamil Nadu are
operating and offering services 24*7. There
► The State is taking necessary measures are no restrictions on number of working
towards development of truck lay-bys along days. The operation cycles are planned as per
major State Highways under various road the shipment and end user requirement.
sector programs like: TNRDC, TNRSP
implemented by State Highways Department. ► The State has launched its flagship scheme
Tamil Nadu Naan Mudhalvan Scheme on
► The State has already addressed the initiative March 2022 which covers upskilling training
towards earmarking of land inside industrial courses related to Logistics sector.
parks to carry out logistics activities under the
draft Logistics Plan & Policy. ► The State is already promoting various skill
development programs for logistics sector
► The State has already addressed the initiative through TN APEX Skill Development Centre
of augmenting the existing state government (Logistics). In addition, CII Institute of
warehousing assets by adopting Logistics and TVS Supply Chain Solutions are
modernization and mechanization through also conducting various certified logistics skill
courses in the state.


► State logistics policy is under draft stage and shall be notified by 2022.
Skill Development
► Draft state logistics policy of the state covers various aspects of skill development for logistics personnel

The State has taken following actions against the recommendations in LEADS 2021 report:
► Parking bays at Chennai air cargo complex have been reshaped and increased to 4 nos.
► Elevated road corridor has been proposed from Meenambakkam to Tambaram to facilitate the cargo
movements in/out from Chennai air cargo terminal, DPR study is in progress and the development will be
carried out jointly by CMRL and State Highway.
► Ample Truck parking facility is available in Irungattukottai – 10 Acres (additional 5 Acres of land is under
proposal) and Vallam Vadagal – 6 Acres
► In Sriperambudur and Oragadam truck parking spaces of 7 Acres & 6 Acres respectively have been proposed.
► The state is working on rail alignment and land acquisition for new railway line from Guduvancherry to Avadi
connecting Sriperumbudur, Oragdam, Irukunagattukotai industrial areas.
► To decongest the traffic in Hosur goods shed, doubling of railway line is under process.
► To tackle congestion on Chennai port separate rakes are supplied from tiruvottiyur extended facility towards
adhoc cargo evacuation support as and when required.
► Proposal for establishing ICD cum CFS at Thandalam railway siding near Kancheepuram is being evaluated, for
which 200 acres of land acquisition is under progress.
► DPR is in completion stage for the two tier elevate highway from Chennai port to Maduravoyal to ease the
congestion on Chennai port.
► Alternate land has been identified near Tsunami Colony for setting up of power station, TNEB officials
inspected the site, their response is awaited.
► To improve road from Kamrajar port to Kattupalli port the state has suggested to transfer road ownership from
Kamarajar port to state government, since it’s used by other stakeholders as well.
► The state is considering development of a centralized yard in Hosur which may be connected to Tuticorin port
through rail
► For both Madurai to Tuticorin and the bye-pass connectivity for Tirunelveli, -Tenkasi DPRs have been
completed, land acquisition is in process.
► Adoption of GPS/vehicle tracking of commercial vehicles is under implementation. The proposal is submitted to
the state government for further action.
► Necessary steps have been taken up to increase the height of the poles along the state and national highways.
► Expansion of air cargo facility will be taken up as per Airport Masterplan – 2030 & 2050 as and when required
► ICD Irugur is sufficient in terms of skilled labour and infrastructure facilities for container cargo
► The state shall schedule a meeting between industry stake holders and CONCOR under the chairmanship of
Coimbatore collector to discuss high Container transport charges charged by CONCOR for road movements
► 47 toll plazas in the state are already following the National highway fee rule and site conditions hence no
further optimization is possible
► The state mentioned that Tuticorin Port has access to 3 railway sidings and is well connected with southern
railway network in addition Tuticorin port is well equipped with testing facilities with international standard for
all the imported cargos

West Bengal
Category Coastal
2022 Grade Aspirer
WEST BENGAL – a brief logistics profile

Exhibit 42: Brief logistics profile of West Bengal

MT 4,04,356 2019-20 WDRA
Cold Storage Capacity MT 59,47,311 2020-21 MoCAF&PD
Logistics Training Centres nos. 2 2020-21 MoSDE
No. of Individuals trained in logistics nos. 1,030 2020-21 MoSDE

Infrastructure
Quality of Terminal
Infrastructure
West Bengal Max Average

Services
Terminals

Grievance Redressal
Mechanism
Ease of Entry

TIES Outlay

Initiatives
Logistics Ease

West Bengal has been graded as an Aspirer within Industry feedback

the Coastal cluster.
Infrastructure
The State has scored below average across all
indicators related to Quality of Infrastructure ► Roads connecting CFS's in Kolkata to the port
except for Rail infrastructure. As per primary need improvement.
interactions Warehousing and Terminal ► Road between Kolkata-Siliguri is not
Infrastructure needs improvement. motorable due to poor road quality.
The State has scored below average across all ► Heavy traffic congestion in Dalkhola.
indicators related to Reliability of Logistics
► Services on Inland Waterways are impacted
Services.
due to insufficient draft maintenance.
Similarly, the State has scored below average ► There is a lot of habitation around the port
across all indicators related to Operating and which creates hinderance in free cargo
Regulatory Environment. State needs to take movement. Additionally, drainage system also
remedial actions for improvement of logistics needs to be provided in the area around the
ecosystem. port.
► There are limited interactions between State

Governments and Logistics industry
stakeholders.
► Unwarranted stoppages of trucks by Police
and RTO officials.

► West Bengal Logistics Park Development and Promotion Policy 2018 summarises the policy
objectives.
State’s role in developing Logistics Park.
► A dedicated policy for logistics is under preparation.
► The State has formulated a Logistics Master Plan (World Bank Master Plan for Kolkata Metropolitan
Area).
Investment in logistic infrastructure – facilitation and Incentivisation
► The State has conducted a detailed study and identified prospective locations for setting up
Logistics Parks at Dankuni, Durgapur, Tajpur, Malda City and Siliguri.
► Calcutta Goods Transport Association (CGTA) has initiated a transportation hub consisting of truck
terminals, warehousing facilities, and other requisite amenities.
Key Initiatives under regulatory Regime
► The State has Silpasathi - Single Window Service, which pertains to approvals and grievance
redressal for all industries, including logistics.
► The State has launched an enabling training scheme called ‘Utkarsh Bangla’ for the training of truck
drivers and other logistics personnel.
► The State is currently evaluating logistics proposals on an objective evaluation framework that
includes adopting green building concepts and environmentally sustainable best practices. e.g.,
Instakart project at Haringhata.

4.2 Landlocked
BIHAR – a brief logistics profile

Exhibit 44: Brief logistics profile of Bihar

MT 7,92,004 2020-21 State Govt.

Infrastructure
Quality of Terminal
Infrastructure
Bihar Max Average

Services
Terminals

Bihar Max Average
Grievance Redressal
Mechanism
Ease of Entry
Bihar Max Average

TIES Outlay

Initiatives
Logistics Ease
Bihar Max Average

Bihar has been graded as an Aspirers within the chokepoints resulting in lower carrying
Landlocked cluster. capacity, etc.
Bihar has scored below average on all the ► First / last mile connectivity to industrial
indicators across Quality of Infrastructure (Road, hubs and warehousing zones needs
Rail, Warehouse and Terminal). improvement.
Reasonableness of prices of logistics services has ► Construction of Road connecting

been rated high for the State, and all the other Jharkhand Via Bahktiyarpur is delayed and
indicators under Reliability of Logistics service results in traffic congestion.
have been identified as areas of improvement. ► Parking areas along with lay-bys facilities on
highways need to be developed.
Thefts/pilferage across key freight routes at
interstate border/check posts have resulted in Services
Ease of Entry indicator being rated below average
for the State within the Landlocked Cluster. ► Multiple incidents of theft on key freight
routes across the state.
State approvals, facilitation and grievance
redressal indicators have been rated below ► Availability of skilled manpower in logistics
average and need to be addressed proactively by sector is limited.
the State.
Industry Feedback ► Multiple stoppages by RTO/Police authorities
Infrastructure at interstate border/check points is a problem
that needs to be addressed.
► Road infrastructure in the state faces issues
► There is need for an efficient mechanism to
such as potholes, congestion, or multiple
track grievances raised by logistics service
providers.

► Draft Integrated Logistics and Logistics Park Policy for the State has been put in public domain and
is under finalisation.
Skill Development
► Mandatory driver refresher training course for traffic violators.
► The state has established IDTR Aurangabad district in collaboration with Maruti Suzuki.

Chhattisgarh
Category Hinterland
2022 Grade Aspirer
CHHATTISGARH – a brief logistics profile

Exhibit 46: Brief logistics profile of Chhattisgarh

MT 2,12,250 2020-21 State Govt.

Exhibit 47: States’ LEADS indicator scores and ranking
Infrastructure
Quality of Terminal
Infrastructure
Chhattisgarh Max Average

Services
Terminals

Grievance Redressal
Mechanism
Ease of Entry

TIES Outlay

Initiatives
Logistics Ease

Chhattisgarh has been graded as an Aspirer within Industry Feedback

the Landlocked Cluster.
Infrastructure
Chhattisgarh secured below average scores on all
the indicators across Quality of Infrastructure, ► Road infrastructure in the state faces issues
Reliability of Logistics Services and Operating and such as potholes, congestion, or multiple
Regulatory Environment indicators. chokepoints etc.
Quality of Road and Terminal and Warehousing ► First/Last mile connectivity to industrial and
Infrastructure have been rated low and are key agri clusters need improvements.
areas for improvement. ► State lacks storage/warehousing
Timeliness of Cargo delivery in transportation and infrastructure.
Safety and Security of Cargo have been rated low ► Parking areas along with lay-bys facilities on
and identified as key challenge amongst Reliability highways need to be developed.
of Logistics service indicators.
Services
Thefts/pilferage across key freight routes,
unwarranted vehicle stoppages at interstate ► Surveillance on forest freight routes is needed
border/check posts has resulted in Ease of Entry
► Safety and security of cargo in transit is a
indicator being rated lowest amongst the
concern. Key freight routes are prone to
Landlocked Cluster.
thefts and pilferage.
► Non-availability of skilled workers in logistics
related to Operating and Regulatory Environment.
sector.
This aspect has been perceived as a major concern
by the logistics stakeholders and State needs to Operating and Regulatory Environment
take pro-active measures for addressing and
improving the perception of trade. ► Unwarranted stoppage by police and RTO
officials at check points results in delays.
► There is no effective grievance redressal
system in the state for logistics industry.
► Delay in securing approvals from the State
government on transport and terminal
logistics infrastructure.

► The logistics sector in the state is facilitated by Chhattisgarh Park Policy 2018-2023.
Skill Development
► Commercial Drivers in the state are trained in Institute of Driver Training and Research (IDTR) through
various simulators, workshops, and tracks.

Chhattisgarh has taken following measures against the recommendations as suggested in LEADS 2021 report:
► Robust institutional mechanism (EGoS, NPG & TSU) setup to streamline logistics in the state.
► To counter unauthorized stoppage of trucks on the road, the state is implementing AIS-140 GPS based
tracking.
► The state has started to facilitate regular interactions between the industry, transporter’s unions and terminal
operators to jointly address areas of concern pertaining to logistics.

HARYANA – a brief logistics profile

Exhibit 48: Brief logistics profile of Haryana


MT 22,05,000 2020-21 State Govt.

Infrastructure
Quality of Terminal
Infrastructure
Haryana Max Average

Services
Terminals

Haryana Max Average
Grievance Redressal
Mechanism
Ease of Entry
Haryana Max Average

TIES Outlay

Initiatives
Logistics Ease
Haryana Max Average

Haryana has been graded as an Achiever within ► First/last mile connectivity from National
the Landlocked cluster. Highway to Yamuna Nagar industrial cluster
needs development.
State has secured maximum score on Quality of
Warehousing Infrastructure, and other indicators ► Truck parking terminals and resting places
within Quality of Infrastructure have also been (truck lay-bys) for drivers are required to be
rated high. developed along key freight routes.
State has been rated high on indicators related to ► First/last mile connectivity to Industrial zones
Reliability of Logistics Services. Safety and and warehouses need improvements.
security of cargo has been identified as an area of ► There is no rail link at ICD-Rewari. Containers
improvement. are sent to ICD-Pali after clearance from
Rewari, resulting in increase in cost and
Operating and Regulatory Environment is
turnaround time.
perceived to be good in Haryana and has been
rated high. ► Development of bypass near ICD Rewari needs
to be expediated.
Industry Feedback
Services
Infrastructure
► Untrained manpower is resulting in damage of
► Development of expressway being constructed cargo during transit and handling. Training of
alongside the ICD Piyala (parallel to NH-8) logistics professionals is needed.
needs to be expedited.
► Entry/exit road connectivity to ICD-Piyala is
inadequate and needs improvement. ► Thefts during transit within the state need to
be curbed through surveillance.

► Haryana has formulated Logistics, Warehousing & Retail Policy – 2019.
Smart Enforcement
► The State has deployed 45 potable weighing bridges in order to curb the overloading of commercial vehicles,
which are distributed among all Secretaries of Road Transport Authority (RTA) in the State.
► To enhance safety and security of life and property, Govt. of Haryana has planned to install facial recognition
cameras across the State. As a pilot initiative, cameras are being installed in metro stations of Gurgaon.
Skill Development
► Institute of driving training & research (IDTR) Bahadurgarh and Rohtak has been set up in collaboration with
M/s Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.
► IDTR Kaithal is being set up in collaboration with M/s Ashok Leyland Ltd.
► IDTR Bhiwani is envisaged to be set up in collaboration with M/s Tata Motors Ltd.

Haryana has taken following actions against the recommendations as suggested in LEADS 2021 report:
► Robust institutional mechanism (EGoS, NPG & TSU) setup to streamline logistics in the state.
► CCTV cameras have been installed on 20 locations of NH-44 at Police Assistance Booths (PAB) from Ambala to
Sonipat District. Out of these locations, Automatic Number Plate Reading (ANPR) & Speed detection cameras
have been installed at 10 locations.
► The state has initiated work of recarpeting and repairing of all roads connecting to ICDs and Industrial areas.

HIMACHAL PRADESH – a brief logistics profile

Exhibit 50: Brief logistics profile of Himachal Pradesh

SH= 5.35 SH – State Govt.

MT 1,50,409 2020-21 State Govt.
No. of Individuals trained in logistics nos. 1,215 2020-21 MoSDE and State Govt.

Availability and Quality of Infrastructure

Infrastructure
Quality of Terminal
Infrastructure
Himachal Pradesh Max Average
Availability and Reliability of Logistics Services

Services
Terminals

Grievance Redressal
Mechanism
Ease of Entry

TIES Outlay

Initiatives
Logistics Ease

Himanchal Pradesh has been graded as an ► Road capacity enhancement is needed for
Achiever within the Landlocked cluster. Baddi-Baroti-Nalagarh (BBN) area.
State has secured above average scores on all the ► Truck Parking space is required near ICD
indicators across Quality of Infrastructure, Baddi.
Reliability of Logistics Services and Operating and
Regulatory Environment indicators.
► Logistics cost to reach Baddi is nominal but
Quality of Road and Warehousing Infrastructure from Baddi transportation cost is very high
have been rated high, Quality of Rail due to union rates.
Infrastructure and Terminal Infrastructure are
identified as areas of improvement. ► Transport unions cause hindrances in day-to-
day transport operations.
Reasonableness of prices of logistics services and
► Entry tax for non-Himachal goods vehicle
Timeliness of terminal services were identified as
makes the transport in State costly.
areas where the state could improve its
performance. The State has been rated above State feedback
average on all other indicators related to
Reliability of Logistics Services. ► Baddi-Nalagarh highway widening is under
progress and tender for commencement of
Grievance redressal mechanism has been rated work on has already been floated.
high while all other indicators under operating and
regulatory environment have been rated as above ► Stretches of Baddi-Siwasan and Nalagarh-
average. Ropar roads which pass through territories of
Haryana and Punjab, the State has already
Industry feedback written to both states to consider widening in
their regions.
Infrastructure
► Funds under TIES Scheme for Export
► Baddi-Nalagarh highway is a major bottleneck
Infrastructure development would be used for
due to sub optimal road conditions.
the construction of parking lots in ICD Baddi.
► Single lane Baddi-Siwasan road often leads to
► The state shall initiate the dissolving process
traffic congestion.
of transport unions is under progress as per
► Nalagarh-Ropar Road and Nalagarh- the directives of the Hon’ble Himachal
Bharatgarh roads need widening for efficient Pradesh High Court.
traffic movement.


► Himachal Pradesh has formulated Himachal Pradesh Logistics Policy 2022.
► Distinguishing features of the state logistics policy are:
► Land allotment for development of logistics facilities - a certain percentage of area as per the
state master plan is earmarked for development of industrial/ logistics units in industrial
estates.
► Development of centre of excellence – a repository wherein innovative logistics solutions and
emerging technologies/practices are identified for improving efficiency of logistics supply chain.
► Granting “Industry Status” to logistics enables logistics activities to be considered as industrial
activity in the context of land-use and helps in reducing the cost of setting up of units. The
conversion of agricultural land to logistics infrastructure will be easier, thereby improving
feasibility of project.
► Green logistics - Techniques that aim at minimizing ecological impact of logistics activities,
including eco-friendly transportation, reducing carbon emissions, solid/liquid waste
management, scientific disposal techniques, use of bio – degradable items, adopting recycling
techniques, using renewable energy, etc.
Skill Development
► State logistics policy covers various aspects of skill development for logistics personnel.
Actions taken by the State against LEADS 2021 recommendations

Following actions have been undertaken by the State against recommendations suggested in LEADS
2021 report:
► Equipped interceptors/ flying squads with body cameras for video recording to ensure transparency
in workings.
► Organized multiple consultations with truck union to address their concerns.
► Widening of Baddi-Nalagarh highway is underway.

JHARKHAND – a brief logistics profile

Exhibit 52: Brief logistics profile of Jharkhand

MT 7,22,316 2020-21

Infrastructure
Quality of Terminal
Infrastructure
Jharkhand Max Average

Services
Terminals

Grievance Redressal
Mechanism
Ease of Entry

TIES Outlay

Initiatives
Logistics Ease

Jharkhand has been graded as an Aspirer within Industry Feedback

the Landlocked cluster.
Infrastructure
Jharkhand secured below average scores on all
► Cargo terminals need to be established at
the indicators across Quality of Infrastructure,
major trading / manufacturing hubs.
Reliability of Logistics Services and Operating and
Regulatory Environment indicators. ► In Ranchi and Jamshedpur region, there are
no organized Transport Nagars or demarcated
Quality of Road and Terminal and Warehousing parking areas.
Infrastructure have been rated low and are key
areas for improvement. ► Road Infrastructure across state needs to be
provided.
Timeliness of Cargo delivery in transportation and
► Road infrastructure in the state faces issues
Safety and Security of Cargo have been rated low
such as potholes, congestion, or multiple
and identified as key challenge amongst Reliability
chokepoints due to lower carrying capacity,
of Logistics service indicators.
etc.
Thefts/pilferage across key freight routes, ► Warehouses with modern amenities are not
unwarranted vehicle stoppages at interstate available in the state.
border/check posts has resulted in Ease of Entry
indicator being rated lowest amongst the Services
Landlocked Cluster. ► Multiple incidents of theft on key freight
routes across the state.
related to Operating and Regulatory Environment. ► Availability of skilled manpower in logistics
This aspect has been perceived as a major concern sector is limited.
by the logistics stakeholders and State needs to
take pro-active measures for addressing and Operating and Regulatory Environment
improving the perception of trade. ► Entry restrictions for freight movement in city
limits.
► Unauthorised stoppage by police and RTO
officials needs to be curbed.
► An efficient mechanism to track grievances
raised by logistics service providers is needed.

State Logistics Policy
► Jharkhand is in process of formulating the state logistics policy and the same shall be notified by
2022.

Jharkhand has taken adequate actions against the recommendations as suggested in LEADS 2021
report. Broadly, the measures initiated by the State government are-
► Department of Industries, Government of Jharkhand will soon be rolling out its Industrial Parks and
Logistics Policy 2022.
► The draft policy has provisions for overall development of logistics sector of the state with focus on
the development of robust infrastructure, upgrading and improving the existing warehousing and
cold chain infrastructure with enhanced capacity.
► The policy will encourage private players to setup more logistics parks and units in the state which
will ultimately create a conducive logistics ecosystem to boost the industrial growth of the state.

MADHYA PRADESH – a brief logistics profile

Exhibit 54: Brief logistics profile of Madhya Pradesh


MT 1,49,80,000 2020-21 State Govt.
Logistics Training Centres nos. 188 2020-21 MoSDE and State Govt.

Infrastructure
Quality of Terminal
Infrastructure
Madhya Pradesh Max Average

Services
Terminals

Grievance Redressal
Mechanism
Ease of Entry

TIES Outlay

Initiatives
Logistics Ease

Madhya Pradesh has been graded as Fast Mover State feedback

within the Landlocked cluster.
► The State government has already identified
The State has been rated highest in Quality of infrastructure gap at ICD Mandideep and has
Road and Terminal Infrastructure. The State proposed widening of road.
scores above average across indicators related to
► Product specific Cold storage facilities have
Quality of Infrastructure except for Warehousing
already been developed in SEZ (Indore), and
infrastructure.
various industrial Parks such as Pithampur,
The State has been rated above average on all Boregaon, Maneri, Malanpur etc. Department
indicators under Reliability of Logistics Services has allotted spaces for warehouses in multiple
except for Modal Logistics Services and Track and Industrial Parks across the state.
Trace of Cargo movement. These are the areas
► MPLWC is also upgrading and modernizing
where State could take remedial actions and
warehousing infrastructure facility in the
improve its performance.
State at selected locations including Indore
Promoting, Incentivising and State Facilitation and and Bhopal. Funds have been sanctioned
Ease of Obtaining Approvals has been rated below through NABARD and work has been initiated.
average and are perceived as areas of concern. ► Warehousing and cold storage infrastructure
State needs to take pro-active measures. is being proposed in the Multimodal logistic
Park, Indore, Pithampur Economic Corridor,
Industry feedback
and various upcoming industrial parks.
Infrastructure
► The state undertakes feedback and
► Approach road to ICD Mandideep needs consultation with industrial body members of
widening. FICCI and CII through various roadshows and
stake holder consultation meetings. A weekly
► Parking facility for trucks and resting places
meeting with industrial players is carried out
for drivers are required in Indore, Pithampur
by CM office which entails multiple one-on-one
and Bhopal Industrial Areas.
meetings between Chief Minister and
► Warehousing and product specific (Agri, Industries.
Pharma) cold storage infrastructure needs to
► The state is conducting regular meetings with
be developed in Indore, Pithampur and
local Authorities, Transport Association, Bus
Bhopal.
operator Associations and Auto Rickshaw
Services unions to resolve issues of “facilitation fee”.
State districts have also been advised to
► There is a shortage of skilled manpower for
coordinate with local unions to redress
logistics related activities.
grievances.
Operating and Regulatory Environment ► Audit of weighbridges along all borders of the
► Grievance redressal system needs to be State is being undertaken.
developed and implemented effectively ► The state is in process of implementing smart
► Weighbridges on Maharashtra - MP borders enforcement. As of now out of 40 check
are not calibrated as per prescribed posts, 19 have been made functional with
standards. smart systems like E-way bill, Fast Tag, CCTV
systems etc.
► Locals collect “facilitation fee” from trucks
entering / leaving MP from / to Maharashtra, ► Vahan 4.0 portal has been made functional in
Gujarat. the State and its integration with relevant
databases is under process.
► Frequent truck stoppages by RTO officials,
often leads to informal payments.


► The state’s Industrial Promotion Policy 2014 covers logistics as sector and has laid relevant policy
guidelines
Smart Enforcement
► The State has initiated the implementation of Integrated Command and Control Centre for traffic
coordination
► As of now out of 40 check posts, 19 are functional with smart systems like E-way bill, Fast Tag,
CCTV systems etc.
Skill Development
► The state has total 188 training centers for logistics sector professionals.
► 25 PMKVY state run skilling centers for logistics professionals.

The State has taken following actions against the recommendations in LEADS 2021 report:
► Robust institutional mechanism (EGoS, NPG, TSU) setup to streamline logistics.
► Established a Command-and-Control Centers in seven smart cities to ensure efficient traffic
management and easier passage of freight through these cities. Additionally, 24 Integrated Border
Check Points have also been sanctioned by the state to ease freight movement.
► The state undertakes feedback and consultation from industrial body members of FICCI and CII
through various roadshows and stake holder consultation meetings. A weekly meeting with
industrial players is carried out by CM office which entail multiple one to one meeting with Chief
Minister and Industries.
► The State has developed an online single window system for providing all Logistics approvals
including RTO approvals.
► To reduce the cost of cargo movement, State Government is increasing the cargo capacity of
Bhopal and Indore airports.
► The state has ensured fast track allotment of land for expansion of Railway network for better
railway connectivity.
► Land has been allotted for development of MMLP in Indore (MOU signed with NIDC).
► Land allotment for MMLPs in Bhopal and Ratlam is under process.

PUNJAB – a brief logistics profile

Exhibit 56: Brief logistics profile of Punjab
NH= 4,099/
Road Length km 2020-21 MoRTH/NHAI
SH= 1,503
Private Freight Terminal (PFT) nos. 6 2020-21 MoR and State data

MT 58,55,000 2020-21 State Govt.

Infrastructure
Quality of Terminal
Infrastructure
Punjab Max Average

Services
Terminals

Punjab Max Average
Grievance Redressal
Mechanism
Ease of Entry
Punjab Max Average

TIES Outlay

Initiatives
Logistics Ease
Punjab Max Average

Punjab has been graded as an Achiever within the ► Transport/Trucking has not been given an
Landlocked cluster. Industry status and hence loans for trucks etc.
are very costly.
Punjab is rated high on indicators related to
quality of infrastructure (Rail, Road, Warehouse ► The process of applying and fees payment for
and Terminal). obtaining National Permit is online. However,
the permits are not generated online, and
Reasonableness of prices of logistics services and transporters have to visit the Transport
timeliness of cargo delivery were identified as Department.
areas where state could improve its performance.
► Heavy goods vehicles are often overloaded.
Modal logistics services and Safety and security of
► Online challans are being levied if speed
cargo have been rated high.
money is not paid by truck drivers. Once the
Truck stoppages by RTO/Police authorities has challan is issued it needs to be settled in the
been indicated as a major regulatory concern. court. Hence the trucker has only two options,
one is to give speed money right away or
Operating and Regulatory Environment is defend an online challan based on fictitious
perceived to be good in Punjab and has been rated issues later in the court.
high.
► Truckers are being challaned for not carrying
Industry feedback physical documents.
Infrastructure State feedback

► Amritsar-Jamnagar Expressway work should ► Draft Integrated Logistics and Logistics Park
be expedited to improve road connectivity. Policy for the State has been put in public
► Roads in Transport Nagar in Ludhiana need domain and is under finalisation. The policy
major improvement as it is a focal point to caters to elements of developing connectivity
industrial area. to industrial, warehousing, agricultural and
logistics clusters.
► Truck parking terminals and driver rest
facilities should be developed along major ► Punjab has notified State Logistics Cell (SLC),
State roads. State Logistics Coordination Committee
(SLCC) and City Logistics Committee (CLC) to
► Warehousing and truck parking areas should
address bottlenecks, road widening,
be developed near Dehlon-Sahnewal road.
requirement of flyover or bypass, first/ last
► Missing Amritsar-Ferozepur rail link should be mile connectivity along with requirements of
constructed. other civil infrastructure.
► ICD at Attari border needs to be developed. ► Upgradation of Ludhiana Transport Nagar
roads has been included in the Logistics
► Development of Air Cargo Terminal at Mohali
Action Plan as approved by State Logistics
needs to be expedited.
Cell.
Services ► First/ Last mile connectivity issues are being
► Animal and Plant Quarantine labs are available taken up by the State Level Institutional
only at Amritsar whereas majority of ICDs are Framework for PM GatiShakti. TSU and NPG
located in Ludhiana. AQ/PQ labs are needed in meetings have already been conducted and
Ludhiana. Approximately two days are lost in EGoS meeting is scheduled for the approval of
transit and examination process for Ludhiana- such projects.
based exporters. ► Provisions for Truck Parking/ Wayside
► High inland haulage charges by Shipping lines. Amenities along with fiscal incentives have
been included in the Logistics Policy Clause
Operating and Regulatory Environment 8.3.
► Setting up of driver training centres across ► Provisions of reserving dedicated land area for
the state. Currently they are available only at logistics and warehousing has been covered in
Hoshiyarpur and Mansa. Clause 9 of the Sate Logistics Policy.

► Trade through ICP Attari has already declined are regularly taken up in consultative
from a total movement of cargo of 21,61,311 meetings.
mt in 2012-23 to 1,22,919 mt in 2020-21
► The state has included skill development as an
with the nos. being only 16,185 mt for 2021-
initiative in the state logistics policy.
22 (up to Sep '21). ICD at Attari may not be
feasible at present. ► The State has already envisaged Logistics
Sector as a thrust sector and it has been
► Mohali Air cargo Complex is stated to be
identified as an eligible service enterprise (for
operationalised within a month's time. The
MSME and Large categories) for Fiscal and
ACC is sufficient to cater to the current
Non-Fiscal Incentives under the Industrial and
demands.
Business Development Policy (IBDP), 2017.
► State has a minimal role in setting up Animal & The definition and scope of Transport/
Plant Quarantine and AQ/PQ labs, as these Trucking has been covered under the logistics
issues are taken up by NCTF secretariat. They sector.
have taken corrective action against it and
► The processes for “Smart Enforcement and
established labs wherever there are bill
Safety" under the Logistics Action Plan have
entries.
already been covered under clause 7.2.1 of
► Trade facilitation has already been taken up the logistics policy and under "Technology
by State Logistics Committee (SLC) as issues Interventions “.
brought up by private industry stakeholders
► The State already has a grievance redressal
mechanism under PBGRAM.

► Draft Integrated Logistics and Logistics Park Policy for the State has been put in public domain and
is under finalisation.
Smart Enforcement
► Weighbridges at all working sites are integrated with centralized mining web portal such that the
weight of vehicles from weighbridges is transmitted automatically. To capture number plate details
CCTV surveillance is provided at all such locations.
Skill Development
► State Institute of Automotive & Driving Skills, Mahuana is established to provide training to truck
drivers
► Institute for Driver Training & Traffic Research (IDTR) is being developed at Kapurthala
► Regional training centers for truck drivers are being developed at Malerkotla & Batala.

The State has taken following actions against the recommendations as suggested in LEADS 2021
report:
► State logistics policy is under draft stage and shall be notified by 2022.
► The state is formulating state logistics action plan.

RAJASTHAN – a brief logistics profile

Exhibit 58: Brief logistics profile of Rajasthan

MT 15,89,000 2020-21

Infrastructure
Quality of Terminal
Infrastructure
Rajasthan Max Average

Services
Terminals

Grievance Redressal
Mechanism
Ease of Entry

TIES Outlay

Initiatives
Logistics Ease

Rajasthan has been graded as Fast Mover within Industry feedback

the Landlocked cluster.
Infrastructure
Rajasthan has been rated above average in Quality
► Last mile connectivity to ICDs needs to be
of Road, Rail and Warehousing infrastructure.
improved.
Quality of Terminal Infrastructure is identified as
an area of improvement where the State has been ► During monsoon season, roads across the
rated below average. state witness congestions and potholes.
Reliability of Logistics Services, Timeliness of ► Truck parking terminals and truck lay-bys are
cargo delivery-terminal and Track and Trace of required at regular intervals along key freight
cargo movement were identified as areas where routes.
state could improve its performance.
Services
The State is rated above average on all indicators ► Only 4 ICDs (Kathuwas, Kota, Jodhpur and
under Operating and Regulatory Environment. Kanakpura) are used for EXIM operations
These are the areas where State could take while other 5 ICDs are used for domestic
remedial actions and improve its performance. transportation due to unavailability of
Promoting, Incentivising and State Facilitation and customs clearance facility.
Ease of Obtaining Approvals has been rated below Regulatory and Operating Environment
average and are perceived as areas of concern.
State needs to take pro-active measures. ► Frequent checks and stoppages by RTO hinder
cargo movement.
► Logistics is not assigned ‘Industry status’ in
the state and therefore no incentives are
provided to logistics activities.
► There are regular cases of theft and pilferage
at all major ICDs.

► State Logistics, Warehousing and Logistics Park Policy 2022 is under formulation stage.
Skill Development
► State Logistics, Warehousing and Logistics Park Policy 2022 includes creation of center of
excellence which will include skill development and training for logistics personnel.

Rajasthan has taken following actions against the recommendations as suggested in LEADS 2021
report:
► Logistics, Warehousing and Logistics Park Policy 2022 is under draft stage and shall be notified by
2022.
► The number of physical checks for commercial vehicles are being rationalized.
► The State shall be conducting stakeholder consultation for Logistics sectors to understand the key
issues and provide solution for the same under the proposed policy.

TELANGANA – a brief logistics profile

Exhibit 60: Brief logistics profile of Telangana
NH= 3.974/ NH - MoRTH/NHAI


MT 4,45,369 2019-20 State Govt.

Infrastructure
Quality of Terminal
Infrastructure
Telangana Average Max

Services
Terminals

Telangana Average Max
Grievance Redressal
Mechanism
Ease of Entry
Telangana Max Average

TIES Outlay

Initiatives
Logistics Ease
Telangana Max Average

Telangana has been graded as an Achiever within hold which leads to huge losses to
the Landlocked cluster. transporters.
State leads in overall Quality of Infrastructure, ► Entry restrictions for movement of freight in
particularly in Road, Terminal, and Warehouse city limits is a major hindrance.
Infrastructure.
State feedback
Quality of Rail Infrastructure is identified as an
► Govt of Telangana has notified the 'Telangana
area requiring improvement. State may work with
State Logistics Guidelines' 2021-26. The State
Ministry of Railways to assess and improve the
government endeavours to implement the
quality of rail infrastructure.
policy in full and to monitor its effective
Quality of Modal Services, Quality of Services at implementation. A special committee chaired
Terminal and Timeliness are rated high, by Principal Secretary (Industries and
particularly Telangana is the only State to feature Commerce) will be set up as per the provisions
in Achiever segment with regards to Timeliness in of the policy. With respect to improving
transportation services. connectivity infrastructure the policy provides
for complimentary trunk infrastructure such
Reasonableness of Prices of Logistics Services as rail and road connectivity as an incentive
was identified as an area where the state could for the development of ICDs/Dry Ports and
improve its performance. integrated logistics parks.
The State has been rated high on all other ► The feasibility of providing MMLPs/Dry ports
parameters related to Reliability of Logistics in various regions will be studied in
Services and operating and regulatory consultation with industry partners.
environment.
► The state logistics policy provides incentives
Industry feedback for development of cold chain infrastructure
including cold storages (both capital and
Infrastructure interest subsidy) and reefer vehicles (100%
► Road infrastructure in the state faces issues reimbursement of vehicle registration and
such as potholes, congestion, or multiple national permit fees).
chokepoints due to lower carrying capacity, ► Improving the availability of skilled manpower
etc. for the logistics sector is one of the major
► First / last mile connectivity to industrial objectives of the State Logistics Policy. As per
zones needs improvement. its provisions, Government will initiate
measures to establish a Centre of Excellence
► By-pass roads need to be developed for all
(CoE) for training and upskilling of people. It
towns on the Hyderabad - JNPT route to
also provides for reimbursement of cost
ensure 24 x 7 movement of heavy vehicles.
involved in skill upgradation.
► The Nizamabad region needs MMLP/Dry Port.
► The State logistics policy already provides for
► Lack of Packhouse/Processing facilities for financial incentives for the development of
perishables including irradiation facilities. logistics on par with other industrial sectors as
per the procedure laid out in the State
Services Industrial Policy.
► There is a shortage of skilled manpower for ► The State logistics policy provides financial
logistics related activities. assistance for installing tracking devices in
Operating and Regulatory Environment transport vehicles as well as for installation of
logistics management software. Stakeholders
► Process of ‘change in land use’ to be made will be encouraged to integrate track and
easier. trace mechanism.
► Trucks and Trailers are seized during ► State Government will consider easing out
accidents along with Cargo and are put on cargo vehicle movement within city limit in
consultation with concerned departments.


► Telangana has formulated Telangana State Logistics Policy 2021-2026.
Skill Development
► The state has setup Telangana Institute of Driving Education and Skills (TIDES) at Sircilla in
collaboration with Ashok Leyland Ltd.

Telangana has taken adequate actions against the recommendations as suggested in LEADS 2021 report.
Broadly, the measures taken by the State government are:
► Telangana has already issued an EV Policy encouraging green logistics.
► Telangana Government has provided for financial and other incentive in the Industrial and logistics
policy for the State.
► The Govt. has improved road connectivity especially in the cities by connecting arterial roads to the
highways within the city. It has also included Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) to deliver the
Cargo into nook and corner of the State.
► The Govt. has formed SHE Teams in police department by providing a common emergency number
for women to call in case of any emergency.
► The Government advised the companies to make available the facility of pick and drop for women
working during night shifts.

UTTAR PRADESH – a brief logistics profile

Exhibit 62: Brief logistics profile of Uttar Pradesh


MT 26,28,630 2019-20 State Govt.
Cold Storage Capacity MT 1,61,00,055 2020-21 State Govt.

Infrastructure
Quality of Terminal
Infrastructure
Uttar Pradesh Max Average

Services
Terminals

Grievance Redressal
Mechanism
Ease of Entry
Objective Assessment of State's Logistics Ecosystem

TIES Outlay

Initiatives
Logistics Ease

Uttar Pradesh has been graded as an Achiever ► Development of PQ/FSSAI Labs at Kanpur is
within the Landlocked cluster. needed.
The State has been rated high across Quality of ► Theft and pilferage during transit near Agra is
Road and Rail Infrastructure indicators. Quality of a concern.
Terminal and Warehousing infrastructure have
been identified as an area of improvement for the
State. ► Inspection of overloaded trucks and
commercial vehicles is needed.
The State has been rated above average on all
other indicators related to Reliability of Logistics ► An efficient mechanism to track grievances
Services. Timeliness of Cargo delivery in Services raised by logistics service providers is needed.
and Safety and Security of Cargo have been ► Simplified online process for approval and
identified as key challenges amongst Reliability of disbursement of State freight subsidy is
Logistics service indicators. needed.
Ease of Entry and Grievance Redressal Mechanism State Feedback
related indicators have been perceived as areas of
concern. State needs to take pro-active measures ► The state government is planning various
for addressing and improving the perception of infrastructure projects in the region to ease
trade friendliness. traffic and reduce dependence on ICD-Dadri.
Industry Feedback ► PWD Department has identified 95 locations

for developing parking and resting spaces. The
Infrastructure state government has started to develop
parking spaces and resting areas for truck
► Approach road to ICD-Dadri faces heavy traffic
drivers at the following locations: -
and needs widening.
► 2 Lane Agra to Aligarh section of NH-93
► First mile connectivity to ICD Loni needs
(81.4 Km).
improvement. After the construction of the
new flyover, the connectivity has further ► 4 Lane Agra Bypass connecting of NH-2 to
deteriorated near Banthala mod, Loni. Many NH-3 (32.8 Km).
times, containers get overturned due to
► 6 Lane Agra - Etawah Bypass.
incorrect slope of the road.
► Construction of Delhi-Dehradun expressway
► Kanpur to Mirzapur presently takes around 48
passing in the vicinity of ICD-Loni is underway
hours. Condition of the single lane bridge
by NHAI. Power failures are happening due to
connecting Mirzapur to Gopiganj is poor. The
underground wire cut incidents during the
alternate route through Naini is congested
ongoing construction work.
owing to city entry / exit restrictions.
► At present in 16 divisions, state-owned driver
► First and last mile connectivity to ICD-Panki is
training institutes are being developed, out of
an issue. The connectivity road Kalpi marg
which construction work in 12 divisions has
needs widening.
been already started.
► Dedicated parking zones with driver amenities
► Drivers Training and Multi Skill Institutes are
for trucks are needed in outer periphery of
under construction at 16 locations namely-
Agra.
Prayagraj, Moradabad, Mirzapur, Mathura,
► Truck lay-bys are also required on key freight Meerut, Varanasi, Gorakhpur, Ayodhya,
routes in the State. Aligarh, BareiIly, Basti, Jhansi, Azamgarh,
Devipatan-Gonda, Muzzaffarnagar and
Services
Chitrakoot Dham Banda. Most of these
► Frequent power failures at ICD-Loni, increases Institutes are likely to be completed and made
the cost of operations creates problems for operational during current financial year.
service-users.
► The Institute of Driver Training and Research
► Unavailability of skilled manpower in logistics (IDTR) is also under construction at Raebareli.
sector is a concern.

► At present, 688 Motor Driving Training ► The state government has undertaken
Schools under private ownership are providing installation of Fixed Cameras/PTZ, Automatic
training to heavy vehicle (Bus/Truck) drivers. Number Plate Recognition system, CCTV, Red
Light Violation Detection, Inceptor Vehicles,
► State Lab at Etawah will cater to the needs of
Barriers, Racer Mobile/ Signal Systems etc.
exporting hubs nearby such as Kanpur, Meerut
However, theft and pilferage issues of Agra
& Hapur. The State Government has sent a
will be resolved through surveillance system &
proposal to DPIIT for upgradation of this lab to
frequent patrolling.
AQCS/ PQ lab.
► The State Government already provides an
► Advanced Traffic Management Systems
Online Single Window Clearance System. The
(ATMS), Way in Motion sensor systems with
State Govt is also working on the development
cameras has been implemented in all lanes of
of online incentive management system.
Toll Plazas, and Static Weigh Bridge at each
Toll Plaza of main carriageway.

► The state has formulated Uttar Pradesh Logistics & Warehousing Policy – 2018.
Smart Enforcement
► The state has implemented Advanced Traffic Management Systems (ATMS), Way in Motion sensor
systems with cameras in all lanes of Toll Plazas, and Static Weigh Bridge at each Toll Plaza of main
carriageway.
► Integrated mining surveillance system through Mine Mitra (minemitra.up.gov.in) has been developed.
It provides Online Mineral Management, Integrated mining surveillance system, Online e-commerce
platform and Lease deed mapping.
► Weighbridges have been installed at mining areas which are integrated with Unified Revenue
Command Center to track actual volume/weight of minerals loaded on vehicles from the mining area.
Skill Development
► 688 Motor Driving Training Schools under private ownership are established to provide training to
heavy vehicle's (Bus/Truck) drivers.
► State owned Drivers Training and Multi Skill Institutes are being constructed in 12 divisions to provide
training to the truck drivers as well as other logistics personnel such as loaders/unloaders, packers
etc.
► Institute of Driver Training and Research (IDTR) is under construction at Raebareli.


Uttar Pradesh has taken following actions against the recommendations as suggested in LEADS 2021
report:
► Industrial estate Talkatora is being setup under UPSIC at a total cost of INR 9.41 Cr.
► Kanpur to Kabrai Section of NH-86: Project for 2-laning with paved shoulders has been constructed.
► DPR for 4 laning of Sagar Kabrai greenfield economic corridor from MP/UP Border to Kabrai, NH-86
is under preparation.
► Lucknow to Gonda, Bharaich and Nepal bridge over river Ghaghra: DPR for four laning of Barabanki
to Rupaidiha section of NH-927 is under preparation an additional bridge at Ghaghra river is being
proposed in the DPR.
► Development of Naderganj Industrial area is underway along with widening and strengthening of road
network in the area.
► UPSIDA has identified 9.48 acres of land at Industrial area Agro Park Phase-2 Kursi Road Distt-
Barabanki for warehousing /logistics purpose.
► District administration of Varanasi (Rajatalab Tehsil) has identified and acquired 70% of the land for
developing Transport Nagar near NH-2.
► The State Govt. is promoting existing incubators IIT Kanpur & collaborating with related agencies such
as NICDC for the development of a Unified Logistics Interface Platform (ULIP) in the state.
► The State has a Start-ups Fund for promoting such incubators & Start-ups, with an aim to create a
platform for transporter, CHA, and logistics service providers in the state.
► To control the cases of theft of cargo several Smart Enforcement measures have been taken. This
includes installation of Fixed Cameras/PTZ, Automatic Number Plate Recognition system, Red Light
Violation Detection, Inceptor Vehicles, Barriers, Racer Mobile/ Signal Systems etc.
► Most of the identified areas for developing dedicated parking space and facilities for truck drivers
have been developed by NHAI. Presently, 18.60 Ha of land is proposed for parking of about 11,700
trucks on the Lucknow-Ayodhya-Gorakhpur section of NH-28. Similarly, PWD Dept. has identified 95
locations for developing parking & resting spaces.
► UPEIDA has provided for development of Truck Lay-by and rest area for truckers’ amenities along
Agra-Lucknow Expressway and Purvanchal Expressway.

UTTARAKHAND – a brief logistics profile

Exhibit 64: Brief logistics profile of Uttarakhand

Warehouse Capacity (incl. State,

MT 96,211 2019-20 State Govt.
Central, Private owned) (MTPA)
No. of Individuals trained in logistics nos. 166 2020-21 MoSDE

Infrastructure
Quality of Terminal
Infrastructure
Uttarakhand Max Average

Services
Terminals

Grievance Redressal
Mechanism
Ease of Entry

TIES Outlay

Initiatives
Logistics Ease

Uttarakhand has been graded as an Achiever Services

within the Landlocked cluster.
► Shortage of skilled manpower in logistics
The State has scored above average across sector is a concern.
indicators related to Quality of Infrastructure
except for Rail and Warehousing Infrastructure.
► Shift of traffic to from Kashipur and Pant-
The state has been rated above average on all Nagar ICD to Moradabad ICD owing to
other indicators related to Reliability of Logistics incentives offered to shippers by Uttar
Services. Reasonableness of Prices of Logistics Pradesh.
Services has been identified as an area where the
State could improve. State Feedback
State has scored above average on Operating and ► The State’s logistics policy is under cabinet
Regulatory Environment indicators. approval and will be put in public domain for
consultation and finalization. The logistics
Industry Feedback policy envisages a dedicated operation and
Infrastructure management cell as well as incentives for
developing logistics infrastructure (terminals,
► Condition of road connecting Moradabad to cold storages, warehouses, etc.).
Kashipur has deteriorated owing to heavy
movement of loaded trucks on the stretch. ► Skilling of workers is included in the state
logistics policy which shall be notified soon.
► Road movement during Kavad Yatra affects
the traffic movement, an alternative route for ► The transport department has empanelled
freight movement is required. various skilling development institutes to
conduct capacity building programs for the
► Road infrastructure across state faces issues truck drivers and other logistics personnel.
such as potholes, congestion, multiple
chokepoints, etc. ► Proposed logistics policy includes an
incentive-based model for logistics
► Cold storage/Warehouse infrastructure in stakeholders of Uttarakhand.
both Roorke-Haridwar-Rishikesh region and
Kashipur - Pantnagar region is required to be
developed.

► State logistics policy is under draft stage and will be put in public domain for consultation and
finalization.
Skill Development
► The Transport department has empaneled various skill development institutes to provide capacity
building programs to the truck drivers / other personnel etc.

Uttarakhand has taken adequate actions against the recommendations as suggested in LEADS 2021
report. Broadly, the measures taken by the State government are-
► The state is in process of drafting its logistics policy which will cover aspects ranging from city/ state
logistics master plan to development of logistics infrastructure.
► The state has constituted City Logistics Coordination Committee.

4.3 North-Eastern Region
Arunachal Pradesh
North-eastern
Category
Region
2022 Grade Aspirer
ARUNACHAL PRADESH – a brief logistics profile

Brief overview of the logistics profile of the State is provided in the Exhibit 66 below.
Exhibit 66: Brief logistics profile of Arunachal Pradesh
NH= 2,537/
Road Length km 2020-21 NH - MoRTH/NHAI
SH= 4,043
Cold Storage Capacity MT 6,000 2020-21 MoCAF&PD

Infrastructure
Quality of Terminal
Infrastructure
Arunachal Pradesh Max Average

Services
Terminals

Grievance Redressal
Mechanism
Ease of Entry

TIES Outlay

Initiatives
Logistics Ease

Arunachal Pradesh has been graded as an Aspirer Timeliness of Cargo delivery at Terminals, Track
in the North-Eastern Region (NER) cluster. and trace cargo movement and Safety and
Security of Cargo have been rated low and
Within the NER Cluster, Arunachal Pradesh
identified as key challenge amongst Reliability of
secured below average scores on all the indicators
Logistics service indicators.
across Quality of Infrastructure, Reliability of
Logistics Services and Operating and Regulatory State has been rated low on Extent of Facilitation,
Environment indicators. Ease of obtaining approvals, Grievance redressal
mechanism indicators amongst the NER cluster
Quality of Rail and Terminal and Warehousing
and State needs to take pro-active measures for
Infrastructure have been rated low and are
addressing and improving the perception of the
perceived to be key areas for improvement.
trade.

Assam
North-eastern
Category
Region
2022 Grade Achiever
ASSAM – a brief logistics profile

Exhibit 68: Brief logistics profile of Assam
Inland Container Depot (ICP) nos. 1 2021-22 State Govt.

MT 4,12,419 2020-21 State Govt.

Infrastructure
Quality of Terminal
Infrastructure
Assam Max Average

Services
Terminals

Assam Max Average
Grievance Redressal
Mechanism
Ease of Entry
Assam Max Average

TIES Outlay

Initiatives
Logistics Ease
Assam Max Average

Assam has been graded as an Achiever within the the destination. This is due to inadequate road
NER cluster. connectivity with neighbouring countries.
Within the NER cluster, Assam has been rated ► National highway-8 connecting Assam to
highest on all the indicators across Quality of Tripura and road stretch between Jiribam,
Infrastructure, Reliability of Logistics Services and Imphal and Assam - Manipur border requires
Operating and Regulatory Environment indicators. repair and recarpeting.
The State has come up with a comprehensive ► 110 km long highway between Silchar to
logistics policy with an intention to make Assam a Imphal is not motorable and needs
regional logistics hub and augment the State’s augmentation.
economic development. Services
Infrastructure development initiatives such as ► Empty repositioning charges of containers for
MMLP at Jogighopa and development of Inland both export and import movement are
Waterway terminals in the State are further expensive.
envisaged to give impetus to logistics in the State.
► Haulage rates along with other charges are
Industry Feedback high at ICD Guwahati.
Infrastructure ► Limited availability of trucks and unfair RTO

practices are hindrances for registering
► Density of road and railway network across commercial vehicles.
Assam is low and inadequate.
► Drafts at National waterways need to be
augmented for enhancing trade and ► Cases of theft and pilferage of goods in transit
commerce across neighbouring states and on State highway connecting Assam with
countries. Kolkata.
► Cargo destined to a closer neighbouring ► Unwarranted stoppages of commercial

country such as Myanmar/ Bangladesh goes vehicles by the traffic police cause delays in
first to a gateway port of Mundra and then to cargo delivery.

► Assam has formulated Assam Logistics and Warehousing Policy 2022.
Smart Enforcement
► The State has deployed Automatic Number Plate Recognizing (ANPR) system on NH-37 which
divides Kaziranga national park.
► The state has implemented a web-based E-chalan system.
Skill Development
► Transport Department, Government of Assam has set up a Drivers and Conductors Training School,
Betkuchi, Guwahati.
► NIAIMT, Silchar center consists of Mechanics Training Institute (MTI), Driving Training Institute (DTI)
and Inspection Maintenance Station (IMS).


Assam has taken adequate actions against the recommendations as suggested in LEADS 2021 report.
Major measures taken by the State government are listed as below:
► The State has put emphasis to develop additional parking spaces with basic amenities for drivers
(resting areas, drinking water facilities etc.). Some of the already developed parking spaces with the
above facilities are Nilachal Truck Parking (NH 37), Truck Parking Zone, Alta (NH 27) and Northeast
Gateway Truck Parking, Srirampur Border (NH 127B).
► Dredging in NW-2 is complete to ensure sufficient draft for inland movement of cargo. Dredging
operations at Brahmaputra River are underway.
► 2.9 Km long flyover from Maligaon towards Kamakhya is under construction with a diversion from
Maligaon towards Pandu which will substantially reduce the traffic congestion in the city.

Manipur
North-eastern
Category
Region
2022 Grade Aspirer
MANIPUR– a brief logistics profile

Exhibit 70: Brief logistics profile of Manipur
Road Length km NH=1,750 2020-21 NH - MoRTH/NHAI
Integrated Check Post (ICP) nos. 1 2021-22 CBIC


Infrastructure
Quality of Terminal
Infrastructure
Manipur Max Average

Services
Terminals

Manipur Max Average
Grievance Redressal
Mechanism
Ease of Entry
Manipur Max Average

TIES Outlay

Initiatives
Logistics Ease
Manipur Max Average

Manipur has been graded as an Aspirer within the Reasonableness of prices of logistics services and
NER cluster. Timeliness of Cargo at terminal services have
been identified as barriers to the growth of
Similar to other North-eastern States, Quality of
logistics ecosystem.
Infrastructure continues to be a challenge,
specifically in case of Manipur, road infrastructure The Ease of Obtaining Approvals and Efficiency of
is perceived as a significant challenge. Regulatory Services are perceived to be
challenging as compared to other North-eastern
Quality of Rail and Terminal and Warehousing
States.
Infrastructure have been rated low and are key
areas for improvement. Reasonableness of Road State has been rated low on Extent of Facilitation,
Freight Rates and Terminal Prices are considered Ease of obtaining approvals, Grievance redressal
as limitations compared to other North-eastern mechanism indicators and State needs to take pro-
States. active measures for addressing and improving the
perception of the trade.

► Manipur has formulated Manipur Integrated Logistics Policy 2022.

Meghalaya
North-eastern
Category
Region
2022 Grade Aspirer
MEGHALAYA – a brief logistics profile

Exhibit 72: Brief logistics profile of Meghalaya
NH=1,156 /
SH= 752

Infrastructure
Quality of Terminal
Infrastructure
Meghalaya Max Average

Services
Terminals

Grievance Redressal
Mechanism
Ease of Entry

TIES Outlay

Initiatives
Logistics Ease

The State of Meghalaya has been graded as an been rated low and identified as key challenge
Aspirer within the NER cluster. amongst Reliability of Logistics service indicators.
Within the NER Cluster, the State has been rated State has been rated low on Extent of Facilitation,
low on all the indicators across Quality of Ease of Entry, Grievance redressal mechanism
Infrastructure, Reliability of Logistics Services and indicators.
Operating and Regulatory Environment indicators.
Perception regarding Operating and Regulatory
Quality of Rail and Terminal and Warehousing Environment in Meghalaya continues to be the
Infrastructure have been rated low and are key poorest amongst all other North-eastern States,
areas for improvement. and State needs to take pro-active measures for
addressing and improving the perception of the
Reasonableness of prices of logistics services and trade.
Timeliness of Cargo at terminal services have

Mizoram
North-eastern
Category
Region
2022 Grade Aspirer
MIZORAM – a brief logistics profile

Exhibit 74: Brief logistics profile of Mizoram
NH=1,423 /
SH= 170

MT 128 2020-21 State Govt.


Infrastructure
Quality of Terminal
Infrastructure
Mizoram Max Average

Services
Terminals

Mizoram Max Average
Grievance Redressal
Mechanism
Ease of Entry
Mizoram Max Average

TIES Outlay

Initiatives
Logistics Ease
Mizoram Max Average

Mizoram has been graded as an Aspirer within the Modal Logistics Services, Timeliness of Cargo in
NER cluster. Transportation and at Terminal, Track and Trace
of Cargo have been rated low and identified as key
Within the NER Cluster, Mizoram secured below
challenge amongst Reliability of Logistics service
average scores on all the indicators across Quality
indicators.
of Infrastructure, Reliability of Logistics Services
and Operating and Regulatory Environment State has been rated low on Extent of Facilitation,
indicators. Ease of obtaining approvals, Grievance redressal
mechanism indicators and State needs to take pro-
Indicators within Quality Infrastructure have been
active measures for addressing and improving the
rated low and are identified as an area where state
could improve its performance.

► The State has formulated Mizoram State Logistics Policy 2022

Nagaland
North-eastern
Category
Region
2022 Grade Aspirer
NAGALAND – a brief logistics profile

Exhibit 76: Brief logistics profile of Nagaland
SH= 650 SH – State Govt.

MT 46,480 2020-21 State Govt.

Infrastructure
Quality of Terminal
Infrastructure
Nagaland Max Average

Services
Terminals

Grievance Redressal
Mechanism
Ease of Entry

TIES Outlay

Initiatives
Logistics Ease

Nagaland has been graded as an Aspirer within the Similarly, Quality of Logistics Services and
NER cluster. Capability of Logistics Service Providers are
perceived to be key challenges in the growth of
Quality and Availability of Logistics Infrastructure
this North-eastern States.
is perceived to be significantly inferior as
compared to other North-eastern States. Quality Reasonableness of Road freight Rates and Prices
of Infrastructure indicators have been rated low of Terminal Services continues to be a challenge in
and are identified as areas requiring improvement. Nagaland like all other North-eastern States.

Sikkim
North-eastern
Category
Region
SIKKIM – a brief logistics profile

Exhibit 78: Brief logistics profile of Sikkim
NH=709 / MoRTH/NHAI
SH= 701

Infrastructure
Quality of Terminal
Infrastructure
Sikkim Max Average

Services
Terminals

Sikkim Max Average
Grievance Redressal
Mechanism
Ease of Entry
Sikkim Max Average

TIES Outlay

Initiatives
Logistics Ease
Sikkim Max Average

Sikkim has been graded as Fast Mover in the NER State approvals, facilitation and grievance
cluster. redressal indicators have been rated above
average within the NER Cluster and are required
Within the NER Cluster, Sikkim has been rated low
to be addressed proactively by the State.
on all the indicators across quality of
infrastructure (Road, Rail, Warehouse and Availability and Reliability of Logistics Services is
Terminal). Quality of Infrastructure continues to perceived to be better in Sikkim compared to
be a challenge according to industry stakeholders. other North-eastern States. Similarly, Operating
and Regulatory Environment is perceived to be
Reasonableness of prices of logistics services and
better in Sikkim compared to other Northern
Timeliness of cargo at Transportation and
Eastern States.
Terminal Services has been rated low under
Reliability of Logistics service. Rates and Prices of
Terminal Services is perceived to be a challenge,
as is seen across the country.

Tripura
North-eastern
Category
Region
2022 Grade Fast Mover
TRIPURA – a brief logistics profile

Exhibit 80: Brief logistics profile of Tripura
Integrated Check Post (ICP) nos. 1 2017-18 CBIC

MT 50 2019-20 WDRA

Infrastructure
Quality of Terminal
Infrastructure
Tripura Max Average

Services
Terminals

Tripura Max Average
Grievance Redressal
Mechanism
Ease of Entry
Tripura Max Average

TIES Outlay

Initiatives
Logistics Ease
Tripura Max Average

Tripura has been graded as a Fast Mover in the Modal logistics Services, Reasonableness of prices
NER cluster. of logistics services, Timeliness of Cargo in
Transportation and at Terminal, Track and Trace
Within the NER Cluster, Tripura has been rated
of Cargo and Safety/ security of cargo have been
low on all the indicators across Quality of
rated low and is perceived to be a challenge
Infrastructure, Reliability of Logistics Services and
amongst Reliability of Logistics service indicators.
Operating and Regulatory Environment indicators.
State has been rated low on Extent of Facilitation,
Indicators within Quality Infrastructure have been
Ease of obtaining approvals, Grievance redressal
rated low and are identified as areas where State
mechanism indicators and State needs to take pro-
could improve its performance.
active measures for addressing and improving the

4.4 Union Territories
Andaman & Nicobar
Category Union Territory
2022 Grade Aspirer
ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR – a brief logistics profile

Brief overview of the logistics profile of the UT is provided in the exhibit 82 below.
Exhibit 82: Brief logistics profile of Andaman and Nicboar
NH=422/ NH -2018-19 NH - MoRTH/NHAI

Road Length Km
SH= 260 SH – 2020-21 SH – State Govt.
Air Cargo Terminals nos. 1 2020-21 UT Administration.

MT 26,863 2020-21 UT Administration.
Cold Storage Capacity MT 2,663 2020-21 UT Administration

Exhibit 83: UT’s LEADS indicator wise performance
Infrastructure
Quality of Terminal
Infrastructure
Andaman & Nicobar Max Average

Services
Terminals

Grievance Redressal
Mechanism
Ease of Entry
Objective Assessment of UT's Logistics Ecosystem

TIES Outlay

Initiatives
Logistics Ease

Andaman & Nicobar (A&N) has been graded as Industry feedback

Aspirer within the Union Territory (UT) cluster.
Infrastructure
A&N is rated low across the indicators related to
Quality of Infrastructure (Rail, Road, Warehouse ► Infrastructure at Port Blair and Havelock ports
and Terminal). needs to be improved.
Reliability of Logistics Services indicators were ► Single Pilot and Tug is available at the port of
identified as areas where UT could improve its Port Blair is not sufficient to expeditiously
performance. handle the cargo.
State facilitation and Truck stoppages by

RTO/Police authorities have been indicated as
major regulatory concern.

Chandigarh
2022 Grade Achiever
Chandigarh – a brief logistics profile

Brief overview of the logistics profile of the UT is provided in the exhibit 84 below.
Exhibit 84: Brief logistics profile of Chandigarh
SH=9 SH – State Govt.

MT 10,550 2020-21 WDRA

Infrastructure
Quality of Terminal
Infrastructure
Chandigarh Max Average

Services
Terminals

Grievance Redressal
Mechanism
Ease of Entry

TIES Outlay

Initiatives
Logistics Ease

Chandigarh has been graded as Achiever within Industry feedback

the UT cluster.
Infrastructure
Chandigarh is rated high on all indicators related
► RoB/RUB is required for first and last mile
to Quality of Infrastructure (Rail, Road,
connectivity to Dappar ICD.
Warehouse and Terminal) within the UT Cluster.
► Dedicated parking areas need to be earmarked
Ability to Track and Trace the cargo is identified
for commercial vehicles within city limit.
as an area requiring improvement.
► Chandigarh has entry restrictions for freight
Truck stoppages by RTO/Police authorities has movement in city limits which disturbs the
been indicated as a major regulatory concern. The cargo movement and results in delays.
UT is rated high on all other indicators pertaining
► Lack of an effective reconciliation and
to Operating and Regulatory Environment.
grievance redressal system for logistics in the
UT.

Daman & Diu and

2022 Grade Aspirer

Infrastructure
Quality of Terminal
Infrastructure
Daman & Diu/ Dadra & Nagar Haveli Max Average

Services
Terminals

Grievance Redressal
Mechanism
Ease of Entry

TIES Outlay

Initiatives
Logistics Ease

Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli has been The UT need to improve its performance across all
graded as an Aspirer within the UT cluster. indicators under Reliability of Logistics Services,
as it has been rated average by the logistics
Quality of Road Infrastructure is identified as a
stakeholders.
key challenge for efficient movement of freight
within the UT. While the UT has performed above average in its
cluster in Ease of Entry and Issues related to
Quality of Rail Infrastructure, Warehouse
Grievance Redressal indicators, a special focus is
Infrastructure and Terminal Infrastructure have
required to improve its performance in State
been perceived to be good.
Facilitation and Ease of Obtaining all Approvals.

Delhi
2022 Grade Achiever
DELHI– a brief logistics profile

Exhibit 87: Brief logistics profile of Delhi
Road Length km NH=616 / 2020-21 NH - MoRTH/NHAI

MT 19,646 2020-21 WDRA

Infrastructure
Quality of Terminal
Infrastructure
Delhi Max Average

Services
Terminals

Delhi Max Average
Grievance Redressal
Mechanism
Ease of Entry
Delhi Max Average

TIES Outlay

Initiatives
Logistics Ease
Delhi Max Average

Delhi has been graded as an Achiever within the Industry feedback

UT cluster.
Infrastructure
The UT has scored high across indicators related
to Quality of Infrastructure (Road, Rail, Terminal ► Parking space is a major issue in Delhi. There
and Warehouse). are no earmarked parking spaces for
commercial vehicles and hence they are
Reasonableness of Prices of Logistics Services, parked on the curbs of the roads. (For e.g.,
related to Reliability of Logistics Services has Unregulated parking in Ghazipur area).
been identified as areas where the state could
improve. Operating and Regulatory Environment
Delhi has been rated high on all indicators related ►  Due to restricted entry timings for heavy
to Operating and Regulatory Environment, except commercial vehicles and lack of truck parking
for Ease of Entry indicator owing to Green Tax for zones, smaller commercial vehicles are used
entry of Commercials vehicles in the premises of to transport cargo within the city, thereby
Delhi. increasing the cost of logistics manifold.
Owing to unfavourable entry timings for ► Green tax and Entry tax levied on trucks
commercial vehicles and high turnaround time at makes the trucking cost very high. (INR 2500
Tughlakabad ICD, stakeholders perceive Operating on loaded container and INR 1300 on empty
and Regulatory Environment to be a key container).
challenge.

Smart Enforcement
► The state has Installation of Smart Weighbridges at critical entry points for stringent tracking of
overloading.
Skill Development
► Delhi Skill and Entrepreneurship University offers a 3-year course in Bachelor of Management
Studies (land transportation). The course comprises of classroom training interspersed with
industry visits, guest lectures and paid apprenticeships covering topics such as road and rail
logistics, vehicle telematics, terminal management, and transportation marketing.

Delhi has taken various actions against the recommendations as suggested in LEADS 2021 report.
Majorly, the measures taken by the State government are as below:
► The UT has a dedicated section related to formulation of Logistics and integrated development of
logistics corridor in the Master Plan of Delhi.
► Installation of Smart Weighbridges at three impounding pits of Transport Department. at Burari,
Dwaraka and Sarai Kale Khan which helps in keeping a check on overloading activities thereby
ensuring timely completion of prosecution process.
► The UT is in the process of developing/ establishing an integrated Single Window System for
facilitating expedited clearances and approvals.

Jammu & Kashmir
2022 Grade Aspirer
JAMMU AND KASHMIR – a brief logistics profile

Exhibit 89: Brief logistics profile of Jammu and Kashmir

Infrastructure
Quality of Terminal
Infrastructure
Jammu & Kashmir Max Average

Services
Terminals

Grievance Redressal
Mechanism
Ease of Entry

TIES Outlay

Initiatives
Logistics Ease

J&K has been graded as an Aspirers within the UT Services

cluster.
► Shortage of skilled labour - As per Industrial
The UT has scored above average across policy, to avail industries benefits 75% staff
indicators related to Quality of Infrastructure. should be local, however local people are not
(Road, Rail, Terminal and Warehouse). skilled which hampers the trade.
The UT has scored above average across all ► Currently there are no driver training schools
indicators related to Reliability of Logistics to train the drivers for hilly terrains.
Services. Reasonableness of Road freight rates
► Walnut kernels and Saffron strands are sent to
and Prices of terminal services is perceived to be a
Delhi from Srinagar by air for Exports, thereby
challenge as is seen across the cluster.
increasing the cost of logistics.
J&K has been rated below average on all
► Theft/ pilferage of commodities (eg. Walnut
indicators related to Operating and Regulatory
kernels) is a matter of concern.
Environment.
Industry feedback
► Due to truck unions at Kathua, transportation
Infrastructure
rates at are high.
► Cold storage and ripening chamber facilities
► Entry tax is levied on non-J&K goods vehicle,
are not established in J&K, the agri-produce
which increases the transportation cost.
straight goes to Punjab which results in
damages during transportation.

Ladakh
2022 Grade Aspirer

Infrastructure
Quality of Terminal
Infrastructure
Ladakh Max Average

Services
Terminals

Ladakh Max Average
Grievance Redressal
Mechanism
Ease of Entry
Ladakh Max Average

TIES Outlay

Initiatives
Logistics Ease
Ladakh Max Average

Ladakh has been graded as an Aspirer within the ► Skilled local labour is required for handmade
Union Territory (UT) cluster. pashmina products as outside labour is not
available due to extreme weather conditions.
The UT has scored below average across all
indicators related to Quality of Infrastructure. Operating and Regulatory Environment
The state has been rated below average on all ► Subsidy to transport raw material should be
other indicators related to Reliability of Logistics provided.
Services.
► Ladakh Industrial policy and Logistics policy
State has scored low with regards to Ease of Entry should be formulated to incentivize local
and Grievance Redressal Mechanism related industries.
indicators. Extent of facilitation and Ease of
obtaining approvals have been identified as areas State feedback
where the state could improve. ► Sub Foreign Post Office (SFPO) for custom
clearance has been set up at Leh Airport.
Industry feedback
► UT is framing a Policy to provide incentive on
Infrastructure
Controlled atmosphere centres in the Central
► Srinagar is the main hub for exports in the Development Scheme and State Industrial
vicinity, but currently there is no direct Policy.
connection to Srinagar for freight except road.
► There are two Cold Storages establish by the
► In order to export horticulture and agricultural Government.
products from Leh, cold supply chain is
► Currently Handicraft & Handloom training
required (reefer vehicles, controlled
centres are established in the UT.
atmosphere centres etc.).
► The UT is formulating an Industrial policy
Services
which will provide incentives based on:
► Customs facility at upcoming truck terminal at
► Project and production level.
Kargil is needed to the custom related
activities when exporting from Srinagar. ► Transportation of goods and export-
oriented units.

Lakshadweep
2022 Grade Aspirer

Infrastructure
Quality of Terminal
Infrastructure
Lakshadweep Max Average

Services
Terminals

Grievance Redressal
Mechanism
Ease of Entry

TIES Outlay

Initiatives
Logistics Ease

Lakshadweep has been graded as an Aspirer quality of modal logistics services, which is the
within the UT cluster. only indicator being rated high.
The UT needs to focus on improving the Lakshadweep has scored below average with
Infrastructure Quality as the UT has been rated regards to all indicators under Operating and
below average across the indicators under Quality Regulatory Environment.
of Infrastructure.
The UT needs to focus on improving the overall
The UT is rated below average for all indicators logistics ecosystem in the UT in proactive manner.
related to Reliability of Logistics Services except

Puducherry

Infrastructure
Quality of Terminal
Infrastructure
Puducherry Max Average

Services
Terminals

Grievance Redressal
Mechanism
Ease of Entry

TIES Outlay

Initiatives
Logistics Ease

Puducherry has been graded as Fast Mover within The UT has scored high with regards to all
the UT cluster. indicators related to Reliability of Logistics
Services.
The UT has scored above average across
indicators related to Quality of Infrastructure UT has scored high with regards to all indicators
except for Rail infrastructure, which has been related to Operating and Regulatory Environment
identified as area where UT could improve its except for State facilitation, which is an area
performance. requiring improvement at UT’s level.

n

m
Way forward and Conclusion

Way forward and Conclusion
India has achieved a major milestone of becoming B. Framing of State Logistics Policy
the fifth largest economy in the world and efforts
to propel growth across sectors are being State Logistics Policies have been formulated
undertaken continuously. To become globally by 13 States and the completion of policy
competitive and reduce logistics cost in the formulation in the remaining States/UTs has
country, Government’s focus has been on been targeted for December 2022. The
integrated infrastructure development for progressive step, since the launch of the
multimodal connectivity and improving efficiency National Logistics Policy, for the States/UTs is
of logistics services. In the spirit of cooperative to choose a course of action that would create
and competitive federalism, States/UTs have an specific strategies for logistics planning and
integral role to play in devising ways and means implementation at state level, in a holistic
for improving logistics infrastructure in the manner. The States/UTs are advised to use
country, which in turn shall result in increased the framework under National Logistics Policy
logistics efficiency and reduced logistics costs in (NLP)-2022 for drafting their respective
domestic as well as EXIM trade. This Chapter logistics policy, for a uniform and cohesive
encapsulates the key initiatives undertaken by the policy structure across the country for
Government of India (GOI), which will provide creation of a robust and integrated logistics
guidance to the States and UTs for developing a ecosystem. The state policy will serve to
resilient and sustainable logistics system. proactively creating robust logistics
ecosystem, while addressing issues being
A broad overview of suggestions proposed by the faced by stakeholders in establishing,
GOI which should be undertaken by States/UTs are managing, and operating logistics services and
briefly discussed below: allied activities in the States/UTs.
A. PM GatiShakti State Master Plan (SMP) C. Logistics Performance Monitoring

Framework
All 36 States/UTs have been onboarded to use
PM GatiShakti National Master Plan. Individual Policy implementation is a critical phase in the
portals for all the States/UTs have been policy management process as it involves
developed with the integration of over 700 assessing the actions taken by public and
data layers, till date. Each State Government private sectors directed at the achievement of
has been given ownership of their respective the set objectives. This involves the
portals along with the responsibility of regular conversion of policy objectives into specific
updation of necessary data layers critical for KPIs for assessing performance. Hence, as a
part of the formulation of the State Logistics
infrastructure and logistics planning and
Policy, States/UTs have been advised to
development. Capacities are being built in
develop a monitoring framework including
these States & UTs through KPIs and timelines to facilitate regular
workshops/training of more than 1000 assessment and time bound implementation of
officers in physical mode at Bhasksracharya various initiatives. development.
National Institute for Space Applications and
D. Grievance Redressal System
Geo-Informatics, Gandhinagar (BISAG-N) till
date, besides online trainings. States/UTs There is need of fast-track resolution of
which are yet to update the data layers in grievances faced by stakeholders in logistics
NMP, are required to complete the data layer ecosystem. A digital system Ease of Logistics
updation exercise at the earliest. Dovetailing (E-LogS) for registering, coordinating, and
state level action with national level planning, monitoring resolution of user issues has been
co-ordination and monitoring in mission mode developed on which authorized user
is expected to bring about the desired associations will register and upload their
issues/suggestions. This portal has been
infrastructure improvements in a planned
developed by the Logistics Division, DPIIT to
manner. facilitate time-bound resolution of issues.
Such mechanism will provide a common
platform for logistics stakeholders to voice
their grievances and facilitate faster solution

of issues. It would aid in developing a common H. Development of Transport Nagars/Truck
and seamless portal for logistics related Terminals
approvals/clearances and grievances
redressal. Several states such as Assam, Lack of availability of Truck terminals is a
Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh major issue across the country. Due to
Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh etc. have absence of dedicated parking space, trucks
considered to establish a Grievance Redressal are parked alongside roads which poses risk of
System under their Logistics Policy. accidents and results in reduced road capacity
utilization. States/UTs may identify critical
E. Preparation of City Logistics Plan
logistics and industrial clusters along major
Restricted movement of commercial vehicles freight corridors and earmark parking space to
in the city during the daytime severely affects be utilized as Truck Terminal/Transport
Nagar. In addition to truck parking, provision
the efficacy of the logistics system. Change in
of ancillary facilities such as toilet block,
consumption patterns due to growing use of e- dormitory, restaurant, chemist cum first-aid
commerce services is also leading to the need facility, repair & maintenance facility, etc. is
to improve freight movement within the city. also recommended. Wherever feasible, these
A comprehensive City logistics plan is required projects can be developed on PPP mode.
to be prepared which helps in coordinated
cargo movement through efficient I. Development of Controlled Atmosphere
interconnection of long distance and last mile Infrastructure
transportation while minimising the negative
impacts of freight movement in the city. There is an immense demand of
States/UTs need to prepare a city logistics multicommodity controlled atmosphere
warehouses and allied services in key
plan for key urban areas and to develop
agriculture production centres. States/UTs
transhipment terminals in peri-urban areas to may consider provision of appropriate
interchange goods between large and small incentives in their Logistics Policy for
vehicles for last mile delivery. States/UTs may development of Cold Supply Chain
also look at devising a policy for zoning of Infrastructure - reefer vehicles, controlled
freight movement in major cities and district atmosphere storage, ripening chambers,
headquarters. sorting-grading units and packhouse etc.
Development of such specialised facilities
F. Improvement of First and Last Mile through private sector investment should be
connectivity incentivised as well.
In addition to last mile connectivity in urban J. Development of Air Cargo Complex

area, States/UTs need to identify and improve
condition of intersection points and States/UTs may explore feasibility for
connecting roads between National Highways development or expansion of existing air
(NH), State Highways (SH) and Major District cargo complexes specially in the zones which
Roads (MDR) connecting industrial, have limited connectivity through other means
agricultural and logistics clusters by way of such as rail, road, and waterway due to
improvement measures such as providing geographical challenges or other reasons.
flyover, ROB, Traffic signals, widening of Such initiatives should be specifically
roads etc. to improve the first and last mile examined in areas producing high value
connectivity. (perishable) commodities requiring least time
transportation to consumption centers.
G. Dedicated land bank for logistics
infrastructure K. Development of Animal Quarantine (AQ)
/Plant Quarantine (PQ) Centres and Labs
States/UTs may consider earmarking of land
parcels for development of logistics States/UTs are advised to ensure the
infrastructure such as warehousing clusters, availability of Export Certification labs, AQ
logistics parks, MMLPs, truck terminals and Certification Service / PQ labs in agriculture
export zones to avoid wastages and additional
(empty) container yards etc. Prior earmarking
storage cost.
will ensure that adequate land is available
when required for this often neglected yet L. Human Resources Development and
critical infrastructure.
Capacity Building for Logistics Sector

To develop an overarching logistics human the Nodal agency to get approvals, with inputs
resource strategy, Line Ministries/States/UTs being provided by the approval seeking
have to develop action plans to address stakeholder. Approval towards regular freight
challenges in skill development and internal movement and Over Dimensional Cargo (ODC)
capacity building in the respective sector. A movements on the highways also need to be
course on PM GatiShakti initiative is also being digitalized and a single window approval
developed for the overall capacity building of system needs to be introduced; Andhra
the Civil servants, dealing in infrastructure- Pradesh has already initiated the approval of
related projects, both at the Centre and State ODC movement through online single window
levels. To carry through, mandatory certificate system.
courses with evaluation are being designed
using “Integrated Government Online Training N. Digitization and Use of Technology in
(IGoT)” platform of Department of Personnel Logistics Systems
Training (DoPT). It is an e-learning platform for
civil servants posted across the country. With the introduction of PM GatiShakti-NMP,
digitization and centralization of Logistics
States/UTs are advised to give special infrastructure data has been initiated.
attention to re-skilling & up-skilling of local States/UTs are advised to expedite updation
workers through various schemes of Ministry of data in NMP portal for comprehensive
of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship planning of projects. States/UTs are also
(MSDE) and State Skill Development advised to encourage private players towards
Corporations. States/UTs are also advised to automation of warehouses and adherence to
Global Standards which will help in both
focus on creating and capacity enhancement
optimizing turn-around time and attaining risk
of Skill Development Centres. Training minimization in warehouse operations.
schools should be established at key logistics States/UTs are also advised to explore use of
hubs, to train workers, for instance, in using “Artificial Intelligence in Logistics Systems” to
heavy vehicles and in handling equipment improve service standards and reduce
such as Reach stackers, Forklifts, Cranes etc. operational errors. States/UTs can refer to
Development of such establishments may also the ‘e-Handbook on Warehousing Standards-
be explored on a PPP format and private 2022’ for detailed insights on usage of
organizations may be incentivised and technology in Logistics Industry. States/UTs
may also consider implementing ‘Smart
partnered with for upgrading skills of
Enforcement System’ through integration of
employees in logistics services
VAHAN, GST, e-way bill, fast-tag and other
M. Single-Window online clearance system digital systems; and enable track and trace
mechanism (RFID, Scanner, In-motion weigh
Setting up of Logistics Infrastructure like bridge etc.) on key freight corridors.
PFTs, Rail Terminals, ICDs, Warehouses etc.
involves several statutory approvals and NOCs O. Clarity on logistics infrastructure
such as CLU, Fire, Labour, Factory Licence, categorization
Forest NOC etc. from concerned State Govt.
agencies. The procedural complexity and States/UTs may consider providing more
consequent delays in obtaining regulatory clarity on Logistics Infrastructure
approvals generally creates an adverse Categorization under Environment Clearance.
perception against ease of doing business in It is suggested that non-hazardous handling
the state among investors and infrastructure ambient warehouses and terminals be
developers. States/UTs may consider categorised in white category with condition
implementing or refining of ‘Single Window of providing prescribed green area.
online clearance system’ for logistics industry States/UTs may discuss the issue with Central
enabling paperless approval systems, Pollution Control Board for issuing appropriate
reducing/eliminating physical visits, and guidelines for categorization. Additionally,
instituting a time bound approval mechanism State Pollution Boards also need to expedite
under the Logistics Nodal agency. In case of the approval process through online
overlapping responsibilities within State and submission and minimising physical visits for
local Administration offices, onus should be on follow-ups.

Conclusion:
LEADS is an indigenous data driven index which practically measures the performance of
States/UTs on Logistics parameters. Logistics Division, DPIIT is committed to handholding
States/UTs in the development of their logistics ecosystem and provide a roadmap for improving
logistics efficiency. LEADS is a key tool to drive logistics sector efficiency across the country which
in turn will help India achieve the target of bringing down logistics cost compared to global
benchmark.
It is anticipated that reference to this edition of the LEADS report will not only help the states in
assessing where they stand vis a vis other states in their logistics performance but also enthuse
them into taking proactive measures on and beyond the ones illustrated to achieve improvements
in their performance during the course.

6
Annexure

Annexures
6.1 Annexure 1: Perception Questionnaire
For each question, please select the option that best describes your current work. All the questions are
mandatory for beginning the survey.
(Disclaimer- Identity of all respondents will not be published anywhere, and all responses will be kept
anonymous)
1. Name of Respondent: 7. Cargo type you primarily deal with:

Bulk/Break Bulk
Containerized Cargo
Perishable Cargo
2. Name of the Company: Parcel (Express/Non-Express) Cargo
Special Cargo (Project Cargo, Hazardous, High
Value Commodities, etc.)
Controlled atmosphere/ Refrigerated cargo
3. Location: Town/ Village: Liquid cargo
City: Others: Please specify
State:
Pin code:
8. Please indicate the predominant nature of
4. Nature of market you primarily deal with: your involvement in the logistics chain:
EXIM Trader/Shipper
Domestic Transport Service Provider (including Road
Haulier, Rail Operator, Shipping Line, Airline,
Both
Inland Waterways)
Terminal Infrastructure Service Provider
5. Your position in your company / firm: (including ICD, CFS, PFT, AFS, Air Cargo
Senior Management Terminal, Port Terminal, Warehouse, Cold
Store, etc.)
Middle Management (Manager and above)
Logistics Service Provider (including Freight
Supervisor
forwarder, Customs broker, Carriage and
Operations Executive Freight Agents, Air Cargo Agents, 3rd Party
Other Logistics Service Provider, NVOCC,
Aggregators/Consolidators)
6. Transport mode you typically deal with:
Road
Rail
Airways
Waterway (Sea, Inland)
Please select top three (3) States/UTs where you perform logistics operations and/or are familiar with
ground realities of logistics
State/UT 1
State/UT 2
State/UT 3

(PART A)
Survey comprises three main sections and all questions are mandatory. Please provide responses based
on your perception of the entire logistics chain across your chosen States/UTs.
Section 1: Logistics Infrastructure

2. Rate the quality of road infrastructure available in your chosen States/UTs
(Road Infrastructure here refers to the road network and associated physical infrastructure such as
road condition, signage, lighting, vehicle refuelling services, toll, state border points, etc.)
Very Poor Poor Average Good Very Good

State/ UT 1
State/ UT 2
State/ UT 3
3. Rate the quality of rail infrastructure available in your chosen States/UTs

(Rail Infrastructure here refers to the sufficiency of rail tracks, congestion on rail networks, etc.)

State/ UT 1
State/ UT 2
State/ UT 3
4. Rate the quality of terminal infrastructure in your chosen States/UTs

(Terminal Infrastructure refers to ICDs, CFSs, Dry Ports, Land Customs Stations, AFSs, PFTs, MMLPs,
Port terminals, Airport terminals, Inland Waterway Terminals, Good Sheds and Truck Terminals.)
Please tick the terminal infrastructure in state where

you face major issues
Very Very
Poor Poor Average Good Good EXIM Infrastructure Domestic Infra.
ICD / CFS / PFT/Railway Good
Dry Ports / Sheds/
State/ Air freight
MMLPs / Land Ports Truck Terminals /
UT 1 Terminal
Customs Inland Waterway
Stations etc. Terminals
Dry Ports / Air Sheds/
State/
MMLPs / Land freight Ports Truck Terminals /
UT 2
Customs Terminal Inland Waterway
Dry Ports / Air Sheds/
State/
MMLPs / Land freight Ports Truck Terminals /
UT 3
Customs Terminal Inland Waterway

5. Rate the quality of warehousing infrastructure in your chosen States/UTs
(Warehousing Infrastructure refers to warehouses including silos/bulk storage, consolidation centres,

cold storages, packhouses, etc.)
State/ UT 1
State/ UT 2
State/ UT 3
A. Rate the overall quality of logistics infrastructure in your chosen States/UTs
(This is a summary question and refers to overall modal, terminal, connectivity and warehousing
infrastructure)
State/ UT 1
State/ UT 2
State/ UT 3
Section 2: Comprises two aspects: a.) Quality of Logistics Services provided in respect of
cost, timeliness, cargo tracking and safety/security of cargo and b.) Quality (availability and
efficiency/ competence) of Logistics Service Providers.
6. Rate the quality of modal logistics services in your chosen States/UTs
(Modal logistics services here refers to- haulage/transportation by different modes of transport)
State/ UT 1
State/ UT 2
State/ UT 3
7. Rate the quality of services at terminals in your chosen States/UTs
(Terminal Services refers to handling and storage of cargo, customs examination, freight forwarding
and value-added services like consolidation, repackaging, labelling, last-mile connectivity, etc. at
Terminals as defined in Q.No.3 above)
State/ UT 1
State/ UT 2
State/ UT 3
8. Rate the reasonableness of prices of logistics services in your chosen States/UTs
(Logistics services here refer to haulage/transportation by different modes, and all terminal services
defined in Question 6 above)
Very cheap Cheap Reasonable Expensive Very expensive
State/ UT 1
State/ UT 2
State/ UT 3

9. Rate the timeliness of cargo delivery in relation to transportation services in your chosen
States/UTs
(Timeliness here refers to delivery within schedule/ or within reasonably expected time within a State/
UT)
State/ UT 1
State/ UT 2
State/ UT 3
5. Rate the timeliness of cargo delivery in relation to terminal services provided in your chosen
States/UTs
(Timeliness here refers to reasonableness of time taken for terminal operations viz., time taken in
stuffing/ destuffing of cargo, loading/ unloading of cargo and container, customs-examination, etc.)

State/ UT 1
State/ UT 2
State/ UT 3
6. Rate the ability to track and trace cargo movement on the freight routes in your chosen States/UTs
(This refers to mobile/internet connectivity along with an institutional mechanism to track and
trace cargo movement, as also the condition of cargo and/or container)

State/ UT 1
State/ UT 2
State/ UT 3
7. Rate the safety/ security of cargo within your chosen States/UTs
(Safety/ Security refers to consistency in delivery without damage/ deterioration/ pilferage/ loss of
cargo due to logistics inefficiencies or accidents or thefts during transportation of goods)

State/ UT 1
State/ UT 2
State/ UT 3
B. Rate the overall efficiency and reliability of logistics services in your chosen States/UTs
(This is a summary question and refers to overall logistics services and logistics service providers in
the selected State/UT)
State/ UT 1
State/ UT 2
State/ UT 3
Please state the top 3 issues faced:

1.
2.
3.

Section 3: Operating and Regulatory Environment impacting logistics infrastructure and
service provision
12. Rate the State government/UT administration’s role in promoting, incentivising, facilitating and
even directly investing in creation, management and operation of logistics infrastructure and
encouraging efficient logistics services in your chosen States/UTs
(State Government/UT’s role here refers to ease of obtaining regulatory approvals and
efficiency/effectiveness of policies related to single window clearances, labour laws, ease of land use
and related ancillary facilities, maintenance of law and order, and provision of tax
breaks/subsidies/access to credit, grievance redressal and dispute resolution, etc.)

State/ UT 1
State/ UT 2
State/ UT 3
Please State the top 3 issues faced:

1.
2.
3.
13. Rate the ease of obtaining all approvals from the States/UTs for setting up warehouse
infrastructure in your chosen States/UTs
(Warehousing Infrastructure includes silos/bulk storage, consolidation centres, cold storages,
packhouses, etc. ease of obtaining relevant approvals from competent authority in terms of time
and cost)

State/ UT 1
State/ UT 2
State/ UT 3
14. Rate the State/UT based on the ease of entry in the selected State/UT from a neighbouring State/UT.

State/ UT 1
State/ UT 2
State/ UT 3
15. Rate the State/UT based on your satisfaction with the logistics issues related grievance redressal
mechanism of the selected State/UT.

State/ UT 1
State/ UT 2
State/ UT 3

C. Rate the overall operating and regulatory environment impacting logistics in your chosen States/UTs

State/ UT 1
State/ UT 2
State/ UT 3
16. Select the top five (5) issues/challenges being faced in the logistics sector in each chosen States/UTs
separately
Key Issues State/UT-1 State/UT-2 State/UT-3

Lack of first/last mile connectivity to economic zones/Industrial
areas
Long haulage choke points/multiple checking points in transit
Lack of right size/capacity of Rolling stock
Non-Availability of Terminals (Terminals include Ports/ CFS/ ICD/
AFS/Intermodal stations/Good sheds/Warehouses etc.)
Congestion at terminals (Terminals include Ports/ CFS/ ICD/
AFS/Intermodal stations/Good sheds/Warehouses etc.)
Shortage of warehouses/cold storages/packhouses
Non-Availability of suitable Parking spaces/Public utilities along
key freight routes
(Public utilities include driver restrooms, medical facilities, truck
repair facilities, 24X7 emergency helpline)
Lack of Mobile & Internet connectivity along key freight routes
leading to low cargo visibility during transit
Congestion at toll points.
Delays in obtaining/renewing commercial permits for
vehicles/drivers
Lack of digital integration between Vahaan, Sarathi, RTO, and
GSTN causing multiple documentations & hassles
Lack of Policy to provide Capital subsidy & Fiscal incentives to
Logistics Infrastructure
Lack of transparency and outdated laws leading to multiple
enforcement checks and discretionary challans/fines
Lack of Single Window (including unified grievance redressal,
notified landbanks) Mechanism for logistics at State/UT level
Lack of Unified grievance redressal and dispute resolution
mechanism for logistics at State/UT level.
Unauthorized checks and unwarranted stoppages by RTOs, police.
Theft/pilferage of goods in transit or storage
Transport and labour Unions monopolizing, levying illegal charges
Shortage of trained professionals and operators such as truck
drivers
Lack of scheduled rail services for cargo/containers
High freight rates

In case an issue/challenge is not listed in the options above please add the same in the box below and
mention the State/UT concerned.
Issue/Challenge:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
17. Name the top three (03) States States/UTs based on your experience with the logistics sector of
the State/UT (Rank-01 indicates best and rank -03 indicates worst)?
Name of State/UT
Rank 1
Rank 2
Rank 3

6.2 Annexure 2: Comparison and revisions undertaken to the
survey instrument
Q. No LEADS 2021 Q. No LEADS 2022 Justification
Section-1: Quality of Logistics Infrastructure
Rate the quality of road Rate the quality of road
1 infrastructure available in your 1 infrastructure available in your No Change
chosen States/UTs chosen States/UT's
Rate the quality of rail Rate the quality of rail
2 infrastructure available in your 2 infrastructure available in your No Change
chosen States/UTs chosen States/UT's
Rate the quality of multimodal Respondents were unable to
3 terminal infrastructure in your distinguish between unimodal
chosen States/UTs and multimodal terminals,
Rate the quality of terminal leading to similar responses.
3 infrastructure in your chosen Hence the two have been
Rate the quality of unimodal States/UTs combined to get appropriate
4 terminal infrastructure in your response. Further to identify
chosen States/UTs bottleneck it has been divided
between EXIM and Domestic
Rate the quality of warehousing Rate the quality of warehousing
5 infrastructure in your chosen 4 infrastructure in your chosen No Change
States/UTs States/UTs
Modification made to ensure
Rate the overall availability and
Rate the overall quality of logistics alignment with Part A
quality of logistics
A A infrastructure in your chosen questions which are focused
infrastructure in your chosen
States/UT's on “Quality” of logistics
States/UTs
infrastructure.
Section 2: Quality of Logistics Services
Respondents were unable to
distinguish between “quality
of logistics services” and
“capability of service
providers”, leading to similar
Rate the quality of modal logistics response.
Rate the quality of logistics
services in your chosen
6 services in your chosen 5 Therefore, we have
States/UT’s
States/UTs subsumed the “logistics
&
service provider” aspect into
‘logistics services’ and
divided “logistics services”
between ‘modal” and
‘terminal’.
Rate the capability of logistics
service providers to serve as Rate the quality of services at
7 one-stop shop for inter-modal 6 terminals in your chosen
and/or multimodal shipments in States/UTs
your chosen States/UTs
Rate the reasonableness of road Rate the reasonableness of prices Combined to remove
8 freight rates in your chosen 7 of logistics services in your chosen multicollinearity issue which
States/UT's States/UT's was faced in LEADS 2021

Rate the reasonableness of
9 prices of terminal services in
your chosen States/UT's
Rate the timeliness of cargo Rate the timeliness of cargo
delivery in relation to delivery in relation to
10 8
transportation in your chosen transportation in your chosen
States/UT's States/UTs
No Change
Rate the timeliness of cargo
Rate the timeliness of cargo
delivery in relation to terminal
11 9 delivery in relation to terminal
services provided in your
services provided in your chosen
chosen
Rate the availability of
Rate the ability to track and trace Nomenclature has been
mobile/internet connectivity on
12 10 cargo movement on the freight revised to reflect
the freight routes in your
routes in your chosen States/UTs respondents understanding
chosen States/UTs
Rate the safety/security of
13 cargo during transportation
to/from your chosen States/UTs Combined to remove
Rate the safety/security of cargo
11 multicollinearity issue which
Rate the safety/security of within your chosen States/UT's
was faced in LEADS 2021
14 cargo at terminals to/from your
chosen States/UTs
Rate the overall availability, Modification made to ensure
efficiency and reliability of Rate the overall efficiency and alignment with Part B
B logistics services and logistics B reliability of logistics services in questions which are focused
service providers in your chosen your chosen States/UTs on “efficiency and reliability”
States/UTs of logistics services.
Section 3: Operating and Regulatory Environment impacting logistics infrastructure and service provision
Rate the extent of facilitation Rate the State government/UT Combined Q.15 & Q.16 to
provided by the State administration’s role in promoting, remove multicollinearity
15 government/UT administration incentivising, and facilitating issue which was faced in
for encouraging logistics in your creation, management and
12 LEADS 2021.
chosen States/UT's operation of logistics
Rate the ease of obtaining all infrastructure and encouraging
approvals from the States/UTs efficient logistics services in your Q.15(a) has been retained.
for setting up warehouse chosen States/UTs
15(a)
Rate the ease of obtaining all
approvals from the States/UTs for
States/UTs
setting up warehouse
Rate the efficiency of regulatory 13
processes in your chosen
16 States/UTs
States/UTs which are in purview
of the State Government
Rank the State/UT based on the New question, to understand

ease of entry in the selected difficulties faced by
14
State/UT from a neighbouring stakeholders in interstate
State/UT. movement of goods.
Rank the State/UT based on your New question, to understand

15 satisfaction with the logistics if there is a system to reach
issues related grievance redressal out to correct department in

mechanism of the selected the state for grievances
State/UT. faced by stakeholders.
Rank the top five (5) issues/ Rank the top five (5)
challenges being faced in the issues/challenges being faced in
logistics sector in your chosen the logistics sector in your chosen
17 16 No Change
States/UTs. (Indicate the ranks States/UTs. (Indicate the ranks in
in the box as per your the box as per your preference
preference from 1 to 5). from 1 to 5).
Rate the overall Operating and Rate the overall Operating and
Regulatory Environment Regulatory Environment
C C No Change
impacting logistics in your impacting logistics in your chosen
chosen States/UTs States/UTs
Name the top three (03) States New Question to assess
States/UTs based on your States/UT’s on an overall
17
experience with the logistics basis in logistics from
sector of the State/UT stakeholder’s viewpoint

6.3 Annexure 3: Objective Questionnaire
Please provide the details of the respondent:
Name of State:
Name of Nodal Office/ Designated State
Representative:
Designation of Nodal Office/ Designated
State Representative:
Mobile Number:
Email Address:
This survey comprises 2 sections related to the logistics sector in States/UTs. All the questions are
mandatory.
Section 1: Regulatory & Institutional Support for Enabling Logistics

(Yes/ No)
Q1 Does any State policy cover the following aspects of logistics facilitation/incentives?
(a) ‘Industry or Priority Status’ to logistics
(b) Development of logistics infrastructure such as Multi-Modal Logistics Parks,
warehouses, Inter-modal terminals, Integrated logistics parks and ICD/CFS/AFS
(port terminals and land customs stations
(c) Provide taxes (holiday / rebate) and/or other fiscal incentives such as capital
incentives/interest subsidies
(d) Encouragement of research and innovation in logistics
(e) Earmarking of land in various State Industrial Development Area for
development of logistics infrastructure
(f) Skilling for logistics (financial incentives and setting up Centres of Excellence)
(g) Environment friendly and green logistics
(h) Single Window Clearances for faster and easier approvals of logistics
infrastructure
(i) Urban mobility plan covering urban freight movement
Q2 Has the State/UT set up the coordination or institutional Mechanism for
PM- GatiShakti and/or Logistics sector in the State/UT?
Q3 Has the state mapped land revenue records on Gati Shakti State Master Plan Portal
prepared by Bisag-N?
Q4 Has the State mapped the below onground and underground infrastructure related
layers on GatiShakti State Master Plan Portal of Biasg-N?
(Please tick the number of layers mapped)
Land records Seismicity
Forest Flood maps
Wildlife Power transmission and distribution
Eco sensitive zones Mining areas
CRZ ASI sites
Reserve forest Tourism sites
Water resources Roads
Rivers Water supply pipelines
Embankments Sewer lines
Canals Drainage
Reservoirs dams Economic zones

(Yes/ No)
Soil type Industrial parks
Q5 Do majority of economic zones/industrial parks/terminals in your State/UT have
adequate first/last mile connectivity?
(Please list the top 05 economic zones/industrial parks/terminals with adequate last
and first mile connectivity)
Name of economic zones/ Adequate last and first mile connectivity
S.No industrial parks/terminals (Yes/No)
1
2
3
4
5
Q6 Has the State/UT taken measures to alleviate the choke points/bottlenecks in road
freight movement?
(Please furnish list of 05 chokepoints where effective action has been taken)
S.No Location of Chokepoint Measures undertaken
1
2
3
4
5
Q7 Does the State/UT have a single window mechanism for processing approvals for
logistics facilities*?
(*Logistics facilities include logistics terminals, and any other transport and
warehousing infrastructure).
Q8 Does the State/UT have grievance redressal and dispute resolution mechanism for
logistics sector?
Q9 Have the State/UT implemented technology interventions for Smart Enforcement
(e.g., weighbridges, sensors, camera etc.) for minimal inspection and stoppages of
truck on road?
Q10 Has the State/UT undertaken initiatives for enforcement of the Central Motor
Vehicle Rule, 2014 to restrict protruding/ obstructing cargo?
Q11 Has the State/UT undertaken initiatives for identifying peri-urban areas in last two
years for logistics facilities such as dedicated parking space for trucks/trailers?
(Please list the top 05 identified peri-urban areas)
Name of Identified per-urban areas in last two years:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Q12 Does the State/UT have an enabling policy/scheme for creation of infrastructure for
training of truck drivers, and other logistics personnel (loaders/unloaders, packers)?
Q13 Has the State/UTs made efforts in terms of communicating its initiatives and policy
reforms in logistics to trade in general via workshops, notifications to trade bodies,
amendments updated on state portals, etc.?
If the answer to any of the above question is 'Yes', please provide the Government notification(s)/
Supporting documentary evidence(s)/Minutes of the Meeting(s), wherever applicable for the same.

Section 2: Information on Enablers of Logistics
Please provide the data on the following parameters for the financial years mentioned
Financial Year
# Parameters Unit 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21
Surfaced (Km)
1 Total length of State Highways
Unsurfaced (Km)
Surfaced (Km)
2 Total length of District Roads
Unsurfaced (Km)
Surfaced (Km)
3 Total length of Urban Roads
Unsurfaced (Km)
Surfaced (Km)
4 Total length of Rural Roads
Unsurfaced (Km)
Surfaced (Km)
5 Total length of Village Roads
Unsurfaced (Km)
Total number of registered Goods
6 (in number)
Commercial Vehicles (GCVs)
Number of road accidents during the year of
7 (in number)
Goods Commercial Vehicles
Total number of registered drivers for
8 (in number)
Goods Commercial Vehicles (GCVs)
9 Container Freight Stations (in number)
10 Inland Container Depots (in number)
11 Private Freight Terminal (in number)
12 Railway goods shed (in number)
13 Port Terminals (in number)
14 Air Cargo Terminals/Air Freight Stations (in number)
Cold Storages (including state owned,
15 Capacity (MT)
central owned, private owned)
Warehouses (including state owned, central
16 Capacity (MT)
owned, private owned)
Number of training centres for skilling of
17
logistics sector professionals (in number)
Number of individuals, trained in logistics
18 (in number)
training centres during the year
Investment (as percentage of total budgetary allocation) made by the State/UT (Public+Private investment)
19
in:
a. Road connectivity (in %)
b. Rail Connectivity (in %)
c. Transport and logistics infrastructure (in %)
d. Transport and logistics sector skilling (in %)
Please State the actions taken by the State on the recommendations of the LEADS 2021 Index? (LEADS
20
2021 Recommendations for the Specific State/UT are enclosed as Annexure-A)

6.4 Annexure 4: 21 Secondary Parameters – LEADS 2022
Guiding principles:
► All the data points that were sough since the Start of LEADS 2021 exercise were exploratory in
nature. An attempt to understand the periodicity, frequency and consistency of data across States
► Data has been collated from central / state/ secondary sources available
Normalizing
S No. Variables Year Source factor Year Source
Used for statistical analysis
Total Length of
1
State Highways
Replaced with
Total Length of
2 proxy variable -
District Roads States/ UTs
State wise Capital
2018-19, budget data & FRI
Total Length of Outlay on Roads Geographical
3 2019-20, LEADS 2022 2020-21 Dehradun
Urban Roads and Bridges ---- Area
2020-21 Objective website
Average of (2018-
Total Length of Questionnaire
4 19, 2019-20,
Rural Roads
2020-21)
Total Length of
5
Village Roads
Total no. of registered Goods MoRTH
6 2020-21 GSVA goods 2019-20 MoSPI
Commercial Vehicles (GCVs) (VAAHAN data)
FOIS & LEADS
7 No. of CFSs 2020-21 2022 Objective GSVA goods 2019-20 MOSPI
Questionnaire
8 No. of ICDs 2021-2022 IMC List GSVA goods 2019-20 MOSPI
9 No. of PFTs 2020-2021 FOIS GSVA goods 2019-20 MOSPI
10 No. of Railway Good sheds 2020-2021 FOIS GSVA goods 2019-20 MOSPI
Capacity of Air cargo terminals / AFSs
11 2019-20 MoCA GSVA goods 2019-20 MOSPI
(MT)
12 Capacity of cold storages (MT) 2019-20 MoCAF&PD GSVA goods 2019-20 MOSPI
2019-20
(WDRA)
WDRA & LEADS
and
13 Capacity of warehouses (MT) 2022 Objective GSVA goods 2019-20 MOSPI
2020-21
Questionnaire
(Objective
Questionnaire)
Total number of training centres for
14 2020-21 MoSDE GSVA goods 2019-20 MOSPI
logistics
Number of individuals, trained in
15 2020-21 MoSDE GSVA goods 2019-20 MOSPI
logistics training
Replaced with
proxy variable -
Subsidy data from
2017-18,
Amount of TIES, State wise
2018-19,
16 subsidy disbursed average of MoCI GSVA goods 2019-20 MOSPI
2019-20,
during the year Average of (2017-
2020-21
18, 2018-19,
2019-20, 2020-
21)

Normalizing
S No. Variables Year Source factor Year Source
DPIIT - Business
17 Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) 2019-20 Reform Action NA NA NA
Plan
Used as normalizing parameter
1 Gross State Value Added (GSVA) 2019-20 MOSPI NA NA NA
Total geographical area of the FRI Dehradun
2 2020-21 NA NA NA
State/UT website
Used for States analysis / insights
Number of road accidents during the
1 2019-20 MoRTH NA NA NA
year of Goods Commercial Vehicles
Total no. of registered drivers of MoRTH
2 2020-21 GCV 2020-21 MoRTH
GCVs (SARATHI data)

6.5 Annexure 5: Heat Maps for Objective Assessment of
States’ Logistics Eco-system
Exhibit 94: Capital outlay on roads and bridges Exhibit 95: Registered commercial vehicles
('000 INR Crores) ('000 Nos.)
Note: Data is not available for Assam, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Note: Data is not available for Andhra Pradesh, Madhya
Telangana, Chandigarh, Ladakh and Puducherry Pradesh, Telangana, and Lakshadweep
Source: States’ Budget, 2021 Source: Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, 2021
Exhibit 96: Registered commercial vehicles' drivers ('000 Exhibit 97: Road accidents due to commercial vehicles
Nos.) ('000 Nos.)
Note: Data is not available for Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Note: The nos. of road accidents occurred in Ladakh are
Telangana, and Lakshadweep available together with the nos. of J&K
Source: Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, 2019 Source: Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, 2019

Exhibit 98: Total rail routes Exhibit 99: GSVA Goods
('000 Track-km) ('000 INR Crores)
Source: Ministry of Railways, 2020 Source: Ministry of Statistics and Programme

Implementation, 2020
Exhibit 100: Total no. of individuals trained in logistics Exhibit 101: Total training centres for logistics
training centres (Nos.) (Nos.)
Note: Data is not available for Chandigarh, Goa, and Lakshadweep Note: Data is not available for DNH and DD, Ladakh and
Source: Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, 2021 Lakshadweep
Source: Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship,
2021

Exhibit 102: Total warehouse storages capacity Exhibit 103: Total cold storages capacity
('00 MT) ('000 MT)
Source: WRDA (2019-20) and LEADS 2022 Objective Source: Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public
Questionnaire Distribution, 2020

6.6 Annexure 6: LEADS 2021 vs 2022 questionnaire changes
Q. No. LEADS 2021 Q. No. LEADS 2022 Justification
Does the State/UT have a Logistics Does any State policy cover the
Policy? If the answer to the above is following aspects of logistics
1 “No”, Does the State/UT have any facilitation/ incentives?
plans to launch the Logistics Policy a) Industry or Priority Status’ to
within next one year? logistics
Does the State/UT have a Logistics b) Development of infrastructure
Park Policy? If the answer to the above such as Multi-Modal Logistics
2 is “No”, Does the State/UT have any Parks, warehouses, Inter-modal
plans to launch the Logistics Park terminals, Integrated logistics
Policy within next one year? parks and ICD/CFS/AFS (port
If the answers to Q1 and Q2 are “No”, terminals and land customs
3 is there any other State policy which stations (wherever applicable))
covers logistics? c) Provide taxes (holiday / rebate) Q1 through Q5
and/or other fiscal incentives such from LEADS
If the answer to Q3 is 'Yes', does the
as capital incentives/interest 2021 have been
Policy:(a) Grants “Industry or Priority”
subsidies combined under
status to logistics?
a single
(b) Provide taxes (holiday / rebate) 1 d) (d)Encouraging research and
4 question in
and/or other fiscal incentives to the innovation in logistics
LEADS 2022
logistics sector?
e) Earmark land area in various State under various
(c) Earmark a dedicated fund for
Industrial Development Area for dimensions of a
investment in the logistics sector?
development of logistics logistics policy
infrastructure
f) Skilling for logistics (financial
incentives and setting up Centres
Does the State/UT have a State of Excellence)
Logistics Master Plan? If the answer to g) Environment friendly and green
the above is “No”, Does the State/UT logistics
5
have any plans to launch the State
Logistics Master Plan within next one h) Single Window Clearances for
year? faster and easier approvals of
logistics infrastructure
i) Urban mobility plan covering urban
freight movement
Has the State/UT appointed the Nodal

6 officer for the integrated development 2
of logistics sector in the State/UT?
Has the State/UT set up the
Has the State Logistics Cell been institutional Mechanism (equivalents Q6 through Q9
constituted? If the answer to the of): all dealt with
7 above is “Yes”, How many meetings of the setting up of
► Nomination of Nodal officer for
the Logistics Cell were held from its an institutional
coordination with Bisag - N
inception? arrangement in
► Empowered Group of Secretaries
Has the State Logistics Co-ordination a State/UT and
(EGoS),
Committee been constituted? If the hence the same
► Network Planning Group (NPG), has been
answer to the above is “Yes”, How
8 ► Technical Support Unit (TSU) combined in a
many meetings of the State Logistics
Co-ordination Committee were held single question
from its inception? (Please tick below). (Mark Yes only if all the three are in 2022.
established)
Has the City Logistics Coordination
9 Committee been set up for the
implementation of City Logistics plans

for all the identified cities of your
State/UT? How many meetings of the
State Logistics Co-ordination
Committee were held from its
inception? (Please tick below).
To enable the development of
Logistics Parks and Terminals does the
State/UT facilitate for provision of:
b) Earmark at least 30% land area in
various State Industrial Development
Area for development of logistics
Incorporated
10 infrastructure
under Q1
c) Deemed conversion of Change of
Land Use within 30 days of application
d) Standard layout and design
specifications for logistics parks and
warehousing of different areas/sizes
and fast track approvals.
Has the state mapped land revenue
Q3 records on Gati Shakti State Master
Plan Portal prepared by Bisag-N
Has the State mapped the below New Question
onground and underground added
infrastructure related layers on considering the
GatiShakti State Master Plan Portal of overarching
Q4 theme on PMGS
Biasg-N?
(Please tick the number of layers

mapped)
Do majority of economic
zones/industrial parks/ terminals in
Retained with
Do the majority of terminals in your your State/UT have adequate first/last
additional
State/UT have adequate first/last mile mile connectivity?
11 Q5 information
connectivity to the National/State (Please list the top 05 economic
required from
Highways? zones/industrial parks/ terminals with
the States/UTs
adequate last and first mile
connectivity)
Has the State/UT measures to alleviate Retained with
Has the State/UT mapped the choke
the choke points/bottlenecks in road additional
points/bottlenecks in road freight
12 Q6 freight movement? information
movement and undertaken measures
(Please furnish list of 05 chokepoints required from
to alleviate the bottlenecks?
where measures have been taken) the States/UTs
Does the State/UT have a single Does the State/UT have a single
window mechanism for processing window mechanism for processing
approvals for logistics facilities*? approvals for logistics facilities*?
13 Q7 No Change
(*Logistics facilities include logistics (*Logistics facilities include logistics
terminal, transport and warehousing terminal, transport and warehousing
infrastructure). infrastructure).
Does the State/UT have grievance Does the State/UT have grievance
14 redressal and dispute resolution Q8 redressal and dispute resolution No Change
mechanism for logistics sector? mechanism for logistics sector?
Have the State/UT implemented Have the State/UT implemented
15 Q9 No Change
technology interventions for Smart technology interventions for Smart

Enforcement (e.g., weighbridges, Enforcement (e.g., weighbridges,
sensors, camera etc.) for minimal sensors, camera etc.) for minimal
inspection and stoppages of truck on inspection and stoppages of truck on
road? road?
Has the State/UT undertaken Has the State/UT undertaken
initiatives for enforcement of the initiatives for enforcement of the
16 Q10 No Change
Central Motor Vehicle Rule, 2014 to Central Motor Vehicle Rule, 2014 to
restrict protruding cargo? restrict protruding cargo?
Has the State/UT undertaken
initiatives for identifying peri-urban Retained with
Has the State/UT undertaken areas in last two years for logistics additional
17 initiatives for identifying peri-urban Q11 facilities such as dedicated parking information
areas for logistics facilities? space for trucks/trailers? required from
(Please list the top 05 identified peri- the States/UTs
urban areas)
Does the State/UT have an enabling Does the State/UT have an enabling
policy/scheme for creation of policy/scheme for creation of
18 infrastructure for training of truck Q12 infrastructure for training of truck No Change
drivers, other logistics personnel drivers, other logistics personnel
(loaders/unloaders, packers)? (loaders/unloaders, packers)?
Does the State/UT have a
policy/scheme for creation of
19
dedicated parking spaces along major
highways and key freight routes? Subsumed in
Q.No.1
Has the State/UT taken measures to
20 create sustainable and environment
friendly logistics?
New Question to
Has the State/UTs taken efforts in assess efforts
terms of communicating its initiatives undertaken by
and policy reforms to trade in general State/UTs on
Q13
via workshops, notifications to trade awareness on
bodies, amendments updated on state logistics sector
portals, etc.? enabling
initiatives

6.7 Annexure 7: GatiShakti Finance Scheme

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S. No Abbreviations Full form S. No Abbreviations Full form

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68 IMS Inspection Maintenance Station National Institute For

Mukhyamantri Bhavishyalakshi National Skill Development

78 MDR Major District Road Non-Vessel Operating Common

81 MoCA Ministry of Civil Aviation 114 PAB Project Approval Board

Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Punjab Grievance Redress and

Ministry of Commerce & 116 PCS Port Community System

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S. No Abbreviations Full form S. No Abbreviations Full form

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Executive Summary ........................................................................................................................ 18

Page Page Page Page

Way forward and Conclusion ................................................................................................... 192

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Results of the exercise are as shown in the exhibit-1 below:

Exhibit 1: Result of LEADS 2022

Categories Achievers Fast movers Aspirers

Haryana, Himachal Pradesh,

Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat,

North-Eastern Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur,

Andaman & Nicobar, Daman Diu &

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Exhibit 2: Annual change in volume of world merchandise trade

2018 2019 2020 2021 2022a 2023a

Source: Twenty-seventh WTO Trade Monitoring Report on G20 trade measures

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Exports (INR '000 Cr) Imports (INR '000 Cr)

800 1,246 1,287

Source: Ministry of Commerce and Industry, GoI

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Logistics Ease Across Different

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B. Evolution of LEADS) over the years:

LEADS is an annual study conducted by Logistics responsibility to measure the logistics

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Optimized Data based insights

To avoid respondent Wider reach-out and

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LEAD 2021 Indicators LEAD 2022 Indicators

Quality of available Road Quality of available Rail

infrastructure infrastructure Quality of Road Quality of Rail

Quality of logistics Quality of Logistics Quality of modal logistics Quality of Services at

Timeliness of cargo Timeliness of cargo Timeliness of cargo Timeliness of cargo

Availability of mobile/ internet connectivity Ability to track and trace

Promoting, incentivising and facilitating creation,

encouraging efficient logistics services

Ease of obtaining approvals Satisfaction with

Ease of obtaining all approvals for setting up warehouse

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