Government Strengthens India’s Logistics & Industrial Ecosystem Through Integrated Planning, Benchmarking, Digital Tracking, and Park Ratings
SDG 9: Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure | SDG 11: Sustainable Cities & Communities
Institutions: Ministry of Commerce & Industry
The Government has launched a suite of interlinked initiatives to overhaul India’s logistics, industrial infrastructure, and trade competitiveness, anchored under the National Logistics Policy and PM GatiShakti framework. On 20 September 2025, DPIIT introduced the Integrated State & City Logistics Plans (SMILE) in eight cities in collaboration with the Asian Development Bank to map logistics infrastructure gaps and tailor roadmaps for efficiency improvements. On the same day, Logistics Data Bank (LDB) 2.0 was unveiled by the Minister of Commerce & Industry, enabling real-time, multimodal tracking of export container movements even on high seas, and integrating container, truck, trailer, and rail data through ULIP APIs.
Parallel to these, the government advanced Logistics Ease Across Different States (LEADS) 2025, an annual benchmarking index to compare logistics performance of States/UTs, and launched the Industrial Park Rating System (IPRS) 3.0, which assesses infrastructure, connectivity, utilities, and operational readiness of industrial parks and SEZs (pib.gov.in). Together, these efforts complement broader reforms such as the mapping of Harmonized System (HSN) codes and the recent assessment of logistics costs, which placed India’s logistics costs at ~7.97% of GDP-substantially lower than earlier estimates of 13–14%.
Through these coordinated measures, the government seeks to reduce inefficiencies, enhance supply chain transparency, stimulate investment in high-quality industrial corridors, and accelerate India’s transformation into a competitive manufacturing and export hub.
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These four initiatives sit on different layers of India’s trade-logistics architecture:
SMILE is focused on planning at state and city levels (infrastructure diagnostics, roadmaps).
LEADS provides performance benchmarking across states.
IPRS rates industrial parks and SEZs on readiness.
LDB offers digital tracking of cargo movements across modes.
Together, they are complementary tools under DPIIT’s umbrella to reduce costs, improve transparency, and stimulate growth.
This aggregated push matters because logistics inefficiencies-long dwell times, weak first/last-mile connectivity, uneven infrastructure across states, and opaque data flows-raise costs, discourage private investment, and constrain exports. By combining planning (SMILE), benchmarking (LEADS), infrastructure rating (IPRS), and digital tracking (LDB), the government is building an integrated, data-driven ecosystem for regulation, investment decisions, and targeted interventions.
Relevant Question for Policy Stakeholders:
How can states, local bodies, and private players best align with the government’s logistics roadmap to maximize efficiency gains and attract industrial investment?
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Integrated State & City Logistics Plans (SMILE)
LEADS 2025
Industrial Park Rating System (IPRS) 3.0
Logistics Data Bank (LDB) 2.0