On September 20, 2025, the Union Minister for Commerce and Industry, Shri Piyush Goyal, launched the Logistics Ease Across Different States (LEADS) 2025 in New Delhi during the decade-long celebration of Make in India. LEADS 2025 benchmarks logistics performance across States and Union Territories to support India's vision of a globally competitive and future-ready logistics ecosystem. It emphasizes the role of efficient logistics in manufacturing competitiveness. LEADS 2025 introduces assessment of 5-7 key corridors based on journey time, truck speed, and waiting periods, and API-enabled evaluation of section-wise speeds on major road corridors. The report is available at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MCO6qqprkmrzCMV1pIg9zSp-xg13is8t/view?usp=drive_link. Contact persons are Abhishek Dayal, Abhijith Narayanan, and Ishita Biswas.
Key Entities Referenced
LEADS 2025: Logistics Ease Across Different States 2025, a scheme to benchmark logistics performance across States and Union Territories to support India's logistics ecosystem
Make in India: A major national initiative designed to transform India into a global manufacturing hub.
Ministry of Commerce & Industry: The primary government body responsible for initiatives related to trade and industry in India.
States and Union Territories: Geographical entities of India relevant to the application and performance benchmarking under LEADS 2025.
Atmanirbhar Bharat: A vision of making India self-reliant
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Union Minister for Commerce and Industry, Shri
Piyush Goyal launches LEADS 2025 to benchmark
logistics performance across States and UTs
LEADS 2025 launched to strengthen India’s logistics
efficiency and support Make in India vision
Posted On: 20 SEP 2025 6:55PM by PIB Delhi
On the occasion of the decade-long celebrations of Make in India, the Union Minister for Commerce and
Industry, Shri Piyush Goyal, today launched the Logistics Ease Across Different States (LEADS) 2025 in
New Delhi. LEADS 2025 represents a significant milestone in benchmarking logistics performance across
States and Union Territories, supporting India’s vision of a globally competitive and future-ready logistics
ecosystem.
Shri Goyal highlighted India’s rapid emergence as a global manufacturing hub under the Make in India
initiative, with strong growth in sectors such as pharmaceuticals and engineering goods. He emphasized that
efficient logistics forms the backbone of manufacturing competitiveness by reducing logistics costs.
The Minister noted that the Government has been consistently working to improve logistics efficiency
through initiatives such as the LEADS survey, which provides valuable insights into the performance of
states, identifies best practices, and highlights areas requiring focused interventions. He added that such
assessments enable the Government to collaborate closely with states to strengthen logistics infrastructure,
reduce costs, and enhance supply chain competitiveness, thereby supporting the objectives of Atmanirbhar
Bharat and Make in India.
This year, LEADS introduces two major features: performance assessment of 5–7 key corridors based on
journey time, truck speed, and waiting periods, and API-enabled evaluation of section-wise speeds on major
road corridors. These measures will provide sharper insights to guide States and Union Territories in
improving logistics efficiency.
Reaffirming the Government’s commitment, Shri Goyal said that LEADS 2025 will contribute to building a
cost-efficient and sustainable logistics system, supporting the broader goals of Atmanirbhar Bharat and Viksit
Bharat by 2047.
LEADS 2025 Report: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MCO6qqprkmrzCMVlpIg9zSp-
xg13is8t/view?usp=drive_link
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Abhishek Dayal/ Abhijith Narayanan/ Ishita Biswas(Release ID: 2168992)