Overview

• The Commerce Ministry released a hybrid methodology that combines secondary data with nationwide surveys to produce a standardized estimate of logistics costs.
• An NCAER assessment for DPIIT pegs logistics costs at about 7.97% of GDP, countering widely cited external estimates of 13–14%.
• Piyush Goyal launched integrated state and city logistics plans starting with eight cities across eight states, with replication planned nationwide.
• NICDC Logistics Data Services introduced LDB 2.0, adding real-time multimodal visibility and high-seas export container tracking for better planning.
• The government issued an HSN code mapping guidebook assigning 12,167 codes to 31 ministries and rolled out IPRS 3.0 to rate industrial parks, alongside the LEADS exercise to benchmark state performance.