SUMMARY
The government is reconciling all legacy logistics and infrastructure data across ministries to move it to ULIP
The move will lead to better coordination between ministries and the government is eyeing a frictionless transfer of logistics and supply chain data
ULIP will integrate data across the railway ministry, statistics and programme implementation ministry, the department of economic affairs, national infrastructure pipeline, Pragati and the PM Gatishakti portals
After the launch of the National Logistics Policy last week, the government is reportedly reconciling all legacy logistics and infrastructure data across ministries to move it to the Unified Logistics Interface Platform (ULIP).
According to an ET report, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) Secretary Anurag Jain said that the government is looking to clear the existing infrastructure projects. For this, better coordination will be necessary and thus, the government is eyeing a frictionless transfer of logistics and supply chain data from various ministries.
This will be done by the first week of November, Jain stated.
The National Logistics Policy aims to reduce the cost of transporatation in the country by nearly 40% by expediting project report planning and land acquisition, improving drone usage in the country and building an efficient data-driven support mechanism.
The country’s inter-city road logistics market is expected to increase to $300 Bn by 2025. According to Inc42 data, more than 63% of the total demand will come from on-demand intercity logistics, and the sectors that will benefit from it include courier partners, cold chain players, supply chain startups and digitisation platforms. “The target is that we reach the international standards by 2030, but the impact will start coming right away,” Jain said.
Historically, the data sits with several different ministries and finding real-time data would mean going through 30+ sources, including Vahan and FasTag.
The United Logistics Integrated Platform (ULIP) integrates the above-mentioned platforms alongside the railway ministry, statistics and programme implementation ministry, the department of economic affairs, national infrastructure pipeline, Pragati and the PM Gatishakti portals.
“Instead of developing another portal, we have integrated everything into just one portal,” Jain said. “They [portals] would have to make entry only on the portal and everything else will draw the required fields from those.”
The National Logistics Policy is expected to complement the PM GatiShakti National Master Plan which aims for integrated infrastructure development.
