Uttar Pradesh has bagged the ‘Achiever’ state status for the second year in a row in LEADS-2023 (Logistics Ease Across Different States) survey. Uttar Pradesh had bagged the ‘achiever’ state status in landlocked state category in 2022 as well.

The LEADS report, released by the Union Ministry of Commerce, is based on evaluation of logistics infrastructure, services, and human resources in the state.

UP has been declared an ‘Achiever’ in the landlocked states category in the LEADS-2023 report. LEADS is an indigenous data-driven index to assess logistics infrastructure, services, and human resources across all 36 states and union territories. This report is prepared on the basis of international standards like the Logistics Performance Index in States and Union Territories.

Under this, rankings are issued for all the states of the country, which are classified into four categories. Different states are ranked in three categories: Achievers, Fast Movers and Aspires for Coastal states, Landlocked states, North Eastern states, and Union Territories.

According to the 2023 LEADS Survey report, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka have been recognised as ‘Achievers’ in the coastal category. In the landlocked category, ‘Achievers’ include Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab. Similarly, the North East category includes Assam, Sikkim and Tripura, while the Union Territory category recognises Chandigarh and Delhi as ‘Achievers’.

In the coastal category, Kerala and Maharashtra are ‘Fast Movers’, while the landlocked category includes the states of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Uttarakhand. Similarly, Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland fall under the North East category, while Andaman Nicobar, Lakshadweep and Puducherry are designated as ‘Fast Movers’ Union Territories.

Likewise, in the coastal category, Goa, Odisha and West Bengal have been listed under the ‘Aspires’ category. Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh and Jharkhand are included in the landlocked category. In the North East, Manipur, Meghalaya and Mizoram have been placed in the list, while in the Union Territory category, Daman and Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh are designated under the ‘Aspires’ list.