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National Logistics Policy at three

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Battle IAS current affairs title card: National Logistics Policy at three (GS3 · Infrastructure, 16 September 2025)

What happened

  • DPIIT marked three years of the National Logistics Policy, launched by the PM on 17 September 2022 [PIB].
  • NLP aims to cut logistics costs to global benchmarks and put India in the top 25 of the Logistics Performance Index by 2030 [PIB].

Background

  • NLP works with the PM GatiShakti National Master Plan, focusing on soft infrastructure, digitisation, skills and regulation [PIB].

Why it matters

  • GatiShakti builds hard assets; NLP is meant to fix the processes around them.

How to use this in Mains

GS-III Infrastructure: energy, ports, roads, airports, railways; investment models

  1. As per PIB (2025-09-16): DPIIT marked three years of the National Logistics Policy, launched by the PM on 17 September 2022.
  2. GatiShakti builds hard assets; NLP is meant to fix the processes around them.
Quotable data point

NLP aims to cut logistics costs to global benchmarks and put India in the top 25 of the Logistics Performance Index by 2030.

PIB: Three years of National Logistics Policy, 16 Sep 2025

Exam angle

UPSC

Prelims: NLP targets. · Mains: logistics cost and competitiveness.

Practice MCQs

Original practice questions (not PYQs).

Practice · UPSC

NLP target for India's LPI rank by 2030

Answer (b) & explanation

PIB.

Practice · UPSC

NLP was launched on

Answer (a) & explanation

PIB.

Go deeper

ExplainerInfrastructure in India: Importance, Financing, PPP Models, National Infrastructure Pipeline and PM Gati Shakti (UPSC Notes + PYQs)

Official source: PIB: Three years of National Logistics Policy, 16 Sep 2025

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