Gujarat retains pole position in logistics index: Commerce ministry report

Haryana gains four places to come second in 2021, Punjab sheds one to figure in third compared to 2019

Gujarat has maintained its lead over 20 other states by again getting top place on an index to gauge the logistics efficiency across states in 2021 due to its "well-developed infrastructure and services driven by a responsive government", according to a report released by commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal. It got the No. 1 rank in the 2019 index too.

Even as the state topped in indicators such as availability and quality of infrastructure, extent of facilitation and ease of obtaining all approvals, respondents to the survey that was conducted to construct the index complained that the potholes on