The platform will enable the industry players to get secure access to information related to logistics and resources available with various ministries through a dedicated portal.
Thirteen companies and entities have signed non-disclosure agreements to access data on Unified Logistics Interface Platform, a data exchange platform for all modes of logistics operators designed by the National Industrial Corridor Development Corp Ltd.
The entities are Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd, MapMyIndia, CargoExchange, Freight Fox, Conmove, Intugine, Eikonatech, Yes Bank, Superprocure, CargoShakti, CloudStrats, Shyplite and All India Transporters Welfare Association, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry said in a statement
Conclusion of non-disclosure agreements with 11 more entities such as Instavans & Trucks, Bosch India, Portlinks, Shiprocket, etc. are in the process, it added.
“We are receiving tremendous response from the users and would like to urge more and more participation of stakeholders to leverage this platform and contribute in improving logistics efficiency in the country,” said Abhishek Chaudhary, Vice President – Corporate Affairs, Human Resource and Company Secretary – National Industrial Corridor Development Corp.
The platform will enable the industry players to get secure access to information related to logistics and resources available with various ministries through a dedicated portal “https://goulip.in/”.
At present, 30 systems from seven ministries are integrated through more than 100 APIs or application programming interface, covering more than 1,600 data fields for usage by the stakeholders, the statement said.
“With signing of the NDAs (non-disclosure agreements), industry players can develop APIs (application programming interface) for integration with ULIP (Unified Logistics Interface Platform). After the system security check and thorough testing of the integration, the users can fetch authentic data through ULIP from various government sources,” it said.
The Unified Logistics Interface Platform was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as part of the National Logistics Policy on September 17, which aims to bring down India’s cost of logistics operations from 13-14% of gross domestic product to single digit by 2030.
The policy seeks to enable efficiencies, simplification and transparency in the logistics sector with an aim to elevate the country into top 25 nations in terms of ranking in the Logistics Performance Index prepared by World Bank. In 2018, India’s ranking in the index stood at 44.
