Make in India decade: Piyush Goyal launches LEADS 2025, LDB 2.0, IPRS 3.0 and commemorative coin
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal launched LEADS 2025, Logistics Data Bank 2.0, Industrial Park Rating System 3.0, SMILE city logistics plans, an HSN mapping guidebook and a commemorative coin in New Delhi on 20 September 2025 to mark a decade of Make in India.
Summary
Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal launched a set of DPIIT initiatives in New Delhi on 20 September 2025 at an event celebrating ten years of Make in India, which the Prime Minister launched on 25 September 2014. Logistics Ease Across Different States (LEADS) 2025 benchmarks logistics performance across States and UTs. Logistics Data Bank (LDB) 2.0, developed by NICDC Logistics Data Services, is an upgraded logistics tracking system. Industrial Park Rating System (IPRS) 3.0, developed with ADB support, benchmarks industrial parks. Integrated State and City Logistics Plans under the SMILE programme begin in eight cities across eight states. A guidebook allocates 12,167 HSN codes to 31 ministries and departments, and a Make in India commemorative coin was unveiled.
Key facts
- Occasion
- Decade of Make in India (launched 25 Sep 2014)
- LEADS 2025
- Logistics benchmarking of States/UTs
- LDB 2.0
- Logistics tracking, developed by NLDSL
- IPRS 3.0
- Industrial park ratings, with ADB support
- SMILE
- City logistics plans in 8 cities across 8 states, with ADB
- HSN guidebook
- 12,167 HSN codes mapped to 31 ministries/departments
Practice MCQs 5 questions
LEADS 2025, launched by Piyush Goyal on 20 September 2025, benchmarks the performance of States and UTs in:
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Correct answer: C — Logistics
LEADS stands for Logistics Ease Across Different States; the 2025 edition benchmarks logistics performance across States and UTs.
The Guidebook on Mapping of HSN Codes released by DPIIT in September 2025 allocates 12,167 HSN codes to how many ministries and departments?
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Correct answer: A — 31
The guidebook allocates 12,167 HSN codes to 31 ministries and departments of the Government of India.
Consider the following statements about the initiatives launched on 20 September 2025: 1. Logistics Data Bank 2.0 was developed by the Asian Development Bank. 2. Integrated State and City Logistics Plans under SMILE begin in 20 cities. Which of the above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: D — Neither 1 nor 2
Both are wrong: LDB 2.0 was developed by NICDC Logistics Data Services (ADB supported IPRS 3.0 and SMILE), and the SMILE plans begin in eight cities across eight states.
On which date was the Make in India initiative launched, whose decade was marked in September 2025?
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Correct answer: B — 25 September 2014
Piyush Goyal said the Prime Minister introduced Make in India on 25 September 2014.
The Industrial Park Rating System (IPRS) 3.0, launched in September 2025, was developed by DPIIT with the support of:
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Correct answer: C — Asian Development Bank
IPRS 3.0 was developed by DPIIT with support from the Asian Development Bank (ADB).