As many as 13 firms, including MapMyIndia, CargoExchange, Freight Fox, Conmove, Intugine, Eikonatech, Yes Bank, Superprocure, CargoShakti, CloudStrats, Shyplite, APSEZL, and AITWA, have signed a non-disclosure agreement with the government to access data from the Unified Logistics Interface Platform (ULIP), as per the commerce and industry ministry. The ULIP was launched on September 17 as part of the National Logistics Policy.
The ministry said that 11 more organisations like Instavans and Trucks, Bosch India, Portlinks, and Shiprocket are in the process of signing the agreement. The policy aims to bring ease of doing business in the logistics sector by simplifying the logistics processes, improving their efficiency, bringing in transparency and visibility, and reducing logistics costs and time. Startups are gearing up to showcase their innovative ideas for creating new solutions for the sector, whereas large enterprises are mulling integrating with ULIP for simplifying complex logistics processes, verifying the documents of vendors as well as getting visibility of cargo movement.
