Reports and Indices
Logistics Ease Across Different State (LEADS) 2023 Report
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- Union Minister of Commerce & Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, and Textiles, Piyush Goyal released the 5th edition of “Logistics Ease Across Different State (LEADS) 2023” report recently.
- LEADS was conceived on the lines of Logistics Performance Index of World Bank in 2018
- The report is based on a pan-India primary survey, conducted between May and July 2023, covering over 7,300 responses across 36 States/UTs.
- Tamil Nadu along with Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka were named as Achievers under Coastal Group.International Energy Agency’s (IEA) annual coal market report 2023
- According to the report global coal demand is expected to decline by 2026.
- The decline is expected to be due to a shift towards renewable energy and decreasing demand in China.
- India will remain the “driving force” for the fuel until that year.
- The global demand for coal rising by 1.4% in 2023, surpassing 8.5 billion tonnes for the first time.