India has now been ranked 35 amongst 160 countries in the World Bank's recently released ‘Logistics Performance Index' (LPI) 2016 report titled "Connecting to Complete 2016". This is a jump of 19 places compared to the 2014 ranking. Further, in terms of the six-components of the LPI i.e. Customs, Infrastructure, International Shipments, Logistics Quality and Competence, Tracking and Tracing, and Timeliness, India's ranking is 38, 36, 39, 32, 33 and 42 respectively.

The Logistics Performance Index Report is published by World Bank every two years. It is an interactive benchmarking tool created to help countries identify the challenges and opportunities they face in their performance on trade logistics and what they can do to improve their performance.

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