Agartala, Sept. 22 -- Tripura has recognised as top performer in logistics ease across different states (LEADS) index of Ministry of Commerce and Industries among northeastern states and Tripura has been awarded first prize for the best performance.

The LEADS index is an effort by the Industries and Commerce Ministry to establish the foundation of performance in the logistics sector based on the perception of users and stakeholders at state level, which attempted to measure logistics efficiency of the state and is based on nine parameters.

The availability of logistics infrastructure, quality of logistics infrastructure, quality of logistics services provided by the service providers, ease of arranging logistics at competitive r...