NLDSL and Maharashtra Sign MoU to Strengthen State Logistics, Supporting Viksit Bharat

• NICDC Logistics Data Services Ltd. (NLDSL) and Government of Maharashtra signed an MoU on 16 April 2026 to digitise the state's logistics landscape using the Unified Logistics Interface Platform (ULIP).
• ULIP is a flagship enabler under the National Logistics Policy (NLP), 2022 and a building block for the PM GatiShakti–Viksit Bharat vision; state onboarding extends a central digital public infrastructure to sub-national supply chains.
• Relevant for UPSC as a current example of cooperative federalism + digital governance + logistics reform, intersecting GS-II (Centre–State) and GS-III (economy/infrastructure).