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Union Minister Piyush Goyal Launches Six Key Initiatives and Releases India’s First Coloured Coin to Mark 10 Years of Make in India.

National | Dated: 24 Sep 2025

In September 2025, Union Minister Piyush Goyal, Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoC&I), launched six major initiatives and released a Rs.100 commemorative coin, India’s first-ever coloured coin, celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Make in India initiative.

🎯 Key Highlights:

  • - The initiatives aim to boost logistics efficiency, industrial competitiveness, and infrastructure development.
  • - Prepared by the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) for the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoC&I), the report estimates logistics costs by transport mode, product type, and firm size, including freight cost per tonne-kilometre.
  • - Developed by DPIIT, MoC&I with support from the Asian Development Bank (ADB), IPRS 3.0 enhances competitiveness by ranking industrial parks based on performance and aims to strengthen India’s industrial infrastructure ecosystem.

💡 Other Important Facts:

  • (i) Created by NICDC Logistics Data Services (NLDSL), LDB 2.0 offers real-time export container tracking and multimodal shipment visibility.
  • (ii) This annual survey evaluates logistics performance across States and Union Territories (UTs). LEADS 2025 introduced new features to benchmark state logistics capacity, aligning with India’s vision of becoming a globally competitive logistics hub.
  • (iii) Piyush Goyal released a guidebook mapping 12,167 Harmonized System of Nomenclature (HSN) codes across 31 Ministries and Departments. The Government of India also launched State and City Logistics Plans (S&CLP) under the SMILE (Support for Marginalized Individuals for Livelihood and Enterprise) programme with Asian Development Bank (ADB) support, starting with eight cities in eight states.

📚 Test Your Knowledge:

Union Minister Piyush Goyal recently released India’s first-ever coloured coin of what denomination to mark 10 years of Make in India?

Correct Answer: Rs.100

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