Question: Which government organization has launched Unified Logistics Interface Platform’s (ULIP) Hackathon – ‘LogiXtics’ recently?
(a) NITI Aayog
(b) Department of Commerce
(c) Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT)
(d) None of the above
Ans: c
Recent Context
- The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has launched the Unified Logistics Interface Platform’s (ULIP) Hackathon – ‘LogiXtics’ recently.
Related Facts
- Hackathon was organized to crowd source more ideas which will benefit the logistics industry.
About ULIP
- It is designed to enhance efficiency and reduce logistics cost in India.
- It does so by creating a transparent platform that can provide real time information to all stakeholders and remove all asymmetry information.
- It will also converge visibility of multi-modal transport across the existing systems of various Ministries/Departments working in silos.
About Hackathon
- The ULIP Hackathon – LogiXtics was organised by NITI Aayog and Atal Innovation Mission and supported by National Industrial Corridor Development Corporation (NICDC) and NICDC Logistics Data Bank Services Limited (NLDSL).
- It was launched by Shri Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog.
- Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT)
- It is a central government department under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry in India.
- It is responsible for formulation and implementation of promotional and developmental measures for growth of the industrial sector, keeping in view the national priorities and socio-economic objectives.
Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT)
- It is a central government department under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry in India.
- It is responsible for formulation and implementation of promotional and developmental measures for growth of the industrial sector, keeping in view the national priorities and socio-economic objectives.
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