{"id":13361,"date":"2016-07-09T09:13:48","date_gmt":"2016-07-09T09:13:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=13361"},"modified":"2016-07-09T09:15:18","modified_gmt":"2016-07-09T09:15:18","slug":"logistics-performance-index-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/logistics-performance-index-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Logistics Performance Index-2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Question: Recently the World Bank has released the Logistics Performance Index 2016 titled \u2018Connecting to compete: 2016: Trade Logistics in the Global Economy.\u2019 In the Index India is ranked-<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) 54th<br \/>\n(b) 65th<br \/>\n(c) 35th<br \/>\n(d) 26th<br \/>\n<strong>Ans. (c)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Related facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>On 28 June 2016 the World Bank has released the Logistics Performance Index 2016 titled \u2018Connecting to compete: 2016: Trade Logistics in the Global Economy.\u2019<\/li>\n<li>The Logistics Performance Index (LPI)-2016 provide comparisons across 160 countries by ranking them.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Out of the 160 countries listed in the Logistics Performance Index (LPI)-2016, Germany topped the Index with the score of 4.23.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The next four countries in the Index are Luxembourg (4.22), Sweden (4.20), Netherlands (4.19), and Singapore (4.14).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Syrian Arab Republic is ranked at 160th position in the Index with the score of 1.60.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">India has improved its ranking in the World Bank Group&#8217;s bi-annual &#8220;Logistics Performance Index 2016 by 19 ranks.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">India was ranked 54th in 2014 and jumped to 35th position in 2016 with the score of 3.42.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the latest rankings India has left behind countries such as New Zealand, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, Iceland, Latvia and Indonesia.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Among India&#8217;s neighbour\u2019s Bangladesh ranked 87th (score &#8211; 2.66), Nepal 124th (score &#8211; 2.38) and Bhutan 135th (score- 2.32).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Among the developing countries in the BRICS members China ranked (27th, score -3.66), India (35th, score -3.42), Brazil (55th, score -3.09) Russia (99th, score -2.57) and South Africa (20th, score -3.78).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Among the developed countries, United States is ranked 10th (score -3.99), Japan 12th (score -3.97), UK 8th (score -4.07), Canada 14th (score -3.93) and France 16th (score -3.90).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Reference:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/lpi.worldbank.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/lpi.worldbank.org\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wb-lpi-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/LPI_Report_2016.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/wb-lpi-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/LPI_Report_2016.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Recently the World Bank has released the Logistics Performance Index 2016 titled \u2018Connecting to compete: 2016: Trade Logistics in the Global Economy.\u2019 In the Index India is ranked- (a) 54th (b) 65th (c) 35th (d) 26th Ans. 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