What India’s logistics platform counts as an API transaction

An interface allows one system to request data from another

The Unified Logistics Interface Platform brings together information held in multiple government systems. An API is a defined way for one application to ask another for data. The July 2026 overview records 142 APIs connecting 46 systems, so the number of request interfaces exceeds the number of underlying systems. Source 3

Requests can repeat for one operational task

The Commerce Ministry reported the first billion API transactions in March 2025. A company can use repeated data requests to check the progress of one shipment or use several interfaces for a task. The billion-request measure records use of the data platform and provides no count of distinct consignments. Source 1

Registration and agreements mark different steps

The March release gave over 1,300 registered companies and more than 350 signed agreements. These measures describe access and participation, while API transactions record machine requests. The source does not give the number of companies active on an average day, so the registration total cannot be used as that denominator. Source 1

Container tracking has its own service

The government’s logistics overview identifies the Logistics Data Bank as the service that tracks export-import container movements. It describes ULIP as integration across government systems, including interfaces that private applications may use. Physical container movements and digital requests are separate metrics across the two services. Source 3 Source 2

Sources

• Commerce and Industry Ministry March 2025 ULIP usage release
• Government early 2026 logistics policy overview
• Government October 2026 national logistics policy overview