Lok Sabha Question No. 5790 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-10
Subject: Business Reform Action Plan
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: NALIN KUMAR KATEEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL POLICY & PROMOTION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5790. TO BE ANSWERED ON MONDAY, THE  10 TH  APRIL, 2017.

## BUSINESS REFORM ACTION PLAN

## 5790.  SHRI NALIN KUMAR KATEEL:

## Will the Minister of COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY be pleased to state: वाणिज् यवव द्यग ं ्री

- (a) whether  the  Central  Government  has  chalked  out  any  Business  Reform Action  Plan  to  encourage  States  for  overall  development  of  industries  and related infrastructure and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether all State Governments have agreed to implement the said guidelines to improve the industrial scenario in their respective States;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (d) whether the Government has conducted any review of the States to know the status of implementation of the said guidelines and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## वाणिज् यवव द्यग ााज् यं ्रीस् वतं ््रभााा(स्रींतंरीिरंमलााीरीतंाांि( THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (SHRIMATI NIRMALA SITHARAMAN)

- (a): Yes,  Madam.      The  Department  of  Industrial  Policy  and  Promotion (DIPP),  Ministry  of  Commerce  and  Industry    had    circulated  to  all States/Union Territories  in October 2015, a 340 point Business Reform Action  Plan  (BRAP)  with  an  objective  to  increase  transparency  and efficiency of various Government regulatory functions and services for business in India.  The result of the Assessment of Implementation of Business Reforms 2015-16 by States/UTs was released on 31.10.2016.  The  Assessment  studies  the  extent  to  which  States/UTs have implemented DIPP's 340-point  BRAP, covering the period July 1, 2015  to  June  30,  2016.  The  BRAP  includes  recommendations  for reforms on 58 regulatory processes, policies, practices and procedures spread across 10 reform areas, that is, access to information  and  transparency  enablers;  single  window;  environmental registration  enablers;  obtaining  electricity  connection;  availability  of land; construction permit enablers; inspection reform enablers; labour regulation  enablers;    online  tax  and    return  filing  and  commercial dispute resolution enablers spanning the lifecycle of a typical business.
- (b) & (c): Data  for  assessment  of  Implementation  of  Business  Reforms    was collected from States/UTs  on the BRAP portal http://eodb.dipp.gov.in. The portal, among the first of its kind globally, allowed States and UTs

to submit evidence of implemented reforms. At least 32 States and UTs submitted evidence of implementation of 7,124 reforms. These submissions were reviewed by the World Bank team and validated by DIPP's  team  to  study  whether  they  met  the  objectives  of  the  BRAP. The  portal  allowed    collaborative  dialogue  between  DIPP  and  the States/UTs  to  analyse  the  evidence  submitted.  The  results  of  the assessment  demonstrate  that  States/UTs    have  increasingly  risen  to address the challenge of making it easier to do business. The national implementation  average  stands  at  48.93% ,  which  is  significantly higher  than  the  previous  year's  national  average  of  32%.  The  table below demonstrates the progress made by States and their implementation score:

(d): The status of implementation of the said BRAP was reviewed by World Bank team and validated by DIPP based on the submissions made by States/UTs.

|   2016 Rank | State                     |   Score (%) | 2015 Rank   |
|-------------|---------------------------|-------------|-------------|
|           1 | ANDHRA PRADESH            |       98.78 | 2           |
|           1 | TELANGANA                 |       98.78 | 13          |
|           3 | GUJARAT                   |       98.21 | 1           |
|           4 | CHHATTISGARH              |       97.32 | 4           |
|           5 | MADHYA PRADESH            |       97.01 | 5           |
|           6 | HARYANA                   |       96.95 | 14          |
|           7 | JHARKHAND                 |       96.57 | 3           |
|           8 | RAJASTHAN                 |       96.43 | 6           |
|           9 | UTTARAKHAND               |       96.13 | 23          |
|          10 | MAHARASHTRA               |       92.86 | 8           |
|          11 | ODISHA                    |       92.73 | 7           |
|          12 | PUNJAB                    |       91.07 | 16          |
|          13 | KARNATAKA                 |       88.39 | 9           |
|          14 | UTTAR PRADESH             |       84.52 | 10          |
|          15 | WEST BENGAL               |       84.23 | 11          |
|          16 | BIHAR                     |       75.82 | 21          |
|          17 | HIMACHAL PRADESH          |       65.48 | 17          |
|          18 | TAMIL NADU                |       62.8  | 12          |
|          19 | DELHI                     |       47.62 | 15          |
|          20 | KERALA                    |       26.97 | 18          |
|          21 | GOA                       |       18.15 | 19          |
|          22 | TRIPURA                   |       16.67 | 26          |
|          23 | DAMAN & DIU               |       14.58 | -           |
|          24 | ASSAM                     |       14.29 | 22          |
|          25 | DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI      |        1.79 | -           |
|          26 | PUDUCHERRY                |        1.49 | 20          |
|          26 | NAGALAND                  |        1.49 | 31          |
|          28 | MANIPUR                   |        1.19 | -           |
|          29 | MIZORAM                   |        0.89 | 28          |
|          30 | SIKKIM                    |        0.6  | 27          |
|          31 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH         |        0.3  | 32          |
|          31 | JAMMU & KASHMIR           |        0.3  | 29          |
|          31 | CHANDIGARH                |        0.3  | 24          |
|          31 | MEGHALAYA                 |        0.3  | 30          |
|          31 | ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS |        0.3  | 25          |
|          31 | LAKSHADWEEP               |        0.3  | -           |

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