Lok Sabha Question No. 4533 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-30
Subject: BRAP
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Sushil Kumar Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

## DEPARTMENT FOR PROMOTION OF INDUSTRY AND INTERNAL TRADE LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4533.

TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 30 TH  MARCH, 2022.

## BRAP

## 4533.  SHRI SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY be pleased to state: वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्री

- (a) the  status  of  ranking  States  based  on  the  achievements  of  goals  on  the Business Reform Action Plan (BRAP);
- (b) the year in which this exercise was last conducted;
- (c) the reasons for the delay in carrying out this exercise;
- (d) the steps being taken by the Ministry to nudge States to adopt practices and reforms which attract investments;
- (e) whether the Ministry has made an effort to quantitatively gauge the impact of these reforms on the investments in the States; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons for stopping the Ministry from carrying out such an exercise?

## ANSWER

## वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्रालय में राज्य मंत्री ( श्री सोम प्रकाश ) THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (SHRI SOM PARKASH)

- (a): Department  for  Promotion  of  Industry  and  Internal  Trade  (DPIIT),  in consultation  with  the  State  Governments,  conducts  a  comprehensive reform exercise called Business Reforms Action Plan (BRAP).  Ranking of  States  on  the  basis  of  implementation  of  BRAP started  in  2015. Details of rankings last released are placed at Annexure 1.
- (b): The assessment of States/UTs under fifth edition, viz. BRAP, 2020 is in its final stage presently.
- (c): The reasons for delay in carrying out the exercise of BRAP, 2020 were:
- i. Extension  in  timeline  for  implementation,  submission  of  reform evidences,  uploading  of  user  data  and  submissions  to  queries

raised,  on  the  basis  of  requests  received  from  States/UTs  on account of COVID-19 surge, and

- ii. Implementation delay in Feedback Survey on account of COVID-19 surge curbs imposed by the State/UT Governments.
2. (d): DPIIT  assisted  States/UTs  in  implementation  of  reforms  by  sharing national and international best practices through a number of Capacity Building  Webinars  and  Regional  workshops  to  help  States/UTs  in understanding reform requirements, objectives and other key points.
3. (e) & (f): Effective  implementation  of  reforms  by  States/UTs  is  the  fulcrum  of improved  business  ecosystem  and  attract  investments.  The  reform achievements of States/UTs are captured quantitatively in the form of national  rankings  under  the  exercise  of  BRAP.  The  national  rankings provide States/UTs an incentive to undertake reforms positively and transform themselves.

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4533 FOR ANSWER ON 30.03.2022.

## Ranking of States/UTs under Business Reforms Action Plan (BRAP), 2019

|   S. No. | States/UTs                  |   Ranking under BRAP, 2019 |
|----------|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh              |                          1 |
|        2 | Arunachal Pradesh           |                         29 |
|        3 | Assam                       |                         20 |
|        4 | Bihar                       |                         26 |
|        5 | Chhattisgarh                |                          6 |
|        6 | Goa                         |                         24 |
|        7 | Gujarat                     |                         10 |
|        8 | Haryana                     |                         16 |
|        9 | Himachal Pradesh            |                          7 |
|       10 | Jammu and Kashmir           |                         21 |
|       11 | Jharkhand                   |                          5 |
|       12 | Karnataka                   |                         17 |
|       13 | Kerala                      |                         28 |
|       14 | Madhya Pradesh              |                          4 |
|       15 | Maharashtra                 |                         13 |
|       16 | Manipur                     |                         29 |
|       17 | Meghalaya                   |                         29 |
|       18 | Mizoram                     |                         25 |
|       19 | Nagaland                    |                         29 |
|       20 | Odisha                      |                         29 |
|       21 | Punjab                      |                         19 |
|       22 | Rajasthan                   |                          8 |
|       23 | Sikkim                      |                         29 |
|       24 | Tamil Nadu                  |                         14 |
|       25 | Telangana                   |                          3 |
|       26 | Tripura                     |                         29 |
|       27 | Uttar Pradesh               |                          2 |
|       28 | Uttarakhand                 |                         11 |
|       29 | West Bengal                 |                          9 |
|       30 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands |                         22 |
|       31 | Chandigarh                  |                         29 |
|       32 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli      |                         23 |
|       33 | Daman and Diu               |                         18 |
|       34 | Delhi                       |                         12 |
|       35 | Lakshadweep                 |                         15 |
|       36 | Puducherry                  |                         27 |

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