Lok Sabha Question No. 1687 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-27
Subject: SBRAP
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Abdul Majeed Ariff

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

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

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1687.

TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 27 TH  JULY, 2022.

## SBRAP

## 1687.  ADV. A.M. ARIFF:

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

- (a) whether the Government has published the State Business Reform Action Plan2020  (SBRAP-2020)  which  ranks  States  and  Union  Territories  based  on business environment;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the State of Kerala has improved its position compared to SBRAP2018 and 2019 in Ease of Doing Business (EoB) index and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government intends to provide special financial assistance to the States which are in the forefront of EoB index; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## 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) & (b): Yes,  Sir.  Department  for  Promotion  of  Industry  and  Internal  Trade (DPIIT) has released assessment of States and Union Territories (UTs) under Business Reforms Action Plan, 2020 on 30.06.2022.

BRAP, 2020 included 301 reform points covering 15 business regulatory areas such  as Investment Enablers, Access  to Information  and Transparency, Online Single Window System, Land Administration and Transfer  of  Land  and  Property,  Land  Allotment,  Construction  Permits Enablers, Labour Regulation Enablers, Environment Registration Enablers, Inspection Enablers, Paying Taxes, Obtaining Utility Permits, Contract Enforcement and other sector specific reforms. States and UTs have been assessed based on their performance in implementation of these reforms. Based on the assessment, States and UTs have been categorized  as  Top  Achievers,  Achievers,  Aspirers  and  Emerging

Business Ecosystems. The assessment under BRAP, 2020 is given at Annexure .

- (c): Yes, Sir. Kerala has improved its performance over the last 3 editions of BRAP  exercise,  although,  the  assessment  methodology  adopted  in these  editions  of  the  BRAP  are  different  from  one  another.  The performance  of  Kerala  over  the  last  3  editions  of  BRAP  exercise  is depicted below:
- (d) & (e): No,  Sir.  There  is  no  provision  for  special  financial  assistance  to  the States/UTs  under  the  BRAP  exercise.  The  broader  objective  of  the BRAP exercise is to foster business friendly  climate,  boost  investors' confidence and augment Ease of Doing Business across the country.

|   BRAP, 2017-18 |   BRAP, 2019 | BRAP, 2020        |
|-----------------|--------------|-------------------|
|              21 |           28 | Aspirers Category |

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## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1687 FOR ANSWER ON 27.07.2022.

## Assessment of States/UTs under Business Reforms Action Plan, 2020

|   Sl. No. | Categories                   | States/UTs                                                                                                                               |
|-----------|------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Top Achievers                | Andhra Pradesh Gujarat Haryana Karnataka Punjab Tamil Nadu Telangana                                                                     |
|         2 | Achievers                    | Himachal Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Odisha Uttarakhand Uttar Pradesh                                                             |
|         3 | Aspirers                     | Assam Chhattisgarh Goa Jharkhand Kerala Rajasthan West Bengal                                                                            |
|         4 | Emerging Business Ecosystems | Andaman & Nicobar Bihar Chandigarh Daman & Diu, Dadra & Nagar Haveli Delhi Jammu & Kashmir Manipur Meghalaya Nagaland Puducherry Tripura |

Note: (i) Feedback  could not be obtained for Arunachal Pradesh, Ladakh, Lakshadweep, Mizoram and Sikkim due to insufficient User Data.

(ii) States/UTs are organised in alphabetical order in each category.

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