Lok Sabha Question No. 265 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-03
Subject: Improvement in Ranking of States
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Ravi Kishan Shukla, Subrata Pathak, Ravindra Kushawaha

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT FOR PROMOTION OF INDUSTRY AND INTERNAL TRADE

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 265.

TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 3RD FEBRUARY, 2021.

## IMPROVEMENT IN RANKING OF STATES

## 265. SHRI RAVI KISHAN:

SHRI SUBRAT PATHAK:

SHRI RAVINDRA KUSHWAHA:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  released  any  report  recently  that  ranks  the States on the basis of improvement  points covering 12 professional regulatory areas and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)        the names of the top ten ranking States in terms of ease of doing business;
- (c)        whether some States have improved their rankings while others have slipped down in the rankings;
- (d)        whether  the  main  criteria  were  taken  into  account  to  ensure  justifiable assessment of the States; and
- (e)      whether any further corrective measures have been suggested in the report for improvement in many areas and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## वाणिज् यवव द्योग म त्रालयमेंराज् यम त्रर(श्रर सोमप्रकाश) THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (SHRI SOM PARKASH)

- (a): Yes, Sir. Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has released  the  rankings  of  States  and  Union  Territories  (UTs)  under  State Reform Action Plan (SRAP), 2019 on 05.09.2020. The Action Plan included 187  reform  points  covering  12  business  regulatory  areas,  viz.,  Access  to Information & Transparency Enablers, Labour Regulation-Enablers, Construction Permit Enablers, Single  Window  System,  Sector  Specific, Inspection Enablers, Paying Taxes,  Environment Registration Enablers, Obtaining  Utility  Permits,  Land  Administration/Transfer  of  Property,  Contract Enforcement and Land Availability and Allotment.
- (b): The  top  States  as  per  the  assessment  under  SRAP,  2019  are  tabulated below:-
- (c): It  is  noted  that  some  States/UTs  have  improved  their  ranking  while  others have slipped down in the SRAP, 2019 as compared to their previous year's rankings.
- (d): The assessment of States/UTs under SRAP, 2019 was based on feedback obtained from users/professionals against 180 out of 187 reform points, which is  in  congruence  with  the  methodology  followed  by  the  World  Bank  in  its global Doing Business rankings.
- (e):    The  assessment  under  SRAP,  2019  indicates  the  area-wise  performance  of States/UTs  based  on  feedback  received  from  user/professionals.  States/UTs have  been  encouraged  to  implement  the  remaining  reforms  and  to  work  on generating more awareness among  general public. Further, DPIIT has prepared  a  301-point  State  Reforms  Action  Plan,  2020  and  shared  with States/UTs on 25.08.2020. The Action Plan is spread across 15 reform areas and  seeks  to  promote  sector-specific  approach  so  as  to  create  an  enabling business  environment  across  various  sectors  in  the  country.  The  various sectors include Trade License, Healthcare, Legal Metrology, Fire License/NOC, Cinema Halls, Hospitality, Telecom, Movie Shooting and Tourism.

|   Sl. No. | Name of States/UT   | Rank under SRAP, 2019   |
|-----------|---------------------|-------------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh      | 1                       |
|         2 | Uttar Pradesh       | 2                       |
|         3 | Telangana 3         |                         |
|         4 | Madhya Pradesh 4    |                         |
|         5 | Jharkhand 5         |                         |
|         6 | Chhattisgarh        | 6                       |

|   7 | Himachal Pradesh   |   7 |
|-----|--------------------|-----|
|   8 | Rajasthan          |   8 |
|   9 | West Bengal        |   9 |
|  10 | Gujarat            |  10 |

In order to guide States/UTs for implementing critical and complex reforms, a series of capacity building webinars were organized in the months  of November, 2020,  December, 2020 and  January,  2021,  wherein  reform  areawise best practices of a States were shared with all the States. Further, a set of FAQs have been prepared and shared with the States/UTs on 16.11.2020 to help  them  in  understanding  reform  requirements,  objective  and  other  key points.

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