Lok Sabha Question No. 979 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-26
Subject: Norms for Ease of Doing Business
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Sudheer Gupta, Sanjay Sadashivrao Mandlik, Chandra Sekhar Sahu, Prataprao  Jadhav, Bidyut Baran Mahato, Shrirang Appa Barne, Subrata Pathak

- (a) Yes sir;
- (b), (c) & (d)   In order to strengthen resources in the hands of State Governments in the wake of unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic, Government addressed to all the States, laid out an additional borrowing of 0.25% for each reform of the Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) to  the  States  for  FY  2020-21  subject  to  implementation  of  following  specific  state  level reforms: (i) Implementation of One Nation One Ration Card System; (ii) Ease of Doing Business  reform;  (iii)  Urban  Local  body/  utility  reforms  and  (iv)  Power  Sector reforms. Twenty States were allowed additional borrowing of ₹ 39,521 crore during 2020-21 for implementation of Ease of Doing Business (EODB) reform. EODB is a continuous process and  its  outcome  would  be  visible  in  due  course.  State  lists  those  who  have  completely implemented the reform on EODB are annexed as Annexure-A .

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE

## DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 979

TO BE ANSWERED ON MONDAY, JULY 26, 2021/ SRAVANA 4, 1943 (Saka)

## NORMS FOR EASE OF DOING BUSINESS

979. SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA: SHRI SANJAY SADASHIVRAO MANDLIK: SHRI CHANDRA SEKHAR SAHU: SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV: SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO: SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE: SHRI SUBRAT PATHAK:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has fixed any norms for Ease of Doing Business in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the names of such States who have completed various such norms so far;
- (c) whether the Union Government has given permission for borrowing to the States who have completed such norms and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d)  the  details  of  employment  opportunities  in  various  such  states  increased  after  getting additional borrowing permission so far?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE (FINANCE) (SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY)

## Annexure-A

|   S. No. | State /UT         | Status on Implementation of EODB Reforms   |
|----------|-------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh    | Fully Implemented.                         |
|        2 | Karnataka         | Fully Implemented.                         |
|        3 | Madhya Pradesh    | Fully Implemented.                         |
|        4 | Tamil Nadu        | Fully Implemented.                         |
|        5 | Telangana         | Fully Implemented.                         |
|        6 | Rajasthan         | Fully Implemented.                         |
|        7 | Kerala            | Fully Implemented.                         |
|        8 | Odisha            | Fully Implemented.                         |
|        9 | Himachal Pradesh  | Fully Implemented.                         |
|       10 | Haryana           | Fully Implemented.                         |
|       11 | Assam             | Fully Implemented.                         |
|       12 | Gujarat           | Fully Implemented.                         |
|       13 | Punjab            | Fully Implemented.                         |
|       14 | Arunachal Pradesh | Fully Implemented.                         |
|       15 | Uttar Pradesh     | Fully Implemented.                         |
|       16 | Uttarakhand       | Fully Implemented.                         |
|       17 | Meghalaya         | Fully Implemented.                         |
|       18 | Chhattisgarh      | Fully Implemented.                         |
|       19 | Tripura           | Fully Implemented.                         |
|       20 | Goa               | Fully Implemented.                         |

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