Lok Sabha Question No. 2784 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-18
Subject: Ease of doing Business
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Shri Shafi Parambil

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2784.

TO BE ANSWERED ON TUESDAY, THE 18 TH  MARCH, 2025.

## EASE OF DOING BUSINESS

## 2784.  SHRI SHAFI PARAMBIL:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY be pleased to state:

## वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्री

- (a) whether the Government still follows the ranking of States in terms of Ease of Doing Business;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  of  criteria  for  ranking  of  States  under  the  Ease  of  Doing Business Category
- (c) if  not,  whether  there  are  any  new  criteria  for  ranking  the  business-friendly policies of the State Governments and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the details of new criteria for ranking States for their business friendly policies alongwith the details of the ranking of States under the new criteria?

## ANSWER

## वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्रालय में राज्य मंत्री ( श्री णिणिन प्रसाद ) THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (SHRI JITIN PRASADA)

(a) to (d):

Central  Government  has  persistently  worked  under  the  Business Reforms Action Plan (BRAP) to enhance the business environment in India,  attract  investments,  stimulate  economic  growth  and  foster  a regulatory  framework  that  is  more  business-friendly.  As  part  of  this initiative, States and Union Territories (UTs) in the country are assessed on the basis of their implementation of designated reform parameters into following four percentage-based categories:

TOP ACHIEVERS:       which score above 90%

ACHIEVERS:

which score 80% to 90%

FAST MOVERS:

which score 70% to 80%

ASPIRERS:                  which score Below 70%

In the Business Reform Action Plan (BRAP) 2024, these categories are determined with 30% weightage assigned to evidence submission and 70% to user feedback.

## Details of state/UTs categories in BRAP 2022 Survey

| Y Category (which encompasses states and UTs with established business and citizen-centric systems).   | Y Category (which encompasses states and UTs with established business and citizen-centric systems).                                                                                                                                                |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| B2G (Business Centric reforms)                                                                         | B2G (Business Centric reforms)                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| Category                                                                                               | States/UTs                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| FAST MOVER                                                                                             | GUJARAT                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| ASPIRERS                                                                                               | ANDHRA PRADESH, TELANGANA, MAHARASHTRA, HARYANA, UTTAR PRADESH, UTTARAKHAND, ODISHA, HIMACHAL PRADESH, PUNJAB, MADHYA PRADESH, TAMIL NADU, KERALA, KARNATAKA, CHATTISGARH, WEST BENGAL, BIHAR, GOA, JHARKHAND, RAJASTHAN, ASSAM, DELHI, J&K         |
| C2G (Citizen Centric reforms)                                                                          | C2G (Citizen Centric reforms)                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| Category                                                                                               | States/UTs                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| ASPIRERS                                                                                               | KERALA, GUJARAT, TELANGANA, MAHARASHTRA, TAMIL NADU, UTTARAKHAND, HARYANA, MADHYA PRADESH, ODISHA, KARNATAKA, RAJASTHAN, HIMACHAL PRADESH, ANDHRA PRADESH, UTTAR PRADESH, GOA, BIHAR, DELHI,WEST BENGAL, ASSAM, CHATTISGARH, J&K, JHARKHAND, PUNJAB |
| X Category (includes northeastern states excluding Assam and UTs excluding Delhi)                      | X Category (includes northeastern states excluding Assam and UTs excluding Delhi)                                                                                                                                                                   |
| B2G (Business Centric reforms)                                                                         | B2G (Business Centric reforms)                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| Category                                                                                               | States/UTs                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| ASPIRERS                                                                                               | DADAR & NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMAN &DIU, TRIPURA, CHANDIGARH, MEGHALAYA, MANIPUR, MIZORAM, PUDUCHERRY, ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS, ARUNACHAL PRADESH                                                                                                     |
| C2G (Citizen Centric reforms)                                                                          | C2G (Citizen Centric reforms)                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| Category                                                                                               | States/UTs                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| ASPIRERS                                                                                               | CHANDIGARH, DAMAN &DIU, MEGHALAYA, ANDAMAN, TRIPURA, PUDUCHERRY, MIZORAM, ARUNACHAL PRADESH, MANIPUR                                                                                                                                                |

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