Lok Sabha Question No. 2676 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-05
Subject: Business Reforms Action Plan
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. 2676. TO BE ANSWERED ON TUESDAY, THE 05 TH  AUGUST, 2025.

## BUSINESS REFORMS ACTION PLAN

## 2676.  SHRI SHAFI PARAMBIL:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY

## वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्री

- (a) the current rank of the State of Kerala under the Business Reforms Action Plan (BRAP);
- (b) the detailed methodology used in the Business Reforms Action Plan (BRAP);
- (c) the difference between the Ease of Doing ranking and the BRAP System; and
- (d) the year in which latest assessment was conducted under the BRAP?

## 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): Department  for  Promotion  of  Industry  and  Internal  Trade  (DPIIT)  does  not maintain rankings for States/UTs on Ease of Doing Business.  As part of the DPIIT Business Reform Action Plan (BRAP) exercise, States/UTs are assessed on  the  basis  of  their  implementation  of  designated  reform parameters  into following four percentage-based categories.
1.  Top Achievers - score above 90%,
2.  Achievers - score between 80% to 90%,
3.  Fast Movers - score between 70% to 80%, and
4.  Aspirers - score below 70%

## Details of state/UTs categories in BRAP 2022 Survey including Kerala are as under:

| Y Category (It encompasses states and UTs with established business and citizen- centric systems)   | Y Category (It 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 |

be pleased to state:

| 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 {It includes northeastern states (excluding Assam) and UTs | X Category {It includes northeastern states (excluding Assam) and UTs                                                                                                                                                                                |
| 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                                                                                                                                                |

- (b): Business Reforms Action Plan (BRAP) is assessed through a structured threestep methodology comprising evidence submission, user data collection, and independent  user  feedback.  States  and  UTs  upload  evidence  of  reform implementation on the BRAP portal, which is evaluated by DPIIT based on defined  criteria.  User  data  is  submitted  for  a  specified  period  and  used  to conduct  a  feedback  survey  through  telephonic,  digital,  and  face-to-face methods. Based on the percentage score, States and UTs are grouped into four categories: Top Achievers, Achievers, Fast Movers, and Aspirers. In the BRAP 2022,  these  categories  were  determined  through  100%  feedback.  In  BRAP 2024,  30% weightage has been assigned to evidence submission and 70% to user feedback.
- (c): Ease  of  doing  business  ranking  was  done  by  World  Bank  through  Doing Business Report from 2002 to 2020. BRAP was conceptualized and developed in 2014 to provide a comparison on the regulatory requirements for businsses across States with a view to motivate the States towards reducing compliance burden on businesses . The BRAP ranking across States has been discontinued after the  initial years. World Bank had discontinued its Doing Business Report in 2020.
- (d): The latest assessment under the BRAP was conducted for the year 2022.

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