State Business Reform Action Plan 2019 Ranking: Andhra Pradesh Retains Top Spot, UP Second | Check Full List

The list prepared by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), which is the ranking of states and union territories (UTs) based on the implementation of the business reform action plan.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. (File Photo/ AFP)

New Delhi: In the State Business Reform Action Plan 2019 Ranking released  on Saturday Andhra Pradesh retained the top spot, while Telangana slipped to third position and Uttar Pradesh stands at the 2nd position replacing it. The list prepared by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), which is the ranking of states and union territories (UTs) based on the implementation of the business reform action plan. State Business Reform Action Plan 2019 Ranking:

• Andhra Pradesh
• Uttar Pradesh
• Telangana
• Madhya Pradesh
• Jharkhand
• Chhattisgarh
• Himachal Pradesh
• Rajasthan

The report was  released by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday. While releasing the report, Sitharaman said the ranking makes states and UTs a better place to do business. The parameters include areas such as construction permit, labour regulation, environmental registration, access to information, land availability and single-window system. The DPIIT conducts the exercise for all states/UTs under the Business Reform Action Plan (BRAP). In the last ranking released in July 2018, Andhra Pradesh had topped the chart, followed by Telangana and Haryana. Sitharaman said: “Some states have shown extraordinary energy in putting together action plans and making sure that reforms happen. States have embraced the true spirit behind the State Business Reforms Action Plan.” She hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision, she said Prime Minister took Covid-19 as an opportunity, that is why every AatmaNirbharBharat announcement also included a very strong and distinct reform announcement, an opportunity to accelerate the pace of reforms.