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The 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.

SRAP

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.

• It is the annual ease of doing business index of states and UTs of India based on the completion percentage scores of action items points of annual Business Reforms Action Plan (BRAP) under the Make in India initiative.
• This ranking is based on the implementation of the business reform action plan.
• Some of the key focus areas are access to information and technology, the setting up of a single-window system, construction permit enablers and land administration, according to DPIIT.
• It based on the progress of states in completing annual reform action plan covering 8 key areas.

The top ten states under the State Reform Action Plan

• Andhra Pradesh
• Uttar Pradesh
• Telangana
• Madhya Pradesh
• Jharkhand
• Chhattisgarh
• Himachal Pradesh
• Rajasthan
• West Bengal
• Gujarat

Source: PIB