TELANGANA THIRD IN EASE OF DOING BIZ, AP NUMBER 1

Telangana state has dropped one rank to to the third position in the nation-wide Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) rankings for 2019, that were released on Saturday. Andhra Pradesh tops the list, followed by Uttar Pradesh.

According to officials of the industries department, the state lost out due to difference in the feedback percentage for implementing reforms when compared to UP.

They said that EoDB rankings were based on points gained by each state in implementation of 17 categories. While it implemented the reforms, the state could not meet the requirement of filling up 90 per cent vacancies in specialised commercial courts implementing a system that allows publishing of e-cause lists for commercial disputes. The reforms pertaining to digitalisation of the transactions in the state excise could not be implemented.

The 17 reforms cover labour regulation, access to information and transparency, commercial dispute resolution, and administration and transfer of land and property, land availability and allotment, inspection, construction permits, single window system, environmental registration, obtaining electricity connection, paying taxes apart from sector specific issues, and feedback obtained on their implementation.

The rankings were released by Union minister Piyush Goyal in the presence of ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and Hardeep Singh Puri.

● THE 17 REFORMS cover labour regulation, access to information and transparency, commercial dispute resolution, and others.