GUJARAT SEEKS CLARIFICATION ON RANKING

New Delhi, July 11: Gujarat has questioned the methodology of DIPP- World Bank ranking of states in terms of ease of doing business, saying it will seek clarification from the department on the issue, a top state government official said on Wednesday.

Gujarat slipped two positions to rank fifth in the ease of doing business ranking among all the states and Union Territories. It was prepared by the World Bank and the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion ( DIPP).

“We are dismayed by the rankings and the way they have done the calculations. We would seek clarification from the DIPP on these things,” the Gujarat government official said.

The official pointed out that despite having higher feedback score of 83.64 per cent as compared to Haryana ( 82.9 per cent) and same reform evidence score ( 99.73 per cent), Gujarat was placed two notches lower.

The ranking is based on a combined score consisting of reform evidence score that is based on evidence uploaded by states/ UTs and feedback score that is based on response garnered from actual users of services provided to businesses.

Gujarat, which is also the home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, topped the chart in 2015 but slipped to third spot in 2016 and fifth in 2017 rankings.

Similarly, MP was placed below Chhattisgarh despite having high feedback score.

GUJARAT, WHICH is also the home state of Narendra Modi, topped the chart in 2015 but slipped to third spot in 2016 and fifth in 2017 rankings.