Andhra Pradesh top, Telangana second and Haryana third in 'ease of doing business' ranking

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NEW DELHI: Andhra Pradesh has topped the 'Ease of Doing Business' ranking among states and union territories (UTs) prepared by the World Bank and Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) on Tuesday. Telangana came second and Haryana third in the rankings.

Andhra Pradesh and Telangana were joint toppers in the 2017 Ease of Doing Business ranking. But in 2018, Andhra Pradesh topped the chart with a score of 98.42% while Telangana slipped down to number 2, scoring 98.33%. Haryana, Jharkhand and Gujarat came third, fourth and fifth respectively. The other states in the top achievers category are Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka and Rajasthan.

The big industrialised states of Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu are ranked 13th and 15th respectively while Delhi is at the 23rd position. The bottom three ranks have been taken up by Arunachal Pradesh, Lakshadweep and Meghalaya.

Here are the top achieveing states:

TOP ACHIEVERS (ABOVE 95%)
RANK	STATE	SCORE(%)
1	ANDHRA PRADESH	98.42
2	TELANGANA	98.33
3	HARYANA	98.07
4	JHARKHAND	97.99
5	GUJARAT	97.96
6	CHHATTISGARH	97.36
7	MADHYA PRADESH	97.31
8	KARNATAKA	96.40
9	RAJASTHAN	95.68

ACHIEVERS (90 - 95%)
RANK	STATE	SCORE(%)
10	WEST BENGAL	94.70
11	UTTARAKHAND	94.21
12	UTTAR PRADESH	92.87
13	MAHARASHTRA	92.71
14	ODISHA	92.09
15	TAMIL NADU	90.68

FAST MOVERS (80 - 90%)
RANK	STATE	SCORE(%)
16	HIMACHAL PRADESH	87.90
17	ASSAM	84.75
18	BIHAR	81.91

ASPIRERS (BELOW 80%)
RANK	STATE	SCORE(%)
19	GOA	57.34
20	PUNJAB	53.92
21	KERALA	44.79
22	JAMMU & KASHMIR	33.05
23	DELHI	31.60
24	DAMAN & DIU	28.69
25	TRIPURA	22.27
26	DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI	21.88
27	PUDUCHERRY	15.65
28	NAGALAND	14.04
29	CHANDIGARH	11.44
30	MIZORAM	3.63
31	ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS	1.24
32	MANIPUR	0.27
33	SIKKIM	0.13
34	ARUNACHAL PRADESH	0.00
34	LAKSHADWEEP	0.00
34	MEGHALAYA	0.00

The commerce and industry ministry released the ranking on Tuesday. The ranking aims at triggering competition among states to attract investments and improve the business climate.

The Ease of Business rankings have become an annual affair with in which all states and Union Territories are included under the Business Reform Action Plan (BRAP).

The assessment under the BRAP 2017 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 the actual users of the services provided to the businesses.

DIPP said 17 states have achieved a reform evidence score of more than 90 per cent and 15 have achieved a combined score of 90 per cent and more.

"The states which have achieved 80 percent or more reforms evidence score represent 84 per cent of the countrys area, 90 percent of the country's population and 79 per cent of Indias GDP," it said.

Number of reform actions implemented under BRAP 2017 increased to 7,758 from 2,532 in 2015.

In the latest Doing Business report of the World Bank, India's rank improved by a number of notches to 100 among 190 nations. The government wants to be among the top 50 countries in the overall ease of doing business rankings which is by the World Bank.

(With inputs from  PTI)