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Odisha slips to 14th in ease of doing business rankings
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SME Times News Bureau | 11 Jul, 2018
Odisha has slipped three places as it has been ranked 14th position in ease of doing business in Indian states.
As
per the Business Reforms Action Plan 2017 rankings, popularly referred
as Ease of Doing Business rankings released on Tuesday by Union Ministry
of Commerce and Industry, Odisha has been ranked 14th at all India
level.
Odisha was ranked 11th position in 2016. It was ranked 7th among all states in terms of ease of doing business in 2015.
Andhra
Pradesh has topped the rankings in the 2016-17 financial year as far as
the ease of doing business is concerned. Andhra Pradesh is followed by
Telangana and Haryana.
Odisha has been ranked under the achievers
category along with West Bengal, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh,
Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu.
"We have made significant strides in
implementing ease of doing business reforms with the compliance
percentage going up from 52.15 per cent in 2015 to 92.09 per cent in
2017. The top 14 states are bunched in a close range of 6 per cent and
there isn's much to differentiate among them," said industries secretary
Sanjeev Chopra.
He said it is important to see the ranking in the context of increasing competition among the states to attract investments.
"The
latest ranking only strengthens our resolve to further intensify
efforts to make Odisha one of the best investment destinations in the
country," he added.
Chopra said Odisha's investor-friendly
policies and the development of world-class infrastructure have received
very positive feedback from investors across the country as the state
has been able to create an ideal business ecosystem for various sectors
to flourish in the state.
The state has seen a significant rise
in attracting manufacturing projects with more than 118 large projects
approved with employment potential of 1,28,572 in the past 4 years
alone.
The average time taken for approval of the projects is
also reduced to 20 days from the date of receipt of completed project
application.
Over the past few years, multiple initiatives have
been taken by Odisha to enhance investment promotion preparedness, said
Chopra.
A recent Invest India-World Bank survey on investment
promotion preparedness had ranked Odisha as an "Aspiring Leader" among
21 states. The State had scored 80% which was much higher than the
national average of 70 per cent.
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