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SME Times News Bureau | 06 Feb, 2021
Four more states -- Assam, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Punjab have
undertaken "Ease of Doing Business" reforms stipulated by the finance
ministry.
With this, these states have become eligible to
mobilise additional financial resources and have been granted permission
to raise additional Rs 5,034 crore through Open Market Borrowings.
The
total number of state that have undertaken the stipulated reforms to
facilitate ease of doing business has gone up to 12. Earlier, Andhra
Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil
Nadu and Telangana have also reported completion of this reform, which
was confirmed by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal
Trade (DPIIT).
On completion of reforms facilitating ease of
doing business, these twelve states have been granted additional
borrowing permission of Rs 28,183 crore.
The ease of doing
business is an important indicator of the investment friendly business
climate in the country. Improvements in the ease of doing business will
enable faster future growth of the state economy, a finance ministry
statement said.
Government in May last year had decided to link
grant of additional borrowing permissions to states that undertake the
reforms to facilitate ease of doing business.
In view of the
resource requirement to meet the challenges posed by the Covid-19
pandemic, the Government of India had on May 17, 2020 enhanced the
borrowing limit of the states by 2 per cent of their GSDP. Half of this
special dispensation was linked to undertaking citizen centric reforms
by the states.
So far, 17 states have carried out at least one of
the four stipulated reforms and have been granted reform linked
borrowing permissions. Out of these, 12 states have implemented the "one
nation one ration card" system, 12 states have done ease of doing
business reforms, 5 states have done local body reforms and 2 states
have undertaken power sector reforms. Total reform linked additional
borrowing permission issued so far to the states stands at Rs 74,773
crore.
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