Andhra Pradesh Tops in Ease of Doing Business, Delhi Fails
Andhra Pradesh is on the lead in the Indian government’s ‘ease of doing business’ index for the states. Andhra Pradesh scored 98.42 percent in the third edition of Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion’s (DIPP’s) Business Reforms Action Plan, beating Telangana.
The state has improved in various fields such as taxes, protecting minority investors, issuing construction permits, providing new electricity connections, among others that helped a lot to reach this position. Also, Andhra Pradesh has successfully brought in 90 percent of the reforms listed in construction permits.
Other reforms that the state implemented involves the establishment of a dedicated conflict resolution mechanism for land and construction permits, implementing a system to allow approval based on third-par...