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Government of India

Ministry of Commerce & Industry

15-March-2017 16:17 IST

The Central Government is committed to give a helping hand to states, so that India’s business regulatory environment can be further improved.

Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion organized a Brain Storming Session on 16^th November 2016 to discuss “Assessment of State Implementation of Business Reforms, 2017” on the following issues:

i) Suggestions on next set of reforms - Addition, Deletion and Modification

ii) Evaluation methodology for the ranking

iii) Incorporation of private sector feedback on the implemented reforms

Further, states with more than 90% implementation of reforms have been requested to handhold and guide the reform process in States/UTs with less than 40% implementation of reforms as detailed below:-

S.NO.	Partner States (with more than 90% implementation score)	States (with less than 40% implementation score)
1.	Telangana	Tripura
2.	Andhra Pradesh	Kerala and Puducherry
3.	Gujarat	Dadar and Nagar Haveli and Andaman and Nicobar Island
4.	Chhattisgarh	Mizoram
5.	Madhya Pradesh	Daman and Diu
6.	Haryana	Meghalaya
7.	Jharkhand	Sikkim
8.	Rajasthan	Lakshadweep
9.	Uttarakhand	Assam
10.	West Bengal	Nagaland
11.	Odisha	Manipur
12.	Bihar	Arunachal Pradesh
13.	Punjab	Jammu and Kashmir and Chandigarh
14.	Maharashtra	Goa

These states have been requested to provide technical guidance and arrange workshops to ensure the implementation of reforms. This handholding will not only hasten business reform implementation across the country, it will also help states to learn from each other.

Central Government has been assisting all States/UTs through many ways, which include organizing workshops and video conferences for better understanding of reform measures, facilitate learning from each other as well as sharing of good practices. Jharkhand has been participating in such interactions and necessary assistance and way forward has been provided by the Central Government for implementation of reforms and improving the regulatory environment of the State.

This information was given by the Commerce and Industry Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.

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MJPS

State handholding for business reforms to provide technical guidance and workshops to improve regulatory ease of doing business. Central Government sought to improve ease of doing business by requesting states with high reform implementation to handhold low scoring states, providing technical guidance, organising workshops and knowledge sharing; DIPP also discussed next reform sets, evaluation methodology and incorporating private sector feedback, while the Centre offers workshops and video conferences to facilitate implementation and improve state regulatory environments.