Indian states ranking by ease of doing business

[1][2][3] This ranking of states has been done by World Bank since 2015 and facilitated by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (India) of Government of India based on the progress of states in completing annual reform action plan covering 8 key areas which has a number of points that vary every year, for example 2017 and 2016 reform plan had 372 and 340 action points respectively.

[7][8] Centre government as well as various states are executing their respective Business Reforms Action Plan (BRAP) to improve their ranking.

[10][11][12] The latest rankings released on 5 September 2020 are based on the performance of states on a wide ranging list of 181 reform points drawn up by the government.

These included single window system, inspection enablers, paying taxes, utility permits, and environment, among others.

The final ranking is based on two separate scoring systems with the majority of the assessment conducted on the basis of states providing evidence of reforms in policies and procedures undertaken by them.