Reports in News: 5th Business Reforms Action Plan 2020

Brajesh Mohan
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Reports in News: 5th Business Reforms Action Plan 2020. Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, Hon’ble Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs, announced the assessment of States/UTs under Business Reforms Action Plan (BRAP) 2020, the 5th edition of the BRAP exercise in New Delhi. DPIIT since 2014 has been assessing States/UTs based on their performance in implementation of prescribed reforms in Business Reforms Action Plan (BRAP) exercise. Till date, assessment of States/UTs have been released for the years 2015, 2016, 2017-18 and 2019.

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5th Business Reforms Action Plan 2020

Assessment of States/UTs based on implementation of 5th Business Reforms Action Plan for the year 2020 declared

  • Recently, Ministry of Commerce & Industry has declared the Assessment of States/UTs based on the implementation of Business Reforms Action Plan for the year 2020.
  • The BRAP 2020 includes 301 reform points covering 15 business regulatory areas such as Access to Information, Single Window System, Labour, Environment, Land Administration & Transfer of Land and Property, Utility Permits and others.
  • 118 new reforms were included to further augment the reform process. Sectoral reforms with 72 action points spread across 9 sectors namely Trade License, Healthcare, Legal Metrology, Cinema Halls, Hospitality, Fire NOC, Telecom, Movie Shooting and Tourism were introduced for the first time to expand the scope of reform agenda.
  • Unlike previous years, where States/UTs were ranked, this year they have been placed under the four categories viz. Top Achievers, Achievers, Aspirers and Emerging Business Ecosystems.
  • It was launched in 2015 by the DPIIT with aim to boost investor confidence, foster business friendly climate and augment Ease of Doing Business.
5th BARP 2020 State of Progress

BRAP Objective
  • The broader aim is to boost investor confidence, foster business friendly climate and augment Ease of Doing Business through a system of assessing states based on their performance in the implementation of Business Reforms Action Plan.
  • The objective of assessing the States/UTs is not to create a hierarchy amongst States/UTs but to rather create an enabling framework wherein learnings can be shared amongst States/UTs which in turn will lead to a nationwide spill over of good practices.
  • The assessment gives full weightage to the feedback obtained from actual users/respondents at the ground level, who provided their feedback about the effective implementation of reforms.
  • DPIIT since 2014 has been assessing States/UTs based on their performance in implementation of prescribed reforms in Business Reforms Action Plan (BRAP) exercise.
  • Till date, assessment of States/UTs have been released for the years 2015, 2016, 2017-18 and 2019.

What are the Findings of the EoDB?

Top Achievers:

  • Seven states - Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Punjab, Telangana and Tamil Nadu - were categorized as 'top achievers' in the Ease of Doing Business ranking of states and union territories.

Achievers:

  • Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, and Madhya Pradesh are the other states categorized as achievers in the ranking.

Emerging Business Ecosystems:

  • Six states - Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Tripura, Puducherry and Jammu and Kashmir - were 'emerging business ecosystems'.

Aspirers:

  • Seven states - Goa, Assam, Kerala, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Bengal - were categorized as 'Aspirers'.

5th BARP 2020 Top Achiever States
5th BARP 2020 Emerging Ecosystem States
5th BARP 2020 Achiever States


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