As expected, Telangana topped the list of states in the Ease of Doing Business ranking given by the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) of the Union Commerce Ministry as per the guidelines of the World Bank.
The rankings were released on Monday. With 60.24 percent, Telangana topped the list of states in the country, while AP ranked at second position with 55.75 percent. And Andhra Pradesh retained its no. 2 position it got last year. Telangana was in 13th position last year.
It may be recalled that Telangana IT and Industries minister KT Rama Rao had written to Union Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman complaining about AP copying Telangana data and seeking stringent action against AP.
The ministry in its reply to Telangana said that uploading or copying of data alone would not fetch good rank for any state. Hence, no action was taken considering the Telangana’s complaint against AP.
World Bank experts and the global consultancy firm KPMG are expected to visit both the Telugu states to check whether the information uploaded by the states were correct or not. The experts will also verify whether all the procedures and business-friendly reforms are properly implementing or not.
Based on this, final rankings will be declared in September 2016. According to official sources said that the final rankings would be more or less the same.
