Ease of doing business ranking of states of India

Ease of doing business ranking of states of India is the annual ease of doing business index of states and union territories of India based on the completion percentage scores of action items points of annual Business Reforms Action Plan (BRAP) under the make in India initiative.[1][2][3][4] This ranking of states has been done by World Bank since 2015 and facilitated by the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, 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.[5][1][2][3] The World Bank ranks individual nations on the Ease of doing business index. The ranking of states is not done on same criteria as ranking of nations. Ranking of states does not reflect the level of business-conducive nature of the states, it reflects the willingness of states to reform and attract investments.[5]

States and union territories of India ordered by
Area Population GDP (per capita) Abbreviations Capitals Child nutrition Crime rate Electricity penetration Fertility rate Forest cover Ease of doing business rank Highest point HDI Home ownership Household size Human trafficking Institutional delivery Life expectancy at birth Literacy rate Media exposure Number of vehicles Number of voters Obesity Open defecation Origin of name Places of worship Poverty Power capacity Access to safe drinking water Safety of women School enrollment rate Sex ratio Suicides Tax revenues TV ownership Toilet availability Transport network Underweight people Unemployment Vaccination coverage

India jumped to 100th place out of 190 countries in the World Bank's 2017 ease of doing business index, from 130th in the 2016.[6] In February 2017, the government appointed the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the National Productivity Council "to sensitise actual users and get their feedback on various reform measures".[7] Consequently, now there is competition among the Indian states ranked by ease of doing business|states of India to improve their current ranking on the ease of doing business index.[8][9] Centre government as well as various states are executing their respective Business Reforms Action Plan (BRAP) to improve their ranking.[10][1][2]

The claims for the current rankings submitted by the states for the year 2017 are currently being verified based on the supporting documentary evidence, and the final scores will be readjusted accordingly. 18 states claimed a 100% completion score.