Andhra, Telangana declared best places to do business

Andhra Pradesh and Telangana have been jointly declared as the best state to do business in the list prepared by the World Bank and DIPP. Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Haryana occupied the third, fourth, fifth and sixth slots, respectively in the index based on degree of implementation of DIPP’s 340-point Business Reform Action Plan.

The rest of the top 10 states are Jharkhand (7th), Rajasthan (8th), Uttarakhand (9th) and Maharashtra (10th). Among other major states, Odisha occupied 11th slot, followed by Punjab, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Delhi.

In 2015 Index, Gujarat topped the list with Andhra Pradesh in second spot and Telangana coming 13th.