Odisha ranked 14th in ‘Ease of Doing Business’

New Delhi: Odisha has ranked 14^th among states in the new Ease of Doing Business rankings, released by the government today.

Andhra Pradesh has topped the lists of states in the rankings. Telangana has been ranked number two in the list, followed by Haryana at number three and Jharkhand and Gujarat at number four and five respectively.

Similarly, Chhattisgarh ranked 6^th, followed by Madhya Pradesh at 7^th, Karnataka at 8^th, Rajasthan at 9^th, West Bengal at 10^th, Uttarakhand at 11^th, Uttar Pradesh at 12^th, Maharashtra at 13^th and Odisha at 14^th.

“A large number of states have made significant progress in reforms suggested in BRAP 2017,” the government said.

National capital Delhi has been ranked 23, dropping from 19 in 2016.

States have been ranked on how well they implement business reforms – as many as 405 recommendations were set out by the government last year – and last year Telangana and Jharkhand came out at the head of the class.

17 states have achieved a reform evidence score of more than 90 per cent and 15  have achieved a combined score of 90 per cent and more.