DIPP Ease of Doing Business
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Top Indian states attain a pride of place in DIPP Ease of Doing Business, as distinct from laggard. http://eodb.dipp.gov.in

________TOP States__________
Telangana            Andhra Pradesh
Gujarat                Chhattisgarh
Madhya Pradesh
Haryana Jharkhand
Rajasthan             Uttarakhand
Maharashtra         Odisha
Punjab Karnataka
Uttar Pradesh       West Bengal
________ Laggards __________
Bihar                   Himachal Pradesh
Tamil Nadu         Delhi             

Stiff competition for WB rankings
India is at a lowly 130th in Global rankings. It is hoping for a huge uplift in ease of paying taxes and enforcing contracts due to amended legislation. In the last 2 years, it hopes to impact 5 out of 10 WB criteria. Despite policy and procedural changes done at DIPP level to improve the business climate, it is necessary to prove that business people are benefiting from it (see link 4).

Ease of Doing Business: Practical work for benefiting people
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State bureaucrats under pressure to perform
Approvals process has been trimmed, but as an extra measure Centre awarded EODB rating credit, besides other incentives, for digitising project clearances on to its e-Nivesh portal. It has helped to pin-point sources of project delays to individuals or a Govt. department and then forced them to unclog projects within specified time-scales (more in link 5).

PMG (project monitoring group) in the PMO working with local bureaucracy, has unblocked a huge 10 lakh crores of projects. They promise the remaining 10 lakh crore stalled projects will be cleared soon!! Nineteen States have started state versions of PMG with digital portals, to compete for being business-friendly, and earn additional EODB points!!

Invest India is small but brilliant
With just 60 staff, they are solving difficulties of foreign investors, taking others through the entire process from planning to fulfilment; and also guiding thousands of Make-in-India and Startup India entrepreneurs (more in link 6).

Examples of Invest India work (see link 4): flesh out pre-investment decision, undertaking development plans, setting up meetings with State govt. and corporate officials, facilitating land and permissions, securing contracts, hand-holding and problem-solving. Indian entrepreneurs benefit from knowledge exchange and connecting with interested parties, new financing sources, information on clusters, MSME outsourcing opportunities and other govt incentives.

PRAGATI (Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation)
Govt policies, not just projects, can be effectively implemented if officials are tasked to finish in a time bound manner. Better coordination between agencies, timely clearances and fast decision-making are happening. 136 projects, Rs 800k crore in 18 months were pushed.

PM's interventions for better governance like, "benefits should pass through, harassment reduced"; or better implementation like, "add other agencies for faster delivery", etc. May relate to any of: problem-solving (holdups in execution, public grievances), setting targets, reviewing progress (monitoring via geo-tracking, photos) and holding people accountable.

Examples: Nangal Dam-Talwara railway line (Punjab)- land and permissions; Kargil-Drass-Leh transmission system; parliament project (Afghanistan) and hydro-power project (Bhutan); solutions to passport & scholarship issues; literacy; immunisation; Kala Azar and leprosy eradication.

PM's Pragati helps speed up projects worth Rs 8L cr - Times of India