Assessment of State Implementation of Business Reforms - September, 2015 was released on 14 September, 2015 at New Delhi.
This report captures the findings of an assessment of reform implementation by states, conducted jointly by the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India, the World Bank Group and KPMG as the knowledge partner, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).
This assessment, the first of its kind, has been conducted to take stock of reforms implemented by states in the period January 1 to June 30, 2015 based on the 98-point action plan for business reforms agreed between DIPP and state and Union territory governments on December 29, 2014.
The assessment recognizes the fact that most states have already embarked on ambitious reform programs or expanded their ongoing reform efforts since the announcement of the 98-point action plan. The assessment has identified good practices on different parameters.
Data for the assessment was collected through a structured questionnaire that was sent to each state and union territory government. The responses were validated through a series of in-depth workshops with state government representatives. Supporting evidence on each of the parameters of the questionnaire was also collected. The evidence collected consisted of rules, notifications, circulars, website screenshots and a variety of other documents provided by the state government or found online to prove conclusively that the state meets the requirements of the assessment. Following the completion of the data collection and state visits, the data was evaluated in detail jointly to ensure that the same yardstick was applied to measure progress for all states.