PANAJI
The Investment Promotion Board (IPB) has hired consultants from Ernst & Young to assist the State in improving its ranking. There are 300 odd action points in the Business Reform Action Plan (BRAP) 2020 exercise which will be judged for the Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) rankings.
The state’s BRAP 2019 ranking, which is also used as an indicator for EoDB, has slipped from 19th to 24th position this year and efforts are now being focussed on faring better in BRAP 2020 exercise. The rankings are unveiled by the Department of Industrial Promotion and Internal Trade (DPIIT) and are based on the implementation of Business Reform Action Plan which began in 2015.
Top states under State Reform Action Plan 2019 are Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Telangana. “State rankings will help attract investments, foster healthy competition and increase EoDB in each state,” states a press release by the Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry. The BRAP 2018-19 includes 180 reform points covering 12 business regulatory areas such as access to information, single window system, labour, environment etc.
The Department of Industries, Trade and Commerce, Department of Information and Technology through Goa Electronics Ltd and IPB will be holding consultations with various departments for appraising the implementation status of the action points of the BRAP for the improvement of the state's ranking in the BRAP 2020 exercise. A schedule for such consultations has been worked out, the state government disclosed in a press release issued on Sunday.
ConsultationS will be held onSeptember 28 with the Department of Labour and Labour Welfare Board, Factories and Boilers, Pollution Control Board, Legal Metrology GIDC, Fire and Emergency Services, PWD (water and road), Town and Country Planning and Forest.
The consultations with Departments of Municipal Administration, Police, Panchayat, Tourism, District Collector, Traffic Registration and Sub-Registrar, Finance, Revenue, DSLR will be held on September 29 while the discussions with Departments of Electricity and Electrical Inspectorate, Excise, Commercial Tax, WRD and Central Ground Water, Health, Transport, Education, Entertainment Society of Goa, Agriculture, Geology and Mines, Chief Controller Explosives, Civil Supplies, National and State Highway Authority have been scheduled on September 30.
