Easiest to do business in AP, Telangana and Haryana; Delhi scored very low

While Gujarat was among the top five and Maharashtra slipped to 13th position

Andhra Pradesh, closely followed by Telangana and Haryana, topped the State Business Reform Assessment, 2017, which indicates ease of doing business in the country. 

On the other hand, states such as Gujarat and Maharashtra slipped to fifth and 13th positions, respectively.

In the third edition of the annual exercise, which indicates progress in digitisation, transparency and investor confidence in the country, Telangana came second. Along with Jharkhand, it was among the only two states which managed to implement a hundred percent of reforms.

Maharashtra, the leading industrial state of the country, slipped from 10th position to the 13th. Another industrial