Uttar Pradesh looking to break in Top 10 Doing Biz ranks again

The state lost out primarily due to stiff competition among the peer states and the top states improving their score by even greater margins than UP

Uttar Pradesh will be looking to break into Top 10 of the 2017 Ease of Doing Business rankings. This comes in the backdrop of India entering in the Top 100 in the World Bank ‘Doing Business 2018’ ranking released on October 31.

Under the previous Akhilesh Yadav regime, UP had last year slipped in the Ease of Doing Business table from 10th in 2015 to the 14th spot, despite improving its score by almost 80 per cent from about 47 per cent to 85 per cent. 

The state lost out primarily due to stiff competition among the peer states and