Norms fixed for implementation of Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) in country to enable state-specific reforms
20 States allowed additional borrowing of Rs 39,521 crore during 2020-21 for implementation of EoDB reform
The Union Government has fixed norms for implementation of Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) in the country to enable state-specific reforms. This was stated in a written reply by Union Minister of State for Finance Shri Pankaj Chaudhary to a question in Lok Sabha today.
The Minister stated that in order to strengthen resources in the hands of State Governments in the wake of unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic, the Union Government addressed to all the States, laid out an additional borrowing of 0.25% for each reform of the Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) to the States for FY 2020-21 subject to implementation of following specific state level reforms:
- Implementation of One Nation One Ration Card System;
- Ease of Doing Business reform;
- Urban Local body/ utility reforms and
- Power Sector reforms.
The Minister stated that twenty (20) states were allowed additional borrowing of Rs 39,521 crore during 2020-21 for implementation of EoDB reform and it is a continuous process and its outcome would be visible in due course. The list of States that have completely implemented the reform on EoDB are below: –
| S. No. | State /UT | Status on Implementation of EoDB Reforms |
| 1 | Andhra Pradesh |
Fully Implemented. |
| 2 | Karnataka | |
| 3 | Madhya Pradesh | |
| 4 | Tamil Nadu | |
| 5 | Telangana | |
| 6 | Rajasthan | |
| 7 | Kerala | |
| 8 | Odisha | |
| 9 | Himachal Pradesh | |
| 10 | Haryana | |
| 11 | Assam | |
| 12 | Gujarat | |
| 13 | Punjab | |
| 14 | Arunachal Pradesh | |
| 15 | Uttar Pradesh | |
| 16 | Uttarakhand | |
| 17 | Meghalaya | |
| 18 | Chhattisgarh | |
| 19 | Tripura | |
| 20 | Goa |
