Kerala wins top performer award in key categories of business-centric reforms

Kerala wins top performer award in key categories of business-centric reforms

Sub: Polity

Sec: Msc

Context: Union Minister of Commerce Piyush Goyal presented the Business Reforms Action Plan ’22 (BRAP 22) award of the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) to P Rajeev, Minister for Industries, Law and Coir, Government of Kerala, at the conference, Udhyog Sangam 2024

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According to the achievers’ numbers, Kerala was the topper former, followed by Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Tripura, and Uttar Pradesh. Meanwhile, Arunachal Pradesh, Telangana, Punjab, and Puducherry were ranked the worst performers, the ranking showed. During the ‘Udyog Samagam,’ Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal said that states have shared their best practices and emphasised that healthy competition and collaboration are key to the nation’s progress

Business Reforms Action Plan

DPIIT, in consultation with the State Governments, started a comprehensive reform exercise in States and UTs in December 2014. Under the Business Reforms Action Plan (BRAP), all States/UTs in the country are assessed on the basis of reforms undertaken by them on designated parameters. BRAP covers reform areas such as Information Wizard, Single Window Systems, Online Building Permission System, Inspection Reforms, Labour Reforms, etc. This exercise has helped in improving business environment across States/UTs