This story is from June 11, 2020

Unnao tops state’s first ease of doing biz rankings

Unnao tops state’s first ease of doing biz rankings
Lucknow: Unnao district has topped the first comprehensive ‘ease of doing business’ rankings under the business reform action plan issued by the infrastructure and industrial development department on Wednesday.
The district has trumped Bulandshahr, Ghaziabad, Prayagraj and Baghpat for effectively disposing of applications received on Nivesh Mitra portal.

In May, chief secretary RK Tiwari had said that each district would be assessed on efficiency to handle complaints and issues raised on Nivesh Mitra portal to improve the overall performance of the state in ease of doing business rankings.
The rankings issued on Wednesday are for the month of May and include applications received since February 21, 2018. All districts were divided into two categories for assessment –those receiving more than 2,000 applications (category A) those with less than 2,000 applications (category B).
Total 23 districts had qualified for category A and 52 for category B.
Unnao received 2,176 applications from entrepreneurs seeking clearances, licences, etc. It was awarded 85.11 marks in disposal of applications within specified timeline, 42.31 marks for resolution of grievances within 15 days and 43.55 marks for ‘satisfied’ user feedback. Unnao’s total of 170.97 marks was better than Bulandshahr (164.42), Ghaziabad (161.81), Prayagraj (161.26) and Baghpat (160.02).

In category B, Kaushambi secured first spot with 181.70 marks, followed by Shravasti (172.57), Siddharth Nagar (170.81), Fatehgarh (166.39) and Ayodhya (165.84).
Principal secretary (industries) Alok Kumar said districts were judged on three parameters – disposal of applications, grievance redressal and user feedback status. “If total marks of two or more districts are the same, the subtotal of Nivesh Mitra application disposal percentage is considered to rank districts,” he said.
Kumar added that the performance of districts at the bottom of both the categories would be analyzed and corrective measures would be taken to improve their performance. Nivesh Mitra, state’s single window portal for industries, provides 146 services of 20 departments. In the last nationwide ranking for 2017-18, UP was placed in the ‘Achievers’ category, having ranked 12th with a score of 92.89%.
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