Unnao tops UP again in ease of business survey

LUCKNOW: In the second district level ease of doing business rankings, Unnao retained its top position in the A category districts, which had received more than 2,000 applications on the Nivesh Mitra portal, while Kaushambi retained its first position in category B, which had less than 2,000 applications.
The state started monthly district level ease of doing business rankings for all 75 districts from May this year in the attempt to increase its position in the national ratings.It released the first tally in June while its own ranking in the national ease of doing business report released earlier this week jumped from 12 last year to the second position.

Districts are being assessed each month on a set of parameters such as monthly disposal of applications, grievance resolution and user satisfaction feedback.
Alok Kumar, additional chief secretary, industrial development, said that in August, 64 districts improved their district level ease of doing business score. More than 15 districts, like Kanpur Nagar, Gorakhpur, Varanasi, Meerut, Lalitpur and Sitapur improved their rankings by more than four places.
“Due to district level ease of doing business ranking, UP has witnessed user satisfaction rate increase up to 73% while grievance disposal rate increased from 72% to 75% in August. These are clear indicators of ground level changes in the state. I am sure that this monthly district level EODB ranking exercise shall be a game changer in next year’s ranking for UP,” he said.
In May, chief secretary RK Tiwari had directed officials to improve the overall performance of the state in ease of doing business rankings by starting the district wise rankings.