After achieving the 7th position in the ‘Ease of Doing Business Indices’ at national level, Odisha now strides ahead to be one among the first three States in the ranking.
A high-level review meeting to this effect was held on Saturday under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary Aditya Parsad Padhi here, wherein Principal Secretary Industry Sanjeeb Chopra presented the updates for discussion. Reviewing the progress, Padhi directed concerned departments to expedite the implementation of remaining reform agenda. Time schedule was set for against compliance to each of the action points.
The compliances to reform agenda by the departments like Commercial Tax, Energy, labour and Employees State Insurance, Industries, law, Revenue and Disaster Management, State Pollution Control Board, Water Resources, Housing and Urban Development were reviewed in the meeting. It was seen that in total around 70 per cent compliance was achieved in implementation of the reform agenda.
Some departments like Water Resources, Forest and Environment, Industries and Commercial Tax have achieved more than 87 per cent of success.
Available data shows, a total number of 340 reform points were suggested for making the process of doing business more facilitative and proactive. Out of these 30 points were found ‘not applicable’ for Odisha. So far, around 225 action points have been complied with. The Chief Secretary directed the departments to expedite the implementation of remaining actionable points and ensure 100 per cent compliance within the scheduled time frame. Many such points have been scheduled for compliance within March 31.