The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Government of India, released the Ease of Doing Business (EODB), Business Reforms Action Plan (BRAP) 2020 assessment report on Thursday.
According to the report, Odisha has been categorised amongst the 6 “Achiever” States with a score of more than 80% in the user-feedback methodology adopted by DPIIT, along with industrially developed States like Maharashtra and UP.
Odisha has shown remarkable progress in the current cycle moving from 28th rank in the previous version of BRAP evaluation, to being among the “Achiever” States in the country by implementing over 90% of the reforms suggested by DPIIT.
Some of the major reforms carried out in the cycle by the State included setting up the new PAR-e-SHRAM portal, a one-stop-solution for all services being provided by Labour and ESI Department as well as integration of the same with GO-SWIFT portal, auto-renewal through online payment and elimination of renewal of 8 B2G services, digitization of land records, online systems for drug licenses, environmental clearances and digitisation of excise services, etc.
IPICOL, the State’s investment promotion and facilitation agency upgraded its Single Window System GO SWIFT with best-in-class features like unified payment system with trickle feed mechanism, single application for all G2B services, online document archival facility, online grievance redressal mechanism and integration with the National Single Window System (NSWS).