Haryana was ranked third at the national level for the work done by the state government in the field of MSMEs. Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave this award to Haryana, at the 'MSME National Award' function organised under the Entrepreneur-India programme by the Ministry of MSME, Government of India, in New Delhi on Thursday. According to an official statement, two MSMEs of Haryana have also received awards in this programme. Among these, Harjinder Kaur Talwar got the first prize in the small service enterprise of women category and Rishabh Gupta got the third position in the overall category of manufacturing micro enterprise.
The State Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala said that along with big industries, Haryana remains among the top performing states in terms of medium and small scale industries. “I congratulate all the entrepreneurs of the state for this achievement. It has always been our resolve that new industries should be set up in the state, they should be developed and our youth should get maximum employment,” he added.
Haryana among top achievers in ‘ease of doing business’ ranking
Haryana has also been ranked in the Top Achievers Category in the fifth edition of 'State Ease of Doing Business' released by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. In the Ease of Doing Business Report 2022 released on Thursday by Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the presence of the Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal, Haryana was announced to be in the top achievers category. Apart from Haryana in this category, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Punjab, Tamil Nadu and Telangana are included in the Top Achievers Category. The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry released the 5th edition of State Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) rankings based on the State Business Reform Action Plan (State BRAP).
Principal Secretary, Industries and Commerce Department Vijayendra Kumar informed that DPIIT in coordination with States and Union Territories (UTs) has taken several steps to improve the business environment in the country. All the states and union territories are ranked on the basis of the implementation and feedback of these remedial steps. He informed that the Action Plan for the year 2020 included 301 improvement points in 15 areas. Haryana has achieved a score of 99+ percentile in the implementation of these reforms. In addition to this, he informed that the state bagged first position in Export Preparedness Index (EPI), 2021 and second in Logistics Ease Across Different States (LEADS), Survey-2021.