Chief secretary Shatrughan Singh convened review meeting of Ease of Doing Business at secretariat on Friday during which he expressed satisfaction that this year Uttarakhand has come ninth in the country on the matter, featuring in the process in the list of the top 10 States.
Within one year through creating conducive atmosphere for investment through single window system, Uttarakhand had taken a leap from the rank of 23 in 2015 to 14 this year. In ranking, Uttarakhand has got 96.13 per cent marks while the first ranking state Telangana got 98 per cent mark. Despite having connectivity problem due to tough geographical condition, Uttarakhand has achieved the feat, said the CS.
Citing statistics, CS sought to stress the areas where the state is weak, saying that plugging the loopholes, the state would better things next year. He asked the officials to prepare a master plan for all municipalities and make digital records of lands. Besides, he asked them to unify data base of e-filing, e-summon, digital signature on court notice or order, sub registrar office, land records and local urban bodies. He also fixed accountability of the officials concerned.
The meeting was attended among others by principal secretary Power Umakant Panwar, principal secretary MSME Manisha Panwar, secretary IT Deepak Kumar, additional secretary housing Murugeshan and additional secretary Revenue JP Joshi.