nChhattisgarh has retained the 6th position in the latest ranking released by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) for 2019 on 'Ease of Doing Business'. It held the spot in 2018 too.
DPIIT conducts the exercise for all states and Union Territories under the Business Reform Action Plan (BRAP).
Andhra Pradesh has also retained its first position followed by Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand in the fifth rank.
The DPIIT said in a statement that the ranking is based on different categories mainly access to Information and Transparency enablers, availability of land, environment registration enablers, obtaining electricity connection, labour regulations, single window system, environmental registration and transfer of land and property at ease to the investor.
A Chhattisgarh government statement said that with a new industrial policy in place, several measures have been undertaken to promote industries and woo investors. The policy had helped industries and business even during the Covid-19 pandemic.