Andhra Pradesh topped a list of states in implementing reforms under the Centre’s ease of doing business initiative for a second straight year, according to the ranks based on Business Reforms Action Plan 2017 released on Tuesday by the World Bank and the department of industrial policy and promotion (DIPP). Delhi — the more important of the two destinations (the other being Mumbai) in the World Bank’s surveys for ranking India among other countries in ease of doing business — scored a meagre 31.60% in the latest ranking and is placed at 23rd among 34 states and Union territories. Its rank also worsened from 18th in 2016.

(Financial Express)