Andhra Pradesh, with its time-bound single-window mechanism, supported by legislation, has considerably eased the burden of businesses, while Tamil Nadu tops in the promotion of industrial clusters. The large automotive cluster in the State is among the top 10 in the world, says a FICCI report. The report, brought out in partnership with management consultancy Bains & Company, identifies best practices and high-impact reforms implemented across seven major states along 12 key factors and arrives at actionable recommendations for implementing similar reforms in other States. The States reviewed are Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal. The report, released on Wednesday, is part of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce's ‘Empowering India' project. “In the next phase we hope to expand our coverage to the remaining major states as well, and thereafter bring the entire country under the project fold,” said Mr Harsh Mariwala, President, FICCI, in a release. The report found Gujarat emerging as one of the leaders in land acquisition because of a transparent policy, as well as a more effective process enabled by its computerised land bank system. Karnataka, too, was commended for introducing reforms in property registration with a computerised process and ‘anywhere' registration across major urban areas. The State has also simplified the process of obtaining construction permits by introducing a provision for online submission of building plans in Bengaluru. Recent initiatives by Maharashtra to improve the administration of labour laws include introducing an online labour management system. The report also showed that Rajasthan handled its power situation effectively to reduce deficit, with significant thrust on alternate sources of energy. West Bengal, too, launched a single-window system, including a common application form, which cuts down the application form from 99 pages to seven. The report and its recommendations were developed after seeking perspectives from the government and industry through 180 interviews and a survey of 75 FICCI members.
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