Mumbai

The World Bank will release a report on the best and the worst performing states in India, based on parameters like development and performance in different sectors, within next ten days.

“The World Bank has conducted study of all Indian states on parameters like development and performance in various sectors. The report will be out in the next ten days in which the worst and the best performing states will be revealed,” Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) Secretary Amitabh Kant said at an event here.

He said the government is trying to build a spirit of competition on ease of doing business among the states.

“This is a positive sign. Investors as well as public must know which are the best and worst performing states,” Kant said.

Kant, in-charge of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Make in India’ drive, said there are 25 sectors in the country that have the potential of making India a “global champion”.

“We have shortlisted some 25 sectors which have the potential of making the country a global champion. Defence, electrical, electronics, ports, pharmaceutical, BPO, road and highways, media and entertainment and oil and gas are few among them,” he said.

To give a boost to its initiative of ‘ease of doing business’, the government has decided to increase the number of services on the e-Biz platform to 26 from the present 14, by the end of this year, the bureaucrat said.

“We want to integrate all the state and central government services so that there is one paper and one point of payment to make India an easy and simple place to do business. We want to increase the services offered under the e-Biz platform to 26 from the present 14,” Kant said, adding that this will happen by the end of this year.

PTI