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Gujarat tops in economic freedom, Meghalaya at the bottom

Gujarat is right at the top in the number of industrial entrepreneurship memoranda filed, ease of doing business and value of assets of small- and medium-scale enterprises. The other states in the top five are Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan

GN Bureau | June 2, 2016

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The Public Affairs Centre, a not for profit organisation, assessed states and union territories using data available in the public domain in key areas of governance and came out with ‘Public Affairs Index’, presenting an inter-state comparison. The states were compared on 10 areas each and were given scores between 0 and 1, with 0 being the lowest score and 1 being the highest. Here’s a look at:

Economic freedom

It comprised of one focus subject (and its indicators):

1. Economic freedom

Number of industrial entrepreneurs memorandum filed
Ease of doing business
Value of assets of small- and medium-scale enterprises (percentage of gross state domestic product)

Here are the rankings:

State/Union territory	PAI Index	Ranking
Gujarat	0.89	1
Maharashtra	0.61	2
Andhra Pradesh	0.532	3
Tamil Nadu	0.443	4
Rajasthan	0.436	5
Madhya Pradesh	0.384	6
Uttar Pradesh	0.375	7
Punjab	0.366	8
Karnataka	0.358	9
Haryana	0.345	10
Chhattisgarh	0.345	11
West Bengal	0.337	12
Odisha	0.331	13
Jharkhand	0.328	14
Kerala	0.252	15
Goa	0.226	16
Himachal Pradesh	0.21	17
Delhi	0.201	18
Uttarakhand	0.172	19
Jammu and Kashmir	0.157	20
Assam	0.125	21
Bihar	0.121	22
Arunachal Pradesh	0.111	23
Nagaland	0.089	24
Mizoram	0.075	25
Tripura	0.055	26
Sikkim	0.034	27
Manipur	0.034	28
Meghalaya	0.031	29

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