New Delhi: The Andhra Pradesh government has retained the top position in the ranking of states and union territories based on the implementation of the business reform action plan. As per the report released by the finance minister Nirmala Sitaraman on Saturday. While releasing the report, Sitaraman said the ranking makes states and UTs a better place to do business.

Uttar Pradesh and Telangana were placed at the second and third place, respectively in the ease of doing business for 2019, prepared by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT). The parameters include areas such as construction permit, labour regulation, and environmental registration, access to information, land availability and single-window system.

The DPIIT conducts the exercise for all states/UTs under the Business Reform Action Plan (BRAP). In the last ranking released in July 2018, Andhra Pradesh had topped the chart, followed by Telangana and Haryana.