Centre to hold meeting with 17 'Laggard' states for improving Doing Business

Peeved by the abysmal performance of 17 States/Union Territories (UTs) in effecting reforms for ease of doing business, the Centre will soon hold a special high-level meeting with them.
●    The States, among others, include Kerala and those in the entire North-Eastern region. 
●    They have managed to implement only 25 per cent or below of the 340-point ‘Business Reform Action Plan' that was circulated in late October 2015.
●    At present, there are ten States that have an implementation percentage of 90 per cent or more, and these have been categorised as ‘leaders’. 
●    The number one rank is currently being held by two States — Andhra Pradesh and Telengana with a score of 99.09 per cent each. 
●    The next category is that of ‘aspiring leaders’ — those with an implementation rate between 60-90 per cent. 
●    The third category is termed ‘acceleration required’ — those with an implementation percentage of 30-60 per cent. There are two States in this category.