Hyderabad: There seems to be no end to the tussle between TS and AP over Ease of Doing Business rankings.
The TS government, which had complained to the Centre accusing AP of copying its online content for better EoDB ranking, has decided to take up the issue again when the Union ministry of commerce and industry holds its scheduled video conference with all states from August 31 to September 2 for final evaluation of states.
At present, TS is ranked sixth while AP stands at ninth rank as per preliminary rankings issued by the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion of the Union ministry of commerce and industries.
The TS government had lodged a written complaint with Centre in the first week of July alleging that AP government had copied its EoDB data that was uploaded on the DIPP website to secure better EoDB rarnking.
Industries minister K.T. Rama Rao had written to Union commerce minister Nirmala Sitharaman requesting her to initiate action against the AP government for ‘data theft’.
Industries secretary Arvind Kumar also met commerce ministry officials in New Delhi and sought action against AP. But there has been no response from the Centre so far.
The TS government received a circular from DIPP on August 22 stating that it will hold video conference with all states from August 31 to September 2 for final evaluation of states.
