Now, Centre plans new index to rank states on 'ease of doing agri-business'

Performance may be linked to flexi-fund allocation under different schemes

Barely two years after NITI Aayog launched the first index to rank states on the basis of marketing and farmer-friendly reforms, the ministry of agriculture is planning to come out with its own index to rank states on 'ease of doing agri-business'. 

The proposal comes barely weeks after India jumped 23 places in the Global Ease of Doing Business ranking of the World Bank.

Since the last three years, the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) is also bringing out its own ranking of states based on their ease of doing business but for industrial reforms.

The index on