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Slide in rank could hurt investor sentiment for 'Make in Odisha'

Odisha's hope of making it to the coveted top three has been dashed

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Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh had higher score than West Bengal on the feedback given by businesses

Jayajit DashNirmalya Behera Bhubaneswar
The slump in Odisha's rank to the 14th position at the latest 'Ease of Doing Business' (EODB) ratings could wean away investors from a state showing renewed promise with reforms but plagued by a patchy record in their implementation.

From seventh in 2016 to shedding four slots to 11th in 2017 and descending again to 14th in the survey released in 2018, Odisha's hope of making it to the coveted top three has been dashed. Though there is not much to tell apart between the top 14 states in score, industry leaders feel the continued fall in ratings does not augur