How did Madhya Pradesh perform in the assessment of states for Business Reforms Action Plan 2020?

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Correct — D, Madhya Pradesh was rated as 'Achievers'. The Business Reforms Action Plan (BRAP) is DPIIT's (Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade) periodic assessment of how far Indian states have implemented a prescribed set of ease-of-doing-business reforms. In the BRAP 2020 round, Madhya Pradesh was placed in the 'Achievers' performance category.

Why the other options are wrong — (a) Wrong direction — MP was grouped among the stronger-performing reform states, not a weaker 'under achiever' bracket.  (b) Close, but MP's recorded BRAP 2020 category was 'Achievers', not a separate 'Top Achievers' label.  (c) MP was in fact assessed and placed in a category — it was not excluded from the BRAP 2020 exercise.

Concept: BRAP is run by DPIIT (Ministry of Commerce & Industry) to benchmark state-level ease-of-doing-business reforms — covering areas like land administration, labour regulation, environment clearances and single-window systems. It groups states into performance tiers (such as 'Top Achievers', 'Achievers', 'Aspirers') based on how much of the prescribed reform checklist each state has implemented, and is distinct from the World Bank's now-discontinued global 'Doing Business' country ranking.

State PCS 2023 Q12 — Madhya Pradesh GK PYQ with Answer

State PCS 2023 Q12 — Madhya Pradesh GK PYQ with Answer