The Centre has said a majority of states have fallen behind on ease of doing business despite its push for improvement. Addressing a conclave of chief secretaries organised by the PHD Chamber on Saturday, Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office Jitendra Singh said despite proactive policies by the Centre on both social and economic fronts, most states have failed to act on it according to New Delhi’s aspirations.

As a result, only a few of them have been acknowledged as investment and investors friendly states, he said, say, for example, Maharashtra. Singh ...