Rankings leads to ugly spat between AP and TS

As the Union government gears up to announce the Rankings of states in terms of Ease of Business, Telangana IT and Industries Minister, K Taraka Ramarao alleged that Andhra Pradesh government has copied some of the applications of its TS-iPASS. He alleged that some states (Read as AP) are resorting to malpractices for rankings.

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KTR explained that Telangana government refers to each application with a reference number and AP even with out having that system, included it in its website. Telangana Industries Ministry officials have also lodged a copyrights violation case with Cyber Crime officials. In the complaint, they have shown a similar spelling mistake in Telangana site copied as it is to AP website as proof.

KTR also wrote a letter to Union Commerce Minister, Nirmala Sitaraman about this. Center will declare the rankings in the next few days. Last year, Andhra Pradesh was ranked second after Gujarat while Telangana is ranked 13th. So the rankings this year have become prestigious for Telangana government.