<span style="color: #222222;">Uttar Pradesh jumped 10 places to occupy the second spot in the country in ease of doing business according to the recently released annual ranking. In an exclusive interview with AIR News, Additional Chief Secretary, Infrastructure and Industrial Development Alok Kumar said that Nivesh Mitra, a dedicated Single Window System for investors played an important role in the improvement of ranking and in coming days the portal will provide more than 200 facilities to the investors.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Process of investment in the state has been fully digitalized and now anyone sitting in his office in any part of the country or abroad can complete all the formalities with a click of his mouse. Alok Kumar, Additional Chief Secretary, Infrastructure and Industrial Development that said that Nivesh Mitra portal has been instrumental in improving ranking and it is considered one of the best digital platforms in the country. It started with 60 facilities and currently providing 146 facilities to investors, which is going to increase in coming days.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">After its launch by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Investor's Summit in 2018, Nivesh Mitra received around two lakh 30 thousand No-Objection Certificate applications, out of which it has already disposed-off 94 per cent applications to grant NOCs or licenses to entrepreneurs.</span><br />''