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SHIMLA: To attract private investment in Himachal Pradesh and to boost industrial expansion, the state government has simplified the process to allocate land on lease by amending the rules. The decision will provide great relief to investors who were hesitant in investing on finding land lease process cumbersome. Now, amending the lease rules would further help the state in improving its ranking in the ease-of-doing-business category. In the ease-of-doing-business ranking of states by the department of industrial policy and promotion of the Union ministry of commerce and industry, Himachal Pradesh, has improved its score among the states. The chief minister had assured the same in his budget speech..