New Delhi, July 8 -- State-level deregulation and stronger last-mile implementation of reforms are crucial to attracting higher foreign direct investment (FDI), Rupa Dutta, Distinguished Fellow at the Centre for Trade and Economics, Chintan Research Foundation, told ANI on Wednesday, noting that some states have attracted higher investment than others.

"The idea is, as I said, you improve the ease of doing business, reduce the compliance burdens, have more Jan Vishwas Bills and, .... we were really discussing, we need deregulation at the state level. That is very important because that is the last mile of implementation," she told ANI on the sidelines of a FICCI event on Investment Economics in India Manufacturing, FDI and Industrial Tra...