Ease of Doing Business

India is world's largest startup ecosystem: BJP President JP Nadda

The BJP’s President, J P Nadda said in a meeting in Himachal Pradesh that our nation is the world’s largest startup ecosystem.

Aug 20, 2022, 21:32 PM IST

Noida becomes number 1 in India, rakes in record Rs 64,000 crore investment

Noida received the maximum investment in India at Rs 64,000 crore in the last 4.5 years.

Sep 30, 2021, 19:38 PM IST

Piyush Goyal launches National Single Window System to improve ease of doing business

Piyush Goyal has launched the National Single Window System (NSWS), a one-stop portal for investors for approvals and clearances.

Sep 22, 2021, 15:28 PM IST

CBIC abolishes licence renewal requirement for customs brokers, authorised carriers

The CBIC has amended the Customs Brokers Licensing Regulations, 2018 and Sea Cargo Manifest and Transhipment Regulations, 2018, to state that all such existing licenses/registration would have a lifetime validity.

Jul 24, 2021, 23:36 PM IST

Odisha becomes 7th state to complete ease of doing business reforms

So far, 10 states have implemented the One Nation One Ration Card System, 7 states have done ease of doing business reforms, and 2 states have done local body reforms.

Dec 30, 2020, 22:11 PM IST

Single window system for industrial approvals will soon be in place: Piyush Goyal

Goyal said that the government is committed to policy simplification and asked for industry's feedback and cooperation.

Jul 31, 2020, 14:21 PM IST

PM Modi hails Himachal Pradesh Global Investors meet, says competition has increased for investments in India

Competition has increased for investments in India, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while addressing Himachal Pradesh Global Investors at Dharmshila on Thursday. Hailing the investors meet in his address, the Prime Minister termed it as a major leap ahead. The two-day investment meet, starting today is being held to showcase investment opportunities in the state.

Nov 07, 2019, 16:13 PM IST

India jumps 14 notches, ranked 63rd in Ease of Doing Business

India has recorded a jump of 14 positions to the 63rd among 190 countries as per the World Bank. Last year India was ranked in 77th position. In six years of the Narendra Modi government, India`s ranking improved 79 places from 142nd in 2014 to 63th in 2019, a record for a major economy.

Oct 24, 2019, 13:05 PM IST

Government reduces rate of ESI contribution from 6.5% to 4%

The reduction in rates will benefit 3.6 crore employees and 12.85 lakh employers, government said.

Jun 14, 2019, 10:45 AM IST

India expects improvement in WB's doing biz ranking this year

An official delegation including secretary in the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) Ramesh Abhishek, apprised a World Bank team in Washington of reform measures taken by the government in easing the business process.

May 09, 2019, 10:04 AM IST

5 states with highest and lowest rank in ease of doing business in last 3 years

The Doing Business assessment provides objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement across 190 economies.

Mar 12, 2019, 15:38 PM IST

BJP-ruled states are worse than the others because they are frivolous

On the whole BJP-ruled states are not doing very well because of theatrics and outright populism.

Aug 10, 2018, 14:02 PM IST

Mindless meddling: The anti-business disease of Maharashtra's order on food in multiplexes

Mumbai is struggling in the rain. But the government seems more interested in mindlessly populist meddling with non-essential movie-watching.

Aug 04, 2018, 18:17 PM IST

Frauds push ease of doing business to background, scars take front seat: Arun Jaitley

Jaitley said that the unethical behaviour in the lender-borrower relation needs to end.

Feb 24, 2018, 12:47 PM IST

Maharashtra to be crucial in India's entry to top 50 global 'ease of doing business' ranking: Amitabh Kant

Maharashtra will play a key role in helping the country to break into the top 50 in the global list for ease of doing business over the next two years, Niti Aayog Chief Executive Amitabh Kant has said.

Feb 19, 2018, 20:23 PM IST

Ease of Doing Business: Budget 2018 outlines 372-point plan for states

In the latest Ease of Doing Business report of the World Bank, India's position jumped 30 places to rank 100th among 190 nations.

Feb 01, 2018, 13:40 PM IST

Why Economic Survey 2017-18 is in pink colour: All you need to know

According to CEA Arvind Subramanian, this is to extend the committee's support to the growing worldwide movement to end violence against women.

Jan 29, 2018, 19:02 PM IST

World Bank to recalculate national rankings of ease of doing business

Giving credence to the theory that the World Bank's popular ease of doing business (EODB) ranking is not credible and accurate, its chief economist Paul Romer has announced to recalculate the national rankings of business competitiveness going back to at least four years.

Jan 14, 2018, 07:37 AM IST

Non-compliance to be 'very costly' for companies: Govt

Continuing the clampdown on illicit fund flows, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs has already struck off more than 2.24 lakh companies that have not been doing business for long and has disqualified over three lakh directors associated with such entities.

Dec 26, 2017, 18:38 PM IST