Ease of doing business: Approvals simpler for start-ups than older firms

Start-ups took fewer days for approvals such as land allotment, construction permits and getting a water, electricity or sewerage connection, but longer to get environmental clearances

It took a manufacturing start-up 83.6 days on average to get land, 58.7 days for construction permits, 44 days to get an electricity connection, and 30.2 days to get a water connection, while the firm faced an average of 33.6 hours of power shortage and 33 hours of water shortage a month, found the first ‘Ease of Doing Business Report’ compiled by the NITI Aayog, the government’s think tank and IDFC institute, a Mumbai-based public policy think tank.

“If India is to enter the “double digit” economic growth club, clearly it will