Govt's talk on ease of doing business sound hollow when any investigating officer can disregard instructions & go on a fishing expedition, demanding a large number of both relevant and irrelevant docs
State set to grab pole position in 3rd edition of rankings, which are likely to be out early April, Delhi expected to score low
State wins hands down on all key parameters, viz. skilled labour wages, power tariff and land costs, which the study used
As per the latest World Bank's Doing Business ranking, India's position improved by 30 places to 100th
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The last date for uploading evidence of reforms implemented by the states has been extended to Tuesday
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The World Bank's recent Ease of doing business index showed that India has rise 30 positions to rank 100th amongst 190 countries
India jumped 30 places to rank 100th in the World Bank's 'ease of doing business' ranking
India's overall rank in ease of doing business jumped from 130 last year to 100 this year
A uniform taxation structure is providing much-needed fillip to the government's earnings/revenues
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India had jumped 30 places to rank 100th in the World Bank's 'ease of doing business' ranking
Paying taxes, resolving insolvency lead the charts; starting business still a concern
Improvements in doing business need to be broad-based
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today hailed as "historic" the jump in India's ranking in 'ease of doing business' and said it was a result of "all-round & multi-sectoral reform push". He said the government is determined to further improve the rankings and scale greater economic growth with the mantra of 'reform, perform and transform'. "Historic jump in Ease of Doing Business rankings is the outcome of the all-round & multi-sectoral reform push of Team India," Modi tweeted. India has jumped 30 places to rank 100th in the World Bank's 'ease of doing business' ranking, helped by a slew of reforms in taxation, licensing, investor protection and bankruptcy resolution. "Over the last 3 years we have seen a spirit of positive competition among states towards making business easier. This has been beneficial," the prime minister said. He said it has never been easier to do business in India. "India welcomes the world to explore economic opportunities our nation has to ...
A look at figures for the last three reports show the country has improved the most in getting electricity connection
Slower but steady upward movement can be seen with regards to starting business, protecting minority investors
Days before the World Bank is set to bring out its flagship report assessing ease of doing business, government officials pinned their hopes on reforms in securing construction permits, starting a business and resolving insolvency, to push India's rank higher.However, senior voices in the government as well as policy experts are divided over whether the country can finally crack the club of top 50 nations by 2018, which has been remained Prime Minister Narendra Modi's aim.The World Bank is set to bring out the Doing Business survey 2018 on 31 October. On Thursday, Department of Industrial Policy and promotion (DIPP) secretary Ramesh Abhishek said that India's position is bound to improve owing to the significant number of steps taken by the government over the past year.India's rank inched up by just one position to 130 in last year's Doing Business survey by the World Bank. This is the same as the year before, but qualifies for a single upward movement in rank as India's position in .