DPIIT focusing on six parameters to improve India's ranking in World Bank's EoDB index

06 Jan 2020 Evaluate

With an aim to further improve India's ranking in the World Bank's ease of doing business index, the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has prepared a blueprint with a focus on six parameters, including enforcing contracts and starting a business. It is also following reform activities in Kolkata and Bengaluru as these two cities are included by the World Bank this year besides Delhi and Mumbai for preparing the ease of doing business report, with a view to provide a holistic picture of business environment in India.

The six parameters where the department is focusing are: enforcing contracts (163rd), resolving insolvency (52nd), starting a business (136th), registering property (154th), paying taxes (115th) and trading across borders (68th). The bank has added a new parameter government contracting, taking the total number of criteria to 11. The government will share with the World Bank reform activities undertaken for ease of doing business (EoDB) in May-June this year. Besides, India has jumped 14 places to rank 63rd out of 190 countries in the World Bank's Doing Business 2020 report on account of significant improvement in resolving insolvency and obtaining construction permits.

Under enforcing contracts, the focus will be on reducing time taken in disposal of cases and improve on quality index of judicial process and increasing awareness regarding electronic case management tool facility for judges and lawyers. Similarly under the 'registering property' criterion, the focus would be on land titling legislation by all the four cities, land records to reflect actual ownership, and timely disposal of property disputes. The interventions listed for 'starting a business' include integrated registration for ESIC, EPFO, GST, profession tax with company registration.

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