Govt engaging with states, local administrations to ensure benefits of EoDB reach ground level: Sitharaman

09 Jan 2023 Evaluate

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that the central government is engaging with states and local administrations to ensure that benefits of Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) initiatives reach the ground. She said EoDB is not just the Centre's responsibility but that of states as well.

The minister said ‘Central Government can bring in rules, meaningful regulations, remove many of the burdens and give it as a policy. It can be implemented in Union Territories for which the Government of India is directly responsible but further down it is the State governments, which also equally have to do it. Similarly, municipal areas will have to do their part and panchayats will have to also pitch in.’ For raising tax compliance, she said, the government has taken many initiatives to encourage taxpayers to fulfil their obligation towards nation building.

Meanwhile, the World Bank's Ease of Doing Business Report 2019 placed India at the 63rd spot in Doing Business, compared to 77th rank in 2018. The World Bank Group in 2021 decided to discontinue publication of its 'Doing Business' rankings of country business climates after data irregularities in the 2018 and 2020 reports.

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