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Cover Story
Ease of Doing Business
Years
of Vikas Yatra

Reforms Pave an Easier Path for Industries

In its ongoing efforts to make India a more attractive destination for business and investment, the Government of India is
continuously working on a series of comprehensive reforms through the formulation of a Business Reform Action Plan.
These reforms have led to a significant reduction in both the time and cost required to establish a business within the country.
The current Central Government aims to leverage this favorable environment to foster increased new investments, new
businesses, and new employment opportunities across India.

The Government of India is implementing several major reforms under the Business Reform Action Plan
(BRAP) to facilitate greater ease of doing business.

n Under the 7th edition of the BRAP, over 9,700 reforms n Obtaining Occupancy and Completion Certificates has
have been implemented. become a simpler, online-based process.
n Regulations pertaining to labor, environment, land, and n Minor violations under various laws have been decriminalized
taxation have been simplified. (removed from the category of criminal offenses).
n Processes for environmental clearances and registrations n 32 Central Ministries/Departments and 33 States/Union
have been streamlined and digitized. Territories have been integrated into the National Single
n The procedure for changing land use has been simplified. Window System (NSWS) to facilitate seamless and digitized
n Information regarding land availability for industrial government-to-business (G2B) approvals.
purposes has been integrated with GIS platforms and n Access to over 3,000 essential government-
the India Industrial Land Bank. to-business (G2B) approvals across various
n Changes to building construction regulations States and Union Territories has been
have helped minimize land wastage. made easier through the NSWS;
additionally, over 300 approvals
n Third-party agencies, specifically private from Central departments are also
entitie are now being engaged to assist accessible via this platform.
with the building approval process.

Regulatory Compliance Burden
(RCB) Initiative 16,109
The Government of India launched the Regulatory Compliances
Compliance Burden (RCB) initiative in 2020. Under this Simplified. Over 1,500
initiative, the Central Government and Union Territories
identified and reduced 47,000 compliances that had become a obsolete laws were
burden on businesses and citizens by 2025. repealed.

Under the RCB+ 4,623
initiative, out of Compliances were
6,262 compliances decriminalized.
identified across
23 Acts typically Regulatory Com-
implemented by pliance Burden
States and Union
Territories, 4,846 4,270
compliances have Unnecessary and 22,287
been reduced. duplicative compliances Compliances were
were eliminated. digitized.

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