DPIIT coordinates initiatives for Ease of Doing Business creating a conducive business environment

Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) is theNodal Department for coordinating the initiatives under Ease of Doing Business(EoDB) which are aimed at creating a conducive business environment in India. Series of steps have been taken to enhance EoDB in India by Ministries/ Departments and States/Union Territories (UTs).These include:

(i) Reducing Compliance Burden on Businesses and Citizens by  Simplifying, Rationalizing, Digitizing and Decriminalizing Government to Business and Citizen Interfaces.

(ii) Assessment of States/UTs on the basis of implementation of designated reform  parameters under annual exercise called Business Reform Action Plan (BRAP).

(iii) Implementation of National Single Window System (NSWS), a one-stop Shop for investor related approval sand services.

"The Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Act, 2023” has effectively decriminalized  183 provisions in 42 Central Acts administered by 19Ministries/Departments.

This information has been provided by the Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, Shri. Som Parkash in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha.