Page-4 of Topic: Ease of Doing Business
World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business
India was raked 63rd in World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business ranking released on October 24, 2019. The ranking comes when the leading financing institutions including RBI, World...
CBIC launches programme to strengthen Make in India
Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC), India’s nodal national agency responsible for administering Central Excise, Service Tax, Customs, GST, & Narcotics has launched a revamped and...
India to conduct 1st National Time Release Study for faster movement of Cargo
Department of Revenue, under Union Ministry of Finance, is conducting India’s 1st National Time Release Study (TRS) for enabling faster movement of cargo across borders to benefit traders....
Cabinet approves signing UN Convention on Mediation
Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved signing of United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements (UNISA) resulting from mediation by India. It is scheduled...
Code on Wages Bill
The Union Cabinet of India has approved the Code on Wages Bill. This bill will subsume existing laws and make the code easier for doing business by various...
ESI Rate Cut
The government has reduced the rate of contribution for medical care under the ESI (Employees State Insurance) Act to 4% from 6.5%. How does ESI work? The medical...
Global Economic Prospects 2019
The Global Economic Prospects 2019 released by the World Bank makes the following observations: Global real GDP growth forecast has been reduced to 2.6% for 2019. The estimate...
SEBI Proposes Changes to FPI rules
The HR Khan committee constituted by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has proposed wide-ranging changes to the foreign portfolio investment (FPI) regime. The changes proposed...
Govt relaxes norms for Start-ups
The government has relaxed the norms under the definition of Start-Ups. The changes brought in are: The investment limit of angel investors to seek exemption under the Income...
How JNPT surged into top 30 of Lloyds Report?
India’s premier container port Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) has become India’s only port to get listed among the top 30 global container ports in Top 100 Container Ports report. JNPT...
Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2019
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 9th edition of Vibrant Gujarat Summit. On the occasion, the Prime Minister also set the target for breaching into top 50 rankings of the ease...
