According to reports by the World Bank and World Economic Forum, India ranks poorly in terms of Business Environment. Problems and restrictions plague the business throughout its lifecycle, making it difficult, expensive and cumbersome to start, grow or exit from a business.  There is a clear need to make it easier to do business in India. Improving the business environment is likely to spur growth and generate employment for millions across the country.
 
The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion has engaged M/s Accenture to conduct a study on ‘Improving the Business Environment’ in India. They have conducted an exhaustive study of the reports and interactions with various stakeholders and helped identify the various parameters for measuring the state of doing business in India, the methodology to measure and collect information and the best practices being followed by states/UTs. The following reports formed the foundation for Accenture’s study of the Business Environment in India, World Bank's Doing Business report, World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness report, Bain-FICCI's Empowering India report, CII-KPMG's Ease of Doing Business in India and Planning Commission-Deloitte’s Survey on Business Regulatory Environment for Manufacturing – State Level Assessment.
 
The six select best practices that resulted from the aforementioned study are the Integrated and Comprehensive system for managing indirect taxes in Karnataka, Labor Management Solution (LMS) by Maharashtra, Single Window Clearance (SWC) for Industries - MAITRI by Maharashtra, Land related interventions in Gujarat, Implementation of e-Governance in Pollution in Gujarat and Single Window Clearance mechanism in Rajasthan and Punjab.
 
In all these cases, technology has been the key driver of change and a critical State Official has been the change agent.
 
Read full report:  http://dipp.nic.in/English/Publications/Reports/improve_BusinessEnvironment_06May2014.pdf