Government of India in its efforts to improve the business climate of the country and also improve country's ranking in the World Bank's report on Ease of Doing Business; held a meeting yesterday under the chairmanship of the Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.
The meeting was also attended by several other Ministers as well as Secretaries of various Departments of Central Government. Secretary, DIPP informed that Nodal Departments have been identified for each indicator who will lead the reform process ensuring country's improvement in ranking across the 10 indicators.
Departments gave a brief overview of the reforms undertaken recently and agreed to implement the suggested reforms by January, 2017. It was further agreed that the Departments will hold intensive stakeholder consultation to get their feedback on the reforms undertaken and also engage with the respondents to ensure that the reforms are felt at the ground.
In this regard, each Department shall review the progress every week for carrying out the necessary reforms.
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