PRODUCTIVITY WEEK THEME – 2016 : “EASE OF DOING BUSINESS FOR HIGHER PRODUCTIVITY AND SUSTAINABLE GROWTH.”

http://www.npcindia.gov.in/itf_event/productivity-week-theme-2016-ease-of-doing-business-for-higher-productivity-and-sustainable-growth/

Sustainable growth will require a vibrant SME sector, and this means improving the ease of doing business on the ground and not just the legislative framework.

To develop a vibrant SME sector, deliberate policies must be aimed at reducing red tape and also providing a friendly legislative framework and customer service approach to facilitate the business environment.

One of the very important things is a predictable environment for doing business. So even though many legislative improvements have been made, business people still have to consider that next year the finance minister could go to Parliament and impose a new tax, which is an additional cost to doing business. Or a bureaucrat could destroy their business by targeting them for audits or causing unnecessary costs from bureaucratic processes without any accountability.

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/business/Requirements-for-sustainable-growth_19240749

A good business environment encourages investment – both foreign and domestic – creating employment and boosting economic growth. It also supports the development of the formal economy and middle class consumers tend to work in the formal economy.

It takes just 6 days to start a business in Mexico, compared to 29 days in India. The Mexican government is doing reforms aimed at improving the business environment, encouraging investment and placing the economy on a sound footing for sustainable growth.

http://blog.euromonitor.com/2015/11/driving-middle-class-growth-in-emerging-markets.html

ANALYSING POLICIES TO IMPROVE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH,
SUSTAINABLY: REVISED FRAMEWORK
OECD 2015
http://www.oecd.org/tad/agricultural-policies/Analysing-policies-improve-agricultural-productivity-growth-sustainably-december-2014.pdf

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Ease of Doing Business in India

CENTRAL GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES

http://www.makeinindia.com/eodb/central-government-initiatives

MAKE IN INDIA - CENTRAL GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES

24 Jan 2016
President Pranab Mukherjee urged Tax authorities to help in increasing Ease of Doing Business in India
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/president-pranab-mukherjee-calls-for-innovation-to-deal-with-rising-tax-cases/articleshow/50706068.cms

ARCHIVES

ACTIONS COMPLETED
Unified online portal (Shram Suvidha) for:
Registration of Labour Identification Number (LIN)
Submission of returns
Grievance redressal
Combined returns under 8 labour laws
Online portals for Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) and Employees Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) for:
Real-time registration
Payments through 56 accredited banks
Online application process for environmental and forest clearances
14 government services delivered via eBiz, a single-window online portal
Investor Facilitation Cell established
Dedicated Japan+ Cell established
Consent to Establish/NOC no longer required for new electricity connections
Documents reduced from 7 to 3 for exports and imports
Option to obtain company name and DIN at the time of incorporation
Simplified forms for:
Industrial Licence
Industrial Entrepreneurs Memorandum
Many defence sector dual-use products no longer require licences
Validity of security clearance from Ministry of Home Affairs extended to 3 years
Extended validity for implementing industrial licences
No distinction between partial and full commencement of production for all products
Colour-coded maps for locations requiring NOC from the Airports Authority of India hosted online

MEASURES UNDERWAY
Eliminate requirement of minimum paid-up capital and common seal
Integrate processes for obtaining PAN, TAN, ESIC and EPFO registration with incorporation of company
Single-window clearance for import and export

STATE GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES

http://www.makeinindia.com/eodb/state-government-initiatives

MAKE IN INDIA - STATE GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES

ACTIONS COMPLETED
Online consent system for Pollution Control Board (Gujarat)
GIS-based land identification system (Gujarat)
Online consent system for environmental clearances (Chhattisgarh)
Extended validity of consent under environmental provisions (Chhattisgarh)
Unified process with single ID for VAT and Professional Tax registration (Maharashtra)
Number of procedures and time for getting an electricity connection reduced (Maharashtra)
Commercial benches established in Mumbai High Court (Maharashtra)
Creation of Invest Punjab, as a one-stop clearance system for investment projects (Punjab)
131 industries exempted from consent requirement by Pollution Control Board (Punjab)
Real-time allotment of TIN - Taxpayer Identification Number (Delhi)
Online application portal for residential and industrial building permits (Delhi)
Commercial benches established in High Court (Delhi)
Online portal for construction permits for institutional and commercial buildings (Delhi)
Static check posts replaced by mobile squads (Uttarakhand)
Green industries exempted from inspection by Pollution Control Committee (Puducherry)
Checklist for 86 government services and delivery timelines across 23 departments/organizations made available on Karnataka Udyog Mitra, an online portal (Karnataka)

MEASURES UNDERWAY
Online portal for the grant of construction permits (Mumbai)
Joint inspection by all departments to grant NOCs for construction permits (Mumbai and Delhi)
Simplified procedure to install electricity connection in 15 days (Delhi)

http://dipp.nic.in/English/Investor/easeDoingBusiness.aspx

Chapter 5 The ease of doing business of the following report by PWC has interesting information on ease of doing business improvement in India.

https://www.pwc.in/assets/pdfs/future-of-india/future-of-india-the-winning-leap.pdf

Sustainable Manufacturing: Shaping Global Value Creation - Prof Günther Seliger, TU Berlin
2015

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'Sustainability'....Does it have a future in manufacturing?
Presentation by Steve Hope, General Manager Environmental Affairs and Corporate Citizenship at Toyota Motor Europe, at the Fourth Annual Conference of the EPSRC Centre for Industrial Sustainability 6-7 July 2015, Cambridge.

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