Lok Sabha Question No. 1614 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-13
Subject: Facilitating Ease of Doing Business
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Parbatbhai Savabhai Patel, Satya Pal Singh, Ramesh Bidhuri, Hasmukhbhai Somabhai Patel, Manoj Kumar Tiwari, Rajesh Verma, Rajkumar Chahar, Mahabali Singh, Satyadev Pachauri, Queen Oja, Tirath Singh Rawat, Sunil Baburao Mendhe, Bharatiben Dhirubhai Shyal, Pradeep Kumar Singh, Kripanath Mallah, Manoj Rajoria, Raghu Ramakrishna Raju Kanumuru, Arvind Kumar Sharma, Shankar Lalwani, Ratansinh Magansinh Rathod

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

## DEPARTMENT FOR PROMOTION OF INDUSTRY AND INTERNAL TRADE LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1614. TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 13 TH  DECEMBER, 2023.

## FACILITATING EASE OF DOING BUSINESS

## 1614.  SHRI PARBATBHAI SAVABHAI PATEL:

DR. SATYAPAL SINGH:

SHRI RAMESH BIDHURI:

SHRI PATEL HASMUKHBHAI SOMABHAI:

SHRI MANOJ TIWARI:

SHRI RAJESH VERMA:

SHRI RAJ KUMAR CHAHAR:

SHRI MAHABALI SINGH:

SHRI SATYADEV PACHAURI:

SHRIMATI QUEEN OJA:

SHRI TIRATH SINGH RAWAT:

SHRI SUNIL BABURAO MENDHE:

DR. BHARATIBEN DHIRUBHAI SHIYAL:

SHRI PRADEEP KUMAR SINGH:

SHRI KRIPANATH MALLAH:

DR. MANOJ RAJORIA:

SHRI KANUMURU RAGHU RAMA KRISHNA RAJU:

DR. ARVIND KUMAR SHARMA:

SHRI SHANKAR LALWANI:

SHRI RATANSINH MAGANSINH RATHOD:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY be pleased to state:

## वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्री

- (a) whether the Government has implemented any measures to facilitate Ease of Doing Business within the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  there  is  any  proposal  to  provide  land  and  electricity  for  foreign businessmen on subsidized rate and if so, the details thereof, State-wise; and
- (d) whether the Government has fixed any criteria to establish business with in the country by foreign businessmen and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्रालय में राज्य मंत्री ( श्री सोम प्रकाश ) THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (SHRI SOM PARKASH)

(a) & (b):

Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) is the Nodal 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 Stats/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  onestop shop  for investor related approvals and services.
4. (c): Land related management and administration are a State Subject covered under the State List for states. Subsidies on land and electricity along with other incentives are provided to investors as a part of industrial policies/schemes  of  respective  States  to  facilitate  ease  of  doing  business. Since,  proposals  for  such  subsidies  and  incentives  are  generally  received directly  in  the  respective  State,  State-wise  details  of  the  same  are  not compiled at the Centre.
5. (d): FDI proposals requiring Government approval as per the Consolidated FDI Policy  dated  15.10.2020,  as  amended  from  time  to  time  (FDI  Policy)  and Foreign Exchange Management (Non-Debt Instruments) Rules, 2019 dated 17.10.2019, as amended  from time to time, are processed by the Administrative  Ministry/  Department  concerned  as  per  Standard  Operating Procedure (SOP) for processing  FDI proposals dated 17.08.2023.

The  Government  of  India  has  put  in  place  a  liberal  and  investor  friendly Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) policy wherein most sectors, except certain strategically important sectors, are open for 100% FDI under the automatic route. FDI inflows depend on a host of factors such as availability of natural resource, market size, infrastructure, political and general investment climate as  well  as  macro-economic  stability  and  investment  decision  of  foreign investors.

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