"ease-of-doing-business"

The Union Health Ministry has eased pharmaceutical regulations, allowing companies to start drug development and low-risk clinical studies via online intimation to CDSCO, cutting approval timelines, reducing regulatory burden, and boosting research and innovation in the Indian pharma sector

The Centre has introduced regulatory relaxations and enhanced credit access to support MSME growth. Measures include BIS exemptions under quality norms, RBI-mandated loan benchmarking, credit guarantees and collateral-free lending to ease compliance and boost expansion

Chhattisgarh has formed a cabinet sub-committee to review criminal cases against surrendered Naxalites and recommend eligible withdrawals under the 2025 rehabilitation policy. The cabinet also cleared the second Jan Vishwas Amendment Bill to simplify provisions across 14 state Acts and ease compliance

The government will soon notify the new Labour Codes, which aim to create a more inclusive workforce by strengthening worker rights, expanding social security to gig workers and improving health and safety provisions. Industry leaders say the reforms will boost investment and competitiveness

TGPCB has shut down 305 industries and issued notices to 1,234 units for violating pollution norms between January 2024 and October 2025. Officials reviewed 2,069 industries, revoking closure orders for 697 after compliance. A toll‑free helpline and mobile app have been launched for quick complaint redressal.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has hailed GST 2.0 as a bold reform that will enhance ease of living and business. Taking effect on September 22, the reforms slash tax rates on everyday foods, easing household expenses and boosting MSMEs and farmers

Visakhapatnam: There is a need for an early amendment of the regulation pertaining to `Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement’ to stop the taxation on offshore income of Indian firms providing technical support, according to AP Industries minister Gudivada Amarnath. Addressing a meeting on `Collaboration between the Andhra Pradesh government and Western Australia government here on Saturday, […]

Hyderabad: Ever since the Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) rankings were introduced, Telangana topped the list every year except for one year. This year too, Telangana was adjudged as the ‘Top Achiever’ by the Central government based on the implementation of the Business Reforms Action Plan (BRAP) for the year 2020. “We believe that we […]

Hyderabad: IT and Industries Minister KT Rama Rao will be the keynote speaker at the Harvard India Conference that will be held virtually from February 18 to 20. The Minister, who received the invite on Friday, will the keynote address at 6:30 PM on February 20. The theme of this year’s conference is ‘India @ […]

Hyderabad: IT and Industries Minister KT Rama Rao urged various department officials to make coordinated efforts to ensure that Telangana State gets the top position in the ensuing Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) rankings. Speaking at a meeting at MCR HRD Centre on Wednesday to review the work happening on the EoDB front, the Minister […]

Goyal said that infinite possibilities in technology should aid the Centre's initiatives and not just further complicate the system. He also stressed the need for indigenous solutions to problems facing the country.

"The Pink Book is a comprehensive document that lists out sectoral policies of the State and also lists out important governmental contact details," said the Industries Minister

The country also needs to "grow the technology and leapfrog along with it", Amitabh Kant said, adding that the Union government is working in this direction.

FTCCI mentioned swift and transparent clearances through TS-iPASS, State lending a helping hand to entrepreneurs through T-Hub and We Hub.

TSiPASS Act ushered in revolutionary changes in the industrial sector attracting investments amounting to Rs 2.13 lakh cr through 15,252 industrial units and creating over 15.51 lakh jobs

The TRQ is a mechanism that allows import of a set quantity of specific products. Tariff quotas are used on a wide range of products but most are in the agriculture sector.

With this, these states have become eligible to mobilise additional financial resources and have been granted permission to raise additional Rs 5,034 crore through Open Market Borrowings.

The development will benefit over 35,000 existing Amazon sellers and lakhs of new sellers from markets

The projects have been approved under the newly-launched scheme of 'Financial Assistance to States for capital projects'.

Five states have so far completed the stipulated reforms in the Ease of Doing Business. These States have been granted permission to mobilize additional financial resources to the tune of Rs 16,728 crore