India's World Bank Doing Business rank improved from 142 in 2014 to 63 in 2019 (79 position advancement)
IMD World Competitiveness Ranking improved from 43 in 2021 to 41 in 2025
World Bank GovTech Maturity Index placed India in Group A in 2020, 2022 and 2025
United Nations E-Government Survey gave India high scores in Online Services Index, Telecommunication Infrastructure and Human Capital indices
Business Entry Reforms
Startup India: 2.23 lakh startups recognized by March 2026, generating 23.3 lakh direct jobs
48% of startups have at least one woman director or partner
SPICe+ Form introduced in 2020 offers 11 services from 3 Central Government ministries
MCA21 Version 3: 3.84 crore filings from 2021 to 2025, with 3.33 crore approved through Straight Through Process
Udyam Registration Portal: MSME registrations increased from 10.02 thousand in October 2020 to over 858 thousand by 5 June 2026
Property Registration
Digital India Land Records Modernization Programme (DILRMP) launched in 2016
Digitization of maps achieved for 97.37% of the country
Banks in 406 districts can verify mortgages online
NAKSHA pilot: Aerial flying accomplished in 116 urban local bodies, covering ~5,915 sq. km
ULPIN (Unique Land Parcel Identification Number) assigned to over 36 crore land parcels across 29 States/UTs (November 2025)
NGDRS implemented in 17 States/UTs, 88.6% of Sub-Registrar Offices integrated with revenue offices
Permit Procedures
Labour codes introduced in November 2025 replaced 13 Central Labour laws
Uniform threshold of 10 employees fixed for electronic registration of establishments
1 registration replaced 6 separate registrations
Factory license threshold increased from 10 to 20 employees (with power) and 20 to 40 (without power)
30-day time limit prescribed for factory construction/expansion permission
Consent to Operate validity made perpetual under amended Uniform Consent Guidelines
Processing time for Red Category industries reduced from 120 days to 90 days
National Single Window System (NSWS): Integrates 32 Central Departments and 34 State Governments, provides access to over 686 central and 7,498 state approvals
NSWS granted over 8,29,750 approvals (20 November, 2025)
PARIVESH 2.0: Average environmental clearance approval time reduced to 64 days in 2025-26 against stipulated 105 days
Market Connectivity
India ranked 38th in World Bank Logistics Performance Index 2023 (improved from 54th in 2014)
GeM cumulative GMV: ₹18.4 lakh crore, including ₹5 lakh crore GMV in FY 2025-26
68% of total GeM orders executed by MSEs (47.1% of total GMV) in FY 2025-26
35,705 startups on GeM with cumulative orders worth ₹51,494 crore
2.04 lakh+ women-led MSEs on GeM servicing over 42 lakh orders valued at ₹79,231 crore (December 2025)
ONDC: Sellers and service providers across 616+ cities with 7.64 Lakh+ sellers
PM GatiShakti: Integrates 58 Central Ministries and all States/UTs with 3199 data layers
352 projects worth ₹16.10 lakh crore evaluated, with 201 sanctioned and 167 under implementation (February 2026)
National Logistics Portal (Marine): Over 21,000 users (August 2024)
Logistics Data Bank 2.0: Tracked 100% of EXIM containers and handled around 95 million export-import containers in 2025-26
