District-level Ease of Doing Business

Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India has released District-level Business Reform Action Plan (DIBRAP) 2020 to facilitate Ease of Doing Business in States and Union Territories at a more granular level.

Government of Maharashtra recognizes the need and essence of the Ease of Doing Business program and having invested significantly at the capital and State-level, now wants to take it further to the district level. The DlBRAP 2020-21 comprises of a total of 45 reform points that are required to be implemented at the local-level offices (districts and Urban Local Bodies) across all 36 districts in Maharashtra. This is expected to ensure enhanced Ease of Doing Business at the ground-level and aims to make several Government to Business (G2B) services online.

The DLBRAP reforms encompass creation of online systems for service delivery with no physical touchpoint for application and mandate service delivery timelines under relevant act to facilitate businesses.

The DLBRAP reforms are spanning across 17 state departments namely: Urban Development 1, Urban Development 2, Home, Revenue, Public Health, School Education and Sports, Forest, Agriculture, Central Ground Water Authority, Transport, Excise, Directorate of Geology and Mining, Co-Operation Marketing and Textiles, Public Distribution System (Rationing), Legal Metrology and Public Works Department.