A measure of how friendly a country's regulatory environment is to starting and running a business, traditionally captured by the World Bank's Doing Business rankings and now by its successor framework.
- The World Bank's flagship Doing Business report ranked economies on indicators such as starting a business, getting electricity, registering property, paying taxes, trading across borders, and enforcing contracts.
- The Doing Business report was discontinued in 2021 after data-integrity concerns; the World Bank has been developing a successor, the Business Ready (B-READY) assessment; verify the latest status.
- India improved sharply in the Doing Business rankings over the late 2010s through reforms in starting a business, construction permits, insolvency, and online taxation.
- Domestically, the DPIIT (Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade) runs the Business Reform Action Plan ranking states on ease-of-doing-business reforms.
- It links to investment climate, FDI inflows, and industrial policy; see concept fdi vs fii.
The World Bank as the traditional source, the discontinuation of Doing Business in 2021, the B-READY successor, and India's reform-driven rise are testable economy facts (verify the latest).
The original Doing Business ranking is discontinued; do not quote an old India rank as current; the DPIIT state ranking (Business Reform Action Plan) is a separate domestic exercise.
Regulatory friendliness for business; World Bank's Doing Business (ended 2021) is being replaced by Business Ready (B-READY); verify the latest.