Business Expectations Survey (BES) by National Council for Applied Economic Research (NCAER)

X X   X X   Extracts   X X   X X

→ Full Text of the Document

X X   X X   Extracts   X X   X X

..... Business Expectations Survey (BES) by National Council for Applied Economic Research (NCAER) - News and Press Release Dated:- 28-3-2018 - News - The NCAER s 101st Round of the Business Expectations Survey (BES) shows that the Business Confidence Index (BCI) fell by 2.5 per cent in July 2017 over April 2017 on a quarter-to-quarter basis. The composition of the BCI is based on four components havi .....

X X   X X   Extracts   X X   X X

→ Full Text of the Document

X X   X X   Extracts   X X   X X

..... ng equal weights. The decline in BCI was driven by deterioration in three out of four indicators on (i) present investment climate, (ii) overall economic conditions in the next six months and (iii) the financial position of firms in the next six months. One component showed an improvement, with percentage of firms perceiving that present capacity utilization is close to or above optimal level go .....

X X   X X   Extracts   X X   X X

→ Full Text of the Document

X X   X X   Extracts   X X   X X

..... ing up from 91.6 per cent in April 2017 to 97.1 per cent in July 2017. The Government has undertaken many structural reforms to increase the confidence of the industry including simplification of the process of applying for Industrial License and Industrial Entrepreneur Memorandum by making it available online on 24x7 basis at the eBiz website, integration of twenty services with the eBiz porta .....

X X   X X   Extracts   X X   X X

→ Full Text of the Document

X X   X X   Extracts   X X   X X

..... l which functions as a single window portal for obtaining clearances from various Government agencies, automation of registration with the Employees Provident Fund Organization and Employees State Insurance Corporation etc. As a result of these steps, India improved its rank to 100 from 130 in the World Bank s Ease of Doing Business Report, 2018. The Economic Survey gives the detailed analysi .....

X X   X X   Extracts   X X   X X

→ Full Text of the Document

X X   X X   Extracts   X X   X X

..... s on the state of the economy, along with important developments during the year. This was stated by Shri Pon. Radhakrishnan, Minister of State for Finance in written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha. - News - Press release - PIB Tax Management India - taxmanagementindia - taxmanagement - taxmanagementindia.com - TMI - TaxTMI - TMITax .....

X X   X X   Extracts   X X   X X

→ Full Text of the Document

X X   X X   Extracts   X X   X X