Published in:
The Economic Times
Pubished on:
8 Feb 2017
NEW DELHI: The government is seeking help from architects to redesign its construction permits system after the World Bank in its latest ranking on the ease of doing business placed India among the bottom five of the 190 countries on this count.
In its report, the multilateral lender said India has not managed to shift online its construction permits system which entail more than 29 sets of procedures. The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) has asked more than 100 architects to point out the problem areas and is informing them of the steps being taken by the government to ease processes, officials said. "We have taken a lot of steps to digitise but it does not seem to be reaching the ground," a senior official said.