New Delhi [India], January 28: As the Union Budget 2026 approaches, Gujarat's leading corporate voices have outlined clear expectations to sustain India's growth momentum and advance the vision of a Viksit Bharat. Industry leaders across manufacturing, infrastructure, healthcare, agriculture
A report from Bank of Baroda highlights that this gap represents a significant policy opportunity, as India possesses larger potential due to favourable demographics. The report notes that more efforts are being directed towards holistic tax reforms, including simplification, rationalisation
The initiative is aimed to make information regarding updates, authentication, offline verification, and new technology adoption more relatable and people-friendly for residents.
Virmani said industrial power tariffs in several states are priced well above the cost of production, effectively acting as a tax on manufacturing and job creation. While the central government has addressed many long-standing hurdles through labour law consolidation, tax reforms and regu
Calendar year 2025 marked a defining phase in India's economic and legal landscape, with the government rolling out a series of structural reforms, tax rationalisation measures, regulatory simplification initiatives and monetary support steps, creating a more enabling environment for medium-
Economic reforms in 2025 reflect a maturing phase of India's governance, where the emphasis shifted decisively from "expanding regulatory frameworks" to "delivering measurable outcomes", the government said in a Year-Ender note.
Teo Chee Hean, Chairman of Temasek and Senior Advisor to the Singapore Prime Minister, praised India's reforms, noting simplified GST and the consolidation of 29 labour laws into four codes. He said these changes improved ease of doing business and achieved what many once thought impossible.
Under the new framework, business owners will no longer be required to file a separate application or maintain an individual trade license document. Instead, the license will be automatically endorsed on the annual property tax payment receipt.
The new Income Tax Act is expected to expand India's tax base by making compliance simpler and more accessible for individuals, institutions and exempt entities, Debjyoti Das, Principal Chief Commissioner of Income Tax (Exemption) told ANI today.
Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday assured that India will continue to provide a stable policy environment, ongoing regulatory simplification, robust economic growth and very moderate inflation in the years ahead, conditions he said are ideal for investors.
Stakeholders emphasised that, even as regulatory simplification drives ease of doing business, Quality control measures are equally important to ensure product quality and supply security, as well as long-term competitiveness for manufacturing in India.
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has issued a notification regarding the Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues (Amendment) Rules, 2025, in accordance with the Government's objective to enhance equitable access to organ and tissue transplantation services.