What Constrains Business? The Role of the ‘Single Window’ in Gujarat, India

The investment climate of a region reflects the location specific factors that provide opportunities and incentives for firms to invest, create jobs, and expand. A good investment climate removes unjustified costs, risks, and barriers to competition and encourages firms to invest and undertake productivity improvements that can benefit workers and consumers as well.Gujarat also has a single access window known as the Industrial Extension Bureau (iNDEXTb) that was set up as early as 1978 as a single point of contact for an entrepreneur wishing to set up an industrial venture in Gujarat. What has been in its role in promoting investment in the state? http://www.theigc.org/sites/default/files/what_constrains_business.pdf