India’s Ease of Doing Business Performance Strengthened; World Bank B-READY Assessment Scheduled in 2026

• B-READY (Business Ready) is the World Bank Group's successor to the discontinued Doing Business Report (DBR), assessing 180+ economies over 3 annual cycles starting 2024.
• India, which ranked 63rd in the last DBR (2019), will be evaluated in the Third B-READY Report scheduled for 2026.
• Nodal agency in India: Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce & Industry, which runs the Business Reforms Action Plan (BRAP).
• UPSC relevance: directly tested under GS-III (economy, growth, investment climate) and GS-II (federalism, governance reforms).