The South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has improved its ranking to 52 from 181 in the World Bank ranking- 2018 on ease of doing business in respect of building construction permit.
The SDMC is the nodal agency for all three Corporations in Delhi for carrying out the required effective changes under ease of doing business in regard to construction permit.
A senior SDMC official said that the World Bank has been finalising the rankings on the basis of around 200 parameters, regular visits in the building department and taking minute feed- back from the applicants and the stakeholders involved.
He further said that this substantial improvement has been possible due to concerted efforts during last three year which helped in reduction in the number of processes, simplification in the application form and preparation of an on - line common application form, minimization of required number of documents, put an end to interface with the building department and visits to 12 different agencies, elimination in the footfall in the offices, minimization of the cost, drastic reduction in sanction time, on line submission of limited documents and fee, self on line status monitoring by the applicants.