President Confers Digital India Silver Award to Punjab in the Digital Initiatives for Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) Category

Hon’ble President of India Droupadi Murmu accord the Silver Award in the Digital Initiatives for Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) category to Sibin C, Secretary-cum-Director, Industries and Commerce, Punjab, at a ceremony held on Jan 07, 2023 at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi. Digital India Award is instituted by the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology to honour exemplary initiative in digital governance. In June 2022, Punjab was adjudged as the top achiever in the EoDB rankings released by the Department of Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Government of India. Sibin said that Invest Punjab Business First Portal (IPBFP) is a user-friendly state of the art portal to facilitate new and existing investors to obtain regulatory clearances and fiscal incentives for setting up and running businesses in the state.