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The government of India has formed a task force on enforcing business contracts as part of its efforts to improve India’s ease of doing business rankings. India ranked 130 of 190 countries in the World Bank’s 2017 rankings. Under the head of enforcing contract, India stood 172, up 6 points from 2016. Improving this rank is a priority for the government, which has taken several steps to enable this.The government on 19 December finalized eight reforms to make it easier to do business. Improving its rank under the ‘enforcing contracts’ parameter was one, with commerce minister Ms Nirmala Sitharaman asking for eCourts to be expedited for electronic filing of complaints, summons and payments, especially in the commercial courts.