India

Ease of Doing Business in

Patna - India

This page summarizes Doing Business data for Patna. The first table shows its rank among 17 cities/regions in India. The rest of the tables summarize the key indicators for each topic and benchmark against regional and high-income economy (OECD) averages.

Economy Overview

Region South Asia
Income Category Lower middle income
Population 1,241,491,960
GNI Per Capita (US$) 1,420.00
Ease of Doing Business Rank among 17 cities in India Top city in India
14 Ludhiana
Topic Rankings Rank among 17 cities in India Top city in India
Starting a Business 2 New Delhi
Dealing with Construction Permits 9 Bengaluru
Registering Property 15 Gurgaon
Paying Taxes 15 Ludhiana
Trading Across Borders 10 Bhubaneshwar
Enforcing Contracts 2 Hyderabad
Resolving Insolvency 15 Hyderabad

Subnational Data


Enforcing Contracts

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The ease or difficulty of enforcing commercial contracts is measured below. This is determined by following the evolution of a payment dispute and tracking the time, cost, and number of procedures involved from the moment a plaintiff files the lawsuit until actual payment.

Indicator Patna South Asia OECD

The time to resolve a dispute, counted from the moment the plaintiff files the lawsuit in court until payment. This includes both the days when actions take place and the waiting periods between.

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Time (days)
792 1,075 510

The cost in court fees and attorney fees, where the use of attorneys is mandatory or common, expressed as a percentage of the debt value.

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Cost (% of claim)
17.0 27.2 20.1

The average number of procedures to enforce a contract. The list of procedural steps compiled for each economy traces the chronology of a commercial dispute before the relevant court.

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Procedures (number)
46 43 31
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Time (days) 792
Filing and service 62
Trial and judgment 550
Enforcement of judgment 180
Cost (% of claim) 17
Attorney cost (% of claim) 8.38
Court cost (% of claim) 6.29
Enforcement Cost (% of claim) 2.3
Procedures (number) 46

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