On June 5, 2015, the NITI Aayog constituted a working group to finalise the scope and methodology of this Enterprise Survey. This report is a final outcome of the analysis of the survey data collected during 2016. It draws trends across states, sectors and types of firms. It proposes reforms to facilitate doing business and create an enabling ecosystem. The volume differs from previous efforts to document and monitor progress in the ease of doing business in India in two key respects. First, it studies the business environment as viewed by enterprises instead of government officers. Second, it studies variations in perceptions across states, sectors and enterprises of different kinds. A future volume will analyse the state of business environment in individual states