India, Oct. 29 -- Delhi Lieutenant Governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu has set a November-end deadline for departments to complete pending deregulation measures, as several reforms intended to ease business operations and public services remain unfinished despite earlier deadlines being missed. At a review meeting on Thursday, Sandhu asked departments to speed up implementation and directed the Industries Department to resolve bottlenecks that could be cleared during the meeting itself. The exercise is aimed at reducing regulatory hurdles for businesses and improving the ease of living for residents.

Under the first phase of the exercise, 22 of 23 identified priority areas have been completed, compared with 17 at the previous review in August...