With the bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir, the number of states in the country has come down to 28 and the number of Union Territories has gone up to nine.
PM Modi, who was also in Saudi Arabia as the keynote speaker at the FII in Riyadh listed the attractiveness of the Indian economy and invited global businessmen to invest in the country.
India, which was ranked 77th among 190 countries in the previous Ease of Doing Business ranking, has shown an improvement of 23 places compared to its position in 2018.
If the new orders are implemented, the jawans will be posted to their nearest units, which will allow them to travel and stay with their families when there are no operational duties, a senior official said.