Calling it a “bewildering wide range of rules”, the Economic Survey of 2019-20 says that manufacturing units have to conform with 6,796 compliance items, which is a tedious and time consuming task.“It must be noted that this is not a comprehensive list and not every rule applies to every manufacturer. It is just an illustration of the bewilderingly wide range of rules that the sector faces,” said the Survey.In the chapter devoted to Ease of Doing Business in the country, the Survey noted that density of legislation and statutory compliance requirements in manufacturing was hurting the sector. A major challenge most companies face is the complex architecture of the Indian governance framework including the density of legislation and statutory compliance requirements,” says the Survey.A list containing the names of Acts applicable as well as number of Sections / Rules of such Acts required to be complied with by manufacturing units is given in Table below: