New Delhi, June 20 -- The government is set to launch an online dispute resolution (ODR platform for small businesses to improve their ease of doing business on 27 June, according to two officials directly aware of the development.

"The MSME ODR portal has been tested, and dispute resolution using the portal has also begun during the testing phase," said one of the officials on the condition of anonymity.

The portal, a part of the government's World Bank-supported Raising and Accelerating MSME Performance (RAMP) scheme, is aimed at resolving delayed payment disputes by facilitating communication between debtors and micro and small enterprises (MSEs), said the second official.

Mint first reported on 12 March that the government was goin...