Ease of Doing Business in India – World Bank Report on Ease of Doing Business 2018

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Ease of doing business in india is improved from last year. Ease of doing business in india 2017 is stood at 130. In this session on Financial Awareness we are going to look at India rank in Ease of Doing business across the Globe. World Bank has released the index on October Last week of 2017 for the year 2018.
The cut off date for preparing the Report is June 1. So obviously the rankings not accounted GST phenomenon which is regarded as one of the major reforms in financial sector in India in recent times.
Ease of doing business meaning the level of difficulty across different categories of starting and running a business is analysed in a country by sampling form a city or two by world bank. world bank ease of doing business reports are available by the end of October last week and you can download ease of doing business 2018 in the link above.
India jumped 30 places to get into the top 100 rankings on the World Bank’s ‘ease of doing business’ index, this is mainly because of major improvements in indicators such as resolving insolvency,
paying taxes,
protecting minority investors
and getting credit.
Reactions by Key Persons
First let us see, How some key persons reacted to the India’s raise in the rankings.
While releasing the World Bank’s Report on ‘Doing Business 2018: Reforming to Create Jobs’ Vice President of South Asia, World Bank - Annette Dixon has said that “The significant jump this year is a result of the Indian government’s consistent efforts over the past few years and India’s endeavour to strengthen its position as a preferred place to do business,”.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the jump in India’s ranking as “historic” and said it was a result of “all-round and multi-sectoral reform push.”
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said India’s jump is the highest by any country, and that reaching the ‘top 50’ target set by Prime Minister Modi is “doable”.
Before looking further first let us see the Top 10 Countries in Ease of Doing Business in the world.
S No – Country table -
Now look at India’s performance at various key factors that determining the rankings.

GST will improve rank

Jaitley said in a press meet that
“There is significant improvement in many criteria such as
protecting minority investors, availability of credit and getting an electricity connection and also added that - on the taxation index, India had vaulted up 53 places; once the impact of the GST is factored in, the ranking will improve further.
An improvement in the rankings will help not only foreign investments but also domestic investors. The Centre, would talk to States to expedite construction permits. These initiatives would help India improve its position by at least 30 points.



Property Registrations
While Media persons Asked about India’s low ranking in registering property, DIPP secretary Ramesh Abhishek said, “There are over 100 reforms in progress that have not been factored in this year.” Only two of 42 completed reforms had been accepted, and two others had been partially accepted, he said.

Where India slipped up
In the category of starting a business, though, the need for local entrepreneurs to go through 12 procedures to start a business, as opposed to five in high-income countries, worsened India’s ranking in the category to 156 from 155 last year.
There was also a major slip in ranking in the category of registering property — from 138 last year to 154 this year — due to
• increase in time taken,
cost and
number of procedures for registration.
South Asia’s
Bhutan, in 75th place, is South Asia’s highest-ranked economy, followed by India (at 100) and Nepal (at 105).
This year, the report recognised eight areas in which reforms were implemented in Delhi and Mumbai, as opposed to just four last year.




Regulatory Performance
India’s corporate law and securities regulations were recognised as highly advanced, placing it in fourth place in the global ranking on protecting minority investors. The time taken to obtain an electricity connection in Delhi reduced from 138 days four years back to 45 days now, against a 78-day average in OECD high-income economies, the report observed. This put India in 29th place in the category.
Where India lags?
India still lags in areas such as starting a business, enforcing contracts and dealing with construction permits. It takes longer to enforce a contract today, at 1,445 days, than 15 years ago (1,420 days).