Ease of Doing Business Rankings: Vaghani congratulates PM Modi

BJP’s Gujarat State Unit Chief and MLA from Bhavnagar West Jitu Vaghani took to Twitter to congratulate Prime Minister Narendra Modi on India’s ranking going up 14 places to 63 on October 24. Notably, India was placed at 77 last year in World Bank's Ease of Doing Business Rankings. This improvement in the rankings is primarily due to the reflection of the 'Make in India' scheme and other reforms attracting foreign investment. The country also figured among the top 10 performers on the list for the third time in a row. The rankings come at a time when the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and various rating agencies have slashed the country's growth forecasts amid a slowdown in the global economy.

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Jitu Vaghani tweet congratulating PM Modi

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Four years of reform pushed up India's rank

India was ranked 142nd among 190 nations when Prime Minister Narendra Modi took office in 2014. Four years of reform pushed up India's rank to 100th in World Bank's 'Doing Business' 2018 report. It was 130th in 2017 when it was ranked lower than Iran and Uganda. Last year, the country jumped 23 places to the 77th position on the back of reforms related to insolvency, taxation and other areas.

'This is the third year in a row that India makes to top 10'

In its 'Doing Business' 2020 report, the World Bank commended the reform efforts undertaken by the country "given the size of India's economy". "This is the third year in a row that India makes to top 10 in Doing Business, which is a success which very few countries have done over the 20 years of the project, Without exception, the other countries that have done this are very small, population-wise, and homogeneous," Simeon Djankov, Director of Development Economics at the World Bank stated

"India is the first country of its type to achieve that. It has jumped this year by 14 positions," he said. Apart from India, the other countries on this year's 'top 10 performers' list are Saudi Arabia (62), Jordan (75), Togo (97), Bahrain (43), Tajikistan (106), Pakistan (108), Kuwait (83), China (31) and Nigeria (131).

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'Make in India'

Prime Minister Modi's 'Make in India' campaign focused on attracting foreign investment, boosting private sector manufacturing in particular and enhancing the country's overall competitiveness, the World Bank said in its report. The government turned to the Doing Business indicators to show investors, India's commitment to reform and to demonstrate tangible progress. In 2015, the government's goal was to join the 50 top economies on the ease of doing business ranking by 2020.

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(INPUTS FROM PTI)