India improves rank by 14 positions – 63 in World Bank’s Doing Business Report

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India ranks 63 in World Bank’s Doing Business Report

India improves rank by 14 positions

By PIB Delhi

The World Bank released its latest Doing Business Report(DBR, 2020) todayon24th October 2019. India has recorded a jump of 14 positions against its rank of 77 in 2019to be placed now at 63rdrank among 190 countries assessed by the World Bank. India’sleap of14 ranks in the Ease of Doing Business ranking is significant considering that there has been continuous improvement since 2015 and for the third consecutive year India is amongst the top 10 improvers.As a result of continued efforts by the Government, India has improved its rank by 79positions in last five years [2014-19].

The Doing Business assessment provides objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement across 190 economies on ten parameters affecting a business through its life cycle. The DBR ranks countries on the basis of Distance to Frontier (DTF), a score that shows the gap of aneconomy to the global best practice. This year, India’s DTF score improved to 71.0 from 67.23 in the previous year.

India has improved its rank in 7 out of 10 indicators and has moved closer to international best practices (Distance to Frontier score).Significant improvements have been registered in ‘Resolving Insolvency’, ‘Dealing with Construction Permits’, ‘Registering Property’, ‘Trading across Boards’ and ‘Paying Taxes’ indicators.The changes in sevenindicators where India improved its rank are as follows:

S. No.Indicator20182019Change
1Resolving Insolvency10852+56
2Construction Permits5227+25
3Trading Across Borders8068+12
4Registering Property166154+12
5Paying Taxes121115+6
6Getting Electricity2422+2
7Starting a Business137136+1
Overall rank7763+14

The important features of India’s performance this year are:

  • The World Bank has recognized India as one of the top 10 improvers for the third consecutive year.
  • Recovery rate under resolving insolvency has improved significantly from 26.5% to 71.6%.
  • The time taken for resolving insolvency has also come down significantly from 4.3 years to 1.6 years.
  • India continues to maintain its first position among South Asian countries. It was 6th in 2014.

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