Look back at ease of doing biz: Why India means business this year

Slower but steady upward movement can be seen with regards to starting business, protecting minority investors

The World Bank is set to bring out the Doing Business Survey 2018 on October 31. While India’s rank inched up by just one position to 130 in last year’s survey, senior government officials have suggested they expect a good performance this time around, owing to a significant number of reforms initiated over the past year. However, to fulfil Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s dream of India cracking the club of top 50 nations by 2018, the country will have to improve its position by a whopping 80 places in just one year.

A look at the figures for the last three