Ease of Doing Business: India jumps 23 notches, now at rank 77

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In a big boost for Narendra Modi government, India climbed another 23 points in the World Bank’s ease of doing business ranking to 77th place, becoming the top ranked country in South Asia for the first time and third among the BRICS.

In the last two years the country has climbed 53 notches, a performance matched in the past only by Bhutan. The biggest gain was in construction permit where India climbed 129 ranks to 52nd place on the back of targeted government effort to remove hurdles.

The details were revealed in World Bank’s Doing Business Report which is an assessment of business regulation across 190 economies.

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Further, India now ranks in the top 25 in the world on three indicators- getting electricity, getting credit and protecting minority investors, department of industrial policy and promotion said on Wednesday.

The doing business report ranks countries on the basis of distance to frontier (DTF), a score that shows the gap of an economy to the global best practice. India’s DTF score improved to 67.23 from 60.76 last year.

The World Bank has recognised India as one of the top improvers for the year. This year, India features among the report’s list of top 10 improvers for the second year in a row. India is the one of only nine countries around the world and only one in BRICS to feature in this list.

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The six reforms recognised in this year’s report are starting a business, getting electricity, dealing with construction permits, getting credit, paying taxes and trading across borders.

In dealing with construction permits, India has implemented an online single window system, introduced deemed approvals and reduced the cost for obtaining these permits. In the electricity sector, the time taken for obtaining a new connection has reduced from 105 to 55 days. For resolving insolvency, India has put in place a new Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code and time bound reorganization procedure for corporate debtors.

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Modi-Putin Summit UPDATES: PM Modi meets President Putin, sit down for ‘delegation level talks’

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived at Hyderabad House where he met PM Narendra Modi. New Delhi and Moscow are expected to sign 20 agreements.

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in India on Thursday for the annual India-Russia bilateral summit that he will hold with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. President Putin was received at the airport by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. “Welcome to India, President Putin. Looking forward to our deliberations, which will further enhance India-Russia friendship,” PM Narendra Modi tweeted.

Later, Modi welcomed Putin with his trademark ‘bear hug’ at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg. India and Russia are expected to sign 20 agreements following the 19th India-Russia Bilateral Summit to be held here today. This includes India’s purchase of four S-400 air defence missile systems from Russia at a cost of more than Rs 40,000 crore.

India is also planning to purchase 4 Krivak-class frigates from Russia. The Indian Defence Ministry had cleared $2.5 billion deal that was signed during President Putin’s visit to the country in October 2016. The first two ships will be built at the Goa shipyard and the remaining two will be acquired directly from Russia. India already operates six Talwar-class guided missile frigates which are the improved versions of the Krivak III-class (Project 1135) frigates deployed by the Russian Coast Guard.

This is the third meeting between Modi and Putin this year after the informal meeting in the Russian resort city of Sochi in May and a bilateral on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in South Africa.

The India-Russia bilateral relationship was elevated to Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership in 2010.

After Japan, Russia is the only country with which India holds annual bilateral summits.

Modi-Putin Summit LIVE:

11:30 am: After the delegation level talks, President Putin and PM Modi will participate in a Russian-Indian business forum and meet with students of Russia’s Sirius educational center and a group of talented Indian children, reported TASS.

11:15 am: Countering America’s Adversaries through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) is a United States federal law which aims to punish Russia for its involvement in the wars in Ukraine, Syria and its alleged interference in the 2016 US Presidential election. According to this law, countries that purchase Russian weapons or do business with Kremlin will face sanctions as well.

11:00 am: Russian President Vladimir Putin meets PM Narendra Modi at Hyderabad House. India risks US sanctions for buying Russian weaponry. Last month, the US had imposed financial sanctions on China for buying Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jets and S-400 air defence system.

10:45 am: According to Kremlin, both the countries are all set to sign a deal worth more than five billion dollars for the delivery of Russian S-400 missile systems to India.

10:30 am: Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Hyderabad House today at 11 am. President Putin is accompanied by a high-level delegation comprising Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, and Trade and Industry Minister Denis Manturov.

 

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