Ease of Doing Business in West Bengal: Hurdles and Road Ahead

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There has also been some changes in the top 20 performers. Though the top 20 have accessible, easy and effective business regulations in place, they continue to make more reforms and make their system of operations more robust and simple. Yearly movements in the ranking can provide ample information about the economies regulatory changes but they are always relative. In the light of the limitations existing in the methodology followed by Doing Business, the regional level comparisons and analysis help policy makers to compare the indicators for their economy with those for the lowest- and highest-scoring economies in the region as well as those for the best performers globally. [pic 5]

The aggregate ranking of South Asia is 132 with a DTF of 52.87. India ranks 130 with a DTF score of 55.27.

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Region: South Asia

Starting a Business: 100

Dealing with construction permits: 129

Getting Electricity: 120

Registering Property: 141

Getting Credit: 107

Protecting Minority Investors: 80

Paying Taxes: 137

Trading Across Borders: 124

Enforcing Contracts: 146

Resolving Insolvency: 125

How economies in South Asia rank in EoDB

Table.02 : Who is better? (Indicator Comparisons) [Doing Business 2017 (Regional Report : South Asia)]

Indicators

Lowest regional performance

Best regional performance

Best global performance

Starting a Business (rank)

155 (India)

42 (Afghanistan)

1 (New Zealand)

Starting a Business (DTF Score)

74.31 (India)

92.08 (Afghanistan)

99.96 (New Zealand)

Dealing with Construction Permits (rank)

186 (Afghanistan)

62 (Maldives)

1 (New Zealand)

Dealing with Construction Permits (DTF Score)

22.39 (Afghanistan)

72.80 (Maldives)

87.40 (New Zealand)

Getting Electricity (rank)

187 (Bangladesh)

26 (India)

1 (Korea, Rep.)

Getting Electricity (DTF Score)

16.17 (Bangladesh)

85.09 (India)

99.88 (Korea, Rep.)

Registering Property (rank)

186 (Afghanistan)

51 (Bhutan)

1 (New Zealand)

Registering Property (DTF Score)

27.50 (Afghanistan)

73.40 (Bhutan)

94.46 (New Zealand)

Getting Credit (rank)

157 (Bangladesh)

44 (India)

1 (New Zealand)

Getting Credit (DTF Score)

25.00 (Bangladesh)

65.00 (India)

100.00 (New Zealand)

Protecting Minority Investors (rank)

189 (Afghanistan)

13 (India)

1 (New Zealand*)

Protecting Minority Investors (DTF Score)

11.67 (Afghanistan)

73.33 (India)

83.33 (New Zealand*)

Paying Taxes (rank)

165 (Sri Lanka)

30 (Bhutan)

1 (United Arab Emirates)

Paying Taxes (DTF Score)

54.59 (Sri Lanka)

85.50 (Bhutan)

99.44 (United Arab Emirates)

Trading across Borders (rank)

175 (Afghanistan)

26 (Bhutan)

1 (10 Economies*)

Trading across Borders (DTF Score)

30.63 (Afghanistan)

94.25 (Bhutan)

100.00 (10 Economies*)

Enforcing Contracts (rank)

189 (Bangladesh)

47 (Bhutan)

1 (Korea, Rep.)

Enforcing Contracts (DTF Score)

22.21 (Bangladesh)

65.36 (Bhutan)

84.15 (Korea, Rep.)

Resolving Insolvency (rank)

159 (Afghanistan)