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India can be a Top 100 country in a year: Kaushik Basu

India’s efforts to create a more conducive climate for business activity were "remarkable" and "substantial", says the World Bank’s Chief Economist Kaushik Basu. It is possible for India to break into the top 100 rankings in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business listing within one year, according to the Bank’s Chief Economist Kaushik Basu. KACHARAGADLA: Here's why World Bank thinks India can make it in top 100 of ease of doing business index India’s efforts to create a more conducive climate for business activity were “remarkable” and “substantial”, Professor Basu, who was the Indian government’s Chief Economic Adviser between 2009 and 2012, said in an exclusive conversation with  The Hindu . Still, the nation’s absolute rank in the Bank’s 2016 Doing Business report was 130 and it had “no business being there,” he said. The report’s release comes just as the Narendra Modi government has begun its 18th month in power. Questions persist as to w