Answer (d)
Ease of Doing Business Index
India has moved 14 places to be 63rd among 190 nations in the World Bank’s ease of doing business ranking as per the 2019 ranking. For the previous year, India’s ranking was 77th. In 2018, India had recorded a jump of 23 positions against its rank of 100 in 2017 to be placed at 77th. India’s ranking was 134 in 2014 and since then the ran
India and Ease of Doing Business Index
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Year
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Rank
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2013
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134
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2014
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134
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2015
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131
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2016
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130
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2017
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100
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2018
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77
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2019
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63
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king improved.

HDI India 2019
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Value
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0.647
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Rank
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129
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Status
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Medium human development
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Progress in the last year
India inched up one spot to rank 129th out of 189 countries on the 2019 Human Development Index (HDI). In the previous year, India’s ranking was 130. India’s HDI for 2018 improved to 0.647 compared to 0.640 the year before. However, when the value is discounted for inequality, the HDI falls to 0.477, a loss of 26.3 per cent due to inequity in the distribution of the HDI dimension indices, the UNDP report stated.
India has a GII value of 0.501, ranking it 122 out of 162 countries in the 2018 index.
Still, the improvement in ease of doing business index was remarkable and consistent compared to other indices.