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India’s poor HDI

Published : Nov 4, 2016, 9:26 am IST
Updated : Nov 4, 2016, 9:26 am IST

According to the World Bank ranking in ease of doing business, India’s position is 130th among 190 countries. However, this is no surprise.

According to the World Bank ranking in ease of doing business, India’s position is 130th among 190 countries. However, this is no surprise. This ranking is a reflection of India’s 130th position of human development index. Given more than half of our population has only 4.1 per cent of the nation’s wealth, half of India has too negligible purchasing power to create the demand for boosting the market. How can a country have a business-friendly environment when its workforce is unskilled and unhealthy

Sujit De

Kolkata