Ease of Doing Business is a flagship aspiration of the Modi sarkar. It is declared as an imperative, there has been much deliberation on rising to the top 50 of the World Bank rankings, many committees and surveys by NITI Aayog.

So how is India doing – has motion translated into movement? It does seem, after much has been said about all that is being done, much has been said but a lot is left to be done. Since 2014 India has moved from 142 to 131 and to 130 this year. India continues to trail BRICS peers.