Inadequate infrastructure most problematic factor for doing business in India: WEF

05 Sep 2013 Evaluate

As per the World Economic Forum (WEF) report, inadequate infrastructure development in India was cited by a majority of respondents as the most problematic factor for doing business in India followed by corruption and cumbersome bureaucracy among other. Continuing its downward trend since 2009, India now ranks 60th in terms of global competitiveness and also placed badly with respect to its BRICS peers. 

WEF’s global competitiveness report said that adequate infrastructure development is the a most critical prerequisite for the effective functioning of the economy as it reduces the effect of distance between regions, helps integrating the national market and connecting it to markets in other countries and regions. The WEF report said that in India public trust in politicians has been eroding since 2009 and has now reached an all-time low at 115th, while bribery remains deeply placed at 110th. The report also cited some factors like access to financing, tax rates, government instability, inadequately educated workforce, crime and theft and poor public health, among others as hindrance for doing business in India. In terms of labour market efficiency, India placed at 99th place due to the low participation of women in the workforce and with a women-to-men ratio at 0.36 in working, India has the lowest percentage of working women outside the Arab world. 

By adding further, WEF report added that the country’s situation in global competitiveness has also deteriorated on the macroeconomic front, with India now placed at 110th. The inflation rate and public deficit-to-GDP ratio were awfully close to double digits in 2012, and the debt to-GDP ratio is the second highest among the BRICS, the report added. Furthermore, the penetration rates of fixed and mobile Internet and telephony among the population also remain lowest among the developing Asia.

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