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INDIA the ‘Sick man of South Asia’ is ranked last, at 120th, among seven South Asian countries surveyed, by the World Bank’s ‘‘Ease of Doing Business in 2008’ report released last week thanks to the stranglehold of the Nehru dynasty’s evil nexus with the Brahmin/Bania mafia over India’s Socio-economic-political life

Entrepreneurial and egalitarian Sikhs have no future in India as only high school dropouts like Rahul Gandhi can prosper

Washington, D.C., Wednesday, October 03, 2007 - The latest World Bank's "Ease of Doing Business in 2008" report, released last week, (click at: > http://www.doingbusiness.org/documents/DB-2008-overview.pdf   < and look for rankings of 178 counties on page 6 of the report) has delivered a fatal blow to the credibility of the ‘trishul’ of false Indian government propaganda slogans ('INDIA Shining' and 'INDIA an Emerging Super Power' and 'INDIA's Information Revolution') which dezinformatsiya is being force-fed to over a billion hungry Indians (including 22 million Sikhs captive in the Indian map) and about a million well-fed, ‘brain-washed’, vociferous, Hindutva right wing, Neo-Nazi jingoists prospering in the Indian diaspora.

India has been ranked 120^th (out of 178 countries surveyed world wide) in the latest 2008 World Bank report much below Maldives at 60^th, Pakistan at 76^th, Sri Lanka at 101^st, Bangladesh at 102^nd, Nepal at 111^th and Bhutan at 119^th.  After seeing India’s ranking a much quoted line from that famous play, ‘Hamlet’ written by the great English poet and dramatist (1564-1616) William Shakespeare that, “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark,” comes to mind about caste-ridden India’s phony booming business, bogus prosperity and its caste-ridden, dynastic, oligarchic ‘demoNcracy’. An India where, according to the UN’s 2006 Human Development Report, (> http://hdr.undp.org/hdr2006/pdfs/report/HDR_2006_Tables.pdf  < Chapter 3) an increasing number of its inhabitants join the growing number of poor every day, 888 million (79. 9% of the population) of whom eke out a miserable living on less than US$.2 per day, while 375 million Indians (34.7% of that population) starve on less than US$. 1 a day.

The World Bank index for the ‘Ease of Doing Business -2008’ report has been calculated on the basis of the ranking on the simple average of country percentile rankings on each of the 10 topics covered in 'Ease of Doing Business in 2008' report. The World Bank project prepared a set of templates or questionnaires for use by staff of the World Bank Group, or other agencies, in their work on business environment issues. The full set of ten topics was built over a period of  years. Once published, each topic is updated annually. Ten topics currently available (Starting a Business, Dealing with Licenses, Hiring and Firing Workers, Registering Property, Getting Credit, Protecting Investors, Enforcing Contracts, Trading Across Borders, Paying Taxes, and Closing a Business) are benchmarked and 178 countries have been ranked in each. A comparative chart below of just the eight South Asian countries will give the readers an idea of the difficulties a business man & or investor has to face in doing business in India as compared to countries like Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan and Maldives, all of whom are ahead of INDIA in welcoming business and investment. Obviously the Nehru dynasty’s evil nexus with the Bania/ Brahmin caste mafia in INDIA does not want to loosen its grip to free the economy of that miserable misruled land the propaganda of booming economy not withstanding. A dekho at the comparative chart below of seven South Asian countries should be an eye opener for our readers:-

A comparative chart of rankings of South Asian countries culled from World Bank’s "Ease of Doing Business in 2008" report & latest UN’s Human Development-2006 report

> http://www.doingbusiness.org/documents/DB-2008-overview.pdf   <

> http://hdr.undp.org/hdr2006/pdfs/report/HDR_2006_Tables.pdf   <

 

Ser. No	South Asian country	World Bank's "Ease of Doing Business              2008” – rank	World Bank's "Ease of    Doing Business                2004” -- rank	UN’s Human Development Report 2006 - rank	UN’s Human Development Report 2002 - rank
1	Maldives	60th  minus 29 over 2004 rank	31st	98th minus 14 over 2002 rank	84th
2	Pakistan	76th minus 16 over 2004 rank	60th	134th plus 4 over 2002 rank	138th
3	Sri Lanka	101st minus 26 over 2004 rank	75th	93rd minus 4 over 2002 rank	89th
4	Bangladesh	107th minus 42 over 2004 rank	65th	137th plus 8 over 2002 rank	145th
5	Nepal	111th minus 56 over 2004 rank	55th	138th plus 4 over 2002 rank	142nd
6	Bhutan	119th minus 15 over 2004 rank	104th	135th plus 5 over 2002 rank	140th
7	India	120th minus 4 over 2004 rank	116th	126th minus 2 over 2002 rank	124th

The above comparative chart shows that India the ‘Sick man of South Asia’ remains sick. Instead of improving the business environment (Ease of Doing Business) in the period 2004 to 2007 India’s performance was no better than the other six South Asian countries all of whom went into minus. Where is the booming Indian economy? As far as the Human development, in the period 2002 to 2006 is concerned, India’s ranking dropped two points while Pakistan Bangladesh Nepal and Bhutan showed improvement. Where is India’s booming economy?

The World Bank’s ‘Doing Business’ indicators have been compared across 178 economies of the world. They indicate the regulatory costs of business and can be used to analyze specific regulations that enhance or constrain investment, productivity, and growth. Economies in this 2008 World Bank report are ranked on their Ease of Doing Business, from 1 – 178, with first place being the best. Rankings are based on time and costs involved in meeting government requirements vis-à-vis starting, operating and closing a business. A high ranking (like Singapore’s) on the ease of doing business index means the regulatory environment is conducive to the operation of business. Low rankings like India’s and Congo’s (at 120^th and 178th) indicate an unfriendly atmosphere and chaos for any investor local or foreign.  This index averages the country's percentile rankings on 10 topics, made up of a variety of indicators, giving equal weight to each topic. Among 178  countries surveyed world-wide this year by the latest WORLD BANK’s ‘Doing Business in 2008’ report Singapore is ranked 1^st, New Zealand 2^nd, U.S.A 3^rd, Hong Kong (China) 4^th, UK 6^th, Canada 7^th, Australia 9^th, Japan 12^th, Thailand 15^th, Germany 20^th, Saudi Arabia 23^rd, Malaysia 24^th, Mauritius 27^th, Korea 30^th, France 31^st, South Africa 35^th, Fiji 36^th, Kuwait 40^th, Mexico 44^th, Italy 53^rd, Turkey 57^th, MALDIVES 60th, United Arab Emirates UAE 68^th, Kenya 72^nd, PAKISTAN 76^th, China 83^rd, Ghana 87^th, Viet Nam 91^st, SRI LANKA 101st, Ethiopia 102nd, BANGLADESH 102nd, Russia 106^th, Nigeria 108^th, NEPAL 111^th, Yemen 113^th, Zambia 116^th, Occupied Palestine – GAZA 117^th, Uganda 118^th, BHUTAN 119^th, INDIA 120^th, Lesotho 124^th, Malawi 127^th, Tanzania 130^th, Gambia 131^st, Mozambique 134^th, Haiti 148^th, Afghanistan 159^th & Democratic Republic of Congo is ranked last at 178^th. (Complete list of Rankings of 178 countries surveyed by the World Bank can be seen on page 6 of the World Bank’s ‘Ease of Doing Business in 2008’ report by clicking at: >  http://www.doingbusiness.org/documents/DB-2008-overview.pdf    <) Even (almost) failed states like Occupied Palestine – Gaza (117^th) and Ethiopia (102^nd) have done better than India at 120^th.

The World Bank database for it’s "Ease of Doing Business in 2008" report differs from existing reports that address business environment issues -- such as the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development's Transition Report, World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Report, Fraser Institute's Economic Freedom of the World -- which tend to rely on business perceptions surveys and analyst assessments. The World Bank's 'Doing Business' data is based on research of laws and regulations, with input and verification from more than 3,000 local government officials, lawyers, business consultants, and other professionals who routinely administer or advise on legal and regulatory requirements. This approach has used factual information and allowed for multiple interactions with local respondents, to clarify potential misinterpretations of questions. Standard templates/questionnaires were developed for all topics. The Doing Business database provides objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement.

A detailed study of the World Banks latest report, "Ease of Doing Business in 2008," is therefore called for, by the world’s 25 million Sikhs - 22 million living in Indian captivity and three million living free and prosperous in the Sikh diaspora – to understand that there is no future for the entrepreneurial Sikhs in India. In caste-ridden India only unread effeminate High school dropouts like Signore Rahul Gandhi can prosper. (see Khalistan Calling dated 26 September 2007 headlined, “The Indian demoNcracy, to the eternal shame of a billion Indians, begins a new era of the corrupt Nehru/ Indira dynastic rule,” by clicking at: > /home/khalistancalling/2007/september26.aspx   <) Above all there is a special responsibility for the three million strong prosperous Sikh diaspora, living FREE in every nook and corner of the world, (to follow the lead of the ten million strong 1948 Jewish diaspora which created the state of Israel against all odds) to help create an independent, democratic Sikh Buffer state of KHALISTAN in South Asia, which will become a bridge of commerce and peace between South and Central Asia because of its geographic location. Water and food surplus KHALISTAN, boasting many light industries, and geographically stretching from the River Jumna in the East to the Pakistan border in the West, to Kashmir in the North and China on the North East will also separate the perennial warring nuclear-armed nations of Muslim Pakistan and Hindu India. KHALISTAN will also help bring prosperity to the billion and half hungry and angry denizens of the seven countries who inhabit the entire subcontinent in South Asia.

 

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