evidence: India has improved its ranking by 79 positions in five years (2014-19). In the recent World Bank’s ease of doing business 2020 report, the country jumped to 63rd position, among 190 nations. India also figured among the top 10 performers on the list for the third time in a row. "India’s ranking witnessed improvement even as the Central Government took drastic steps such demonetization and ghastly implementation of Goods of Service Tax. These two steps alone uprooted lakhs of small businesses," said a senior economist at a brokerage firm requesting anonymity. [...] In 2014, India was ranked 142nd. It jumped to the 63rd position among 190 countries in May 2019.