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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

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- The Ease of Doing Business ranking was a World Bank index that scored economies on the regulatory burden of starting and operating a business, discontinued in 2021.
- Why did the World Bank discontinue the Ease of Doing Business ranking?
- What is replacing the Doing Business index?
- How did the Ease of Doing Business ranking relate to India's state rankings?
- What did the index deliberately leave out?

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India's government cited the country's rise from 142nd to 63rd in the World Bank's 2020 Doing Business report as evidence of its post-2014 regulatory reforms before the index was discontinued in 2021.

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