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Confident GST implementation will further improve India's biz ranking: Modi

The PM said that he didn't want to sleep over the 30-place jump and that he had 'one life, one mission' of bringing change to India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Ease of Doing Business rank. (Photo: Twitter, ANI)
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Ease of Doing Business rank. (Photo: Twitter, ANI)

Press Trust of India
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday exuded confidence that India's ease of doing business ranking will further improve next year when the impact of GST - the biggest tax reform - is taken into account.

Modi said India has in three years jumped 42 places to break into top 100 countries on World Bank's ease of doing business ranking.

This ranking takes into account reforms initiated only till May-end and does not reflect the impact of the Goods and Services Tax (GST), which was implemented from July 1, he said.

The GST has not just integrated the nation of 1.2

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