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2.1: Country/Economy Profiles India Key indicators, 2011 GDP (PPP) per capita (int’l $), 1990–2011 Population (millions) ................................... 1,250.2 GDP (US$ billions) ..................................... 1,676.1 GDP per capita (US$) ................................... 1,389 GDP (PPP) as share (%) of world total ............ 5.65 India 6,000 Developing Asia 5,000 4,000 3,000 2,000 1,000 0 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 The Global Competitiveness Index Rank (out of 144) Stage of development Score (1–7) GCI 2012–2013 ...................................................... 59 ..... 4.3 Transition 1–2 1 GCI 2011–2012 (out of 142) ..................................... 56 ......4.3 GCI 2010–2011 (out of 139) ..................................... 51 ......4.3 Factor driven Transition 2–3 2 3 Efficiency driven Basic requirements (60.0%) .......................................85 ......4.3 Innovation driven Institutions Institutions ................................................................ 70 ......3.9 Infrastructure ............................................................ 84 ......3.6 Macroeconomic environment ................................... 99 ......4.3 Health and primary education ................................. 101 ......5.3 7 Innovation Infrastructure 6 5 Business sophistication Macroeconomic environment 4 3 Efficiency enhancers (35.0%) .....................................39 ......4.5 2 Higher education and training ................................... 86 ......4.0 Goods market efficiency .......................................... 75 ......4.2 Labor market efficiency ............................................ 82 ......4.2 Financial market development .................................. 21 ......4.9 Technological readiness ............................................ 96 ......3.4 Market size ................................................................. 3 ......6.2 Market size Health and primary education 1 Higher education and training Technological readiness Financial market development Innovation and sophistication factors (5.0%) .............43 ......3.9 Goods market efficiency Labor market efficiency Business sophistication ........................................... 40 ......4.3 Innovation ................................................................. 41 ......3.6 India Factor-driven economies The most problematic factors for doing business Inadequate supply of infrastructure ....................................20.4 Corruption .........................................................................15.8 Inefficient government bureaucracy ...................................12.7 Policy instability ...................................................................7.6 Inflation ................................................................................7.5 Access to financing .............................................................6.2 Tax regulations ....................................................................6.2 Restrictive labor regulations .................................................5.7 Inadequately educated workforce ........................................5.1 Insufficient capacity to innovate ...........................................3.0 Government instability/coups ..............................................2.8 Poor work ethic in national labor force ................................2.7 Tax rates..............................................................................1.9 Crime and theft ...................................................................1.0 Foreign currency regulations ................................................0.7 Poor public health ...............................................................0.7 0 5 10 15 20 Percent of responses Note: From the list of factors above, respondents were asked to select the five most problematic for doing business in their country and to rank them between 1 (most problematic) and 5. The bars in the figure show the responses weighted according to their rankings. 198 | The Global Competitiveness Report 2012–2013 25 30 2.1: Country/Economy Profiles India The Global Competitiveness Index in detail INDICATOR VALUE RANK/144 INDICATOR 1st pillar: Institutions 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 Property rights ....................................................... 4.4 ............61 Intellectual property protection ............................... 3.7 ............63 Diversion of public funds ........................................ 2.8 ............91 Public trust in politicians ......................................... 2.2 ..........106 Irregular payments and bribes ................................ 3.4 ............99 Judicial independence............................................ 4.5 ............45 Favoritism in decisions of government officials ....... 2.8 ............92 Wastefulness of government spending ................... 3.4 ............63 Burden of government regulation ........................... 3.0 ............98 Efficiency of legal framework in settling disputes .... 3.8 ............59 Efficiency of legal framework in challenging regs. ... 3.9 ............52 Transparency of government policymaking............. 4.3 ............65 Gov’t services for improved business performance 3.6 ............75 Business costs of terrorism .................................... 4.8 ..........114 Business costs of crime and violence..................... 5.0 ............64 Organized crime ..................................................... 5.0 ............81 Reliability of police services .................................... 4.3 ............69 Ethical behavior of firms ......................................... 3.8 ............81 Strength of auditing and reporting standards ......... 5.0 ............44 Efficacy of corporate boards .................................. 4.4 ............75 Protection of minority shareholders’ interests ......... 4.4 ............52 Strength of investor protection, 0–10 (best)* .......... 6.0 ............39 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 Quality of overall infrastructure ............................... 3.8 ............87 Quality of roads ...................................................... 3.5 ............86 Quality of railroad infrastructure .............................. 4.4 ............27 Quality of port infrastructure ................................... 4.0 ............80 Quality of air transport infrastructure....................... 4.7 ............68 Available airline seat kms/week, millions* ........ 3,246.9 ............13 Quality of electricity supply ..................................... 3.2 ..........110 Mobile telephone subscriptions/100 pop.* ........... 72.0 ..........116 Fixed telephone lines/100 pop.* ............................. 2.6 ..........118 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 Government budget balance, % GDP*..................-8.7 ..........136 Gross national savings, % GDP* .......................... 31.6 ............22 Inflation, annual % change* .................................... 8.6 ..........116 General government debt, % GDP* ..................... 68.1 ..........111 Country credit rating, 0–100 (best)* ...................... 64.0 ............43 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 Business impact of malaria .................................... 4.5 ..........110 Malaria cases/100,000 pop.* .......................... 1,862.2 ..........112 Business impact of tuberculosis ............................. 4.6 ..........102 Tuberculosis cases/100,000 pop.* ..................... 185.0 ..........113 Business impact of HIV/AIDS ................................. 4.6 ..........102 HIV prevalence, % adult pop.* ............................... 0.3 ............68 Infant mortality, deaths/1,000 live births* .............. 48.2 ..........112 Life expectancy, years*......................................... 65.1 ..........110 Quality of primary education ................................... 3.5 ............81 Primary education enrollment, net %* .................. 92.1 ............84 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 Secondary education enrollment, gross %* .......... 63.2 ..........107 Tertiary education enrollment, gross %*................ 17.9 ............95 Quality of the educational system ........................... 4.4 ............34 Quality of math and science education .................. 4.7 ............30 Quality of management schools ............................. 4.9 ............33 Internet access in schools ...................................... 4.0 ............75 Availability of research and training services ........... 4.3 ............59 Extent of staff training ............................................ 4.1 ............54 2nd pillar: Infrastructure 3rd pillar: Macroeconomic environment 4th pillar: Health and primary education 5th pillar: Higher education and training VALUE RANK/144 6th pillar: Goods market efficiency 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 6.12 6.13 6.14 6.15 6.16 Intensity of local competition .................................. 5.4 ............34 Extent of market dominance .................................. 4.5 ............27 Effectiveness of anti-monopoly policy ..................... 4.6 ............34 Extent and effect of taxation................................... 3.8 ............44 Total tax rate, % profits* ....................................... 61.8 ..........123 No. procedures to start a business* ........................ 12 ..........121 No. days to start a business* .................................. 29 ............99 Agricultural policy costs.......................................... 3.7 ............87 Prevalence of trade barriers ................................... 4.2 ............78 Trade tariffs, % duty* ............................................ 12.6 ..........126 Prevalence of foreign ownership............................. 4.5 ............84 Business impact of rules on FDI ............................. 4.7 ............62 Burden of customs procedures .............................. 3.8 ............84 Imports as a percentage of GDP* ........................ 34.7 ..........101 Degree of customer orientation .............................. 4.7 ............60 Buyer sophistication ............................................... 3.7 ............53 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 Cooperation in labor-employer relations ................. 4.5 ............50 Flexibility of wage determination ............................. 5.1 ............61 Hiring and firing practices ....................................... 4.0 ............71 Redundancy costs, weeks of salary* ....................... 16 ............73 Pay and productivity............................................... 4.3 ............43 Reliance on professional management ................... 4.6 ............46 Brain drain ............................................................. 4.5 ............30 Women in labor force, ratio to men* ..................... 0.36 ..........133 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 Availability of financial services ............................... 5.0 ............44 Affordability of financial services ............................. 4.9 ............33 Financing through local equity market .................... 4.6 ............19 Ease of access to loans ......................................... 3.3 ............38 Venture capital availability ....................................... 3.4 ............26 Soundness of banks .............................................. 5.7 ............38 Regulation of securities exchanges ........................ 5.2 ............28 Legal rights index, 0–10 (best)* ................................. 8 ............24 9.01 9.02 9.03 9.04 9.05 9.06 9.07 Availability of latest technologies ............................ 5.3 ............47 Firm-level technology absorption ............................ 5.2 ............40 FDI and technology transfer ................................... 4.9 ............44 Individuals using Internet, %* ............................... 10.1 ..........119 Broadband Internet subscriptions/100 pop.* .......... 1.0 ..........101 Int’l Internet bandwidth, kb/s per user* .................. 5.4 ..........104 Mobile broadband subscriptions/100 pop.*............ 1.9 ..........102 7th pillar: Labor market efficiency 8th pillar: Financial market development 9th pillar: Technological readiness 10th pillar: Market size 10.01 Domestic market size index, 1–7 (best)*................. 6.2 ..............3 10.02 Foreign market size index, 1–7 (best)* .................... 6.4 ..............4 11th pillar: Business sophistication 11.01 11.02 11.03 11.04 11.05 11.06 11.07 11.08 11.09 Local supplier quantity ........................................... 5.6 ............10 Local supplier quality.............................................. 4.5 ............69 State of cluster development.................................. 4.5 ............29 Nature of competitive advantage ............................ 3.4 ............75 Value chain breadth................................................ 4.1 ............38 Control of international distribution ......................... 4.2 ............51 Production process sophistication.......................... 4.1 ............46 Extent of marketing ................................................ 4.4 ............48 Willingness to delegate authority ............................ 3.9 ............50 12.01 12.02 12.03 12.04 12.05 12.06 12.07 Capacity for innovation........................................... 3.5 ............42 Quality of scientific research institutions ................. 4.4 ............39 Company spending on R&D................................... 3.5 ............37 University-industry collaboration in R&D ................. 3.8 ............51 Gov’t procurement of advanced tech products ...... 3.4 ............83 Availability of scientists and engineers .................... 5.0 ............16 PCT patents, applications/million pop.* .................. 1.2 ............63 12th pillar: Innovation Notes: Values are on a 1-to-7 scale unless otherwise annotated with an asterisk (*). For further details and explanation, please refer to the section “How to Read the Country/Economy Profiles” on page 83. The Global Competitiveness Report 2012–2013 | 199