The latest EODB Report on India shows a very optimistic future for us. While the ranking of India (based on data collected from Delhi and Mumbai) has increased on several parameters such as minority protection, starting a business, getting construction permits etc, India struggles at the fact front. The research methodology indicates that it is premised on changes in substantive policy and lacks any empirical evidence to back it. While Mumbai and Delhi do show great improvement in their commercial activities, owing to the overall structural reforms, other cities do not show the same level of development. In fact, this goes for many countries where the report considers only top performing cities for its data analysis. If the median between the top performing city in a country vis a vis worst performing city is considered and this inequality is factored in the overall growth indicators, results will speak otherwise. some may say that ease of doing business does not requir...