How Congress leaders reacted to India's 30-place jump in Ease of Doing Business ranking

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures as he addresses a gathering during a conference of start-up businesses in New Delhi, India, January 16, 2016. Indian Prime Minister Modi launched a number of initiatives on Saturday to support the country's start-ups, including a 100 billion rupee ($1.5 billion) fund and a string of tax breaks for both the companies and their investors. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi - RTX22ONI

India's 30-place jump on World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business report has invited both appreciation and astonishment.

The report, to which the government reacted with visible glee, comes at a time when the opposition has been criticising Centre's policies and has blamed it for causing a slowdown in the economy. The rankings, released on Tuesday evening, invited a plethora of reactions from Twitter- some good and some bad.

While some poked fun at not being able to digest the fact, others praised it with a pinch of salt.

Also Read: India jumps 30 places, breaks into top 100 of World Bank's Ease of Doing Business rankings

Despite the cheer, the news continued to draw flak on Twitter from BJP's political opponents.

Earlier today, Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala pointed out that reports presented by "spin doctor" Jaitley would not change the reality driven by "disastrous" demonetisation and "failed" goods and services tax (GST).

'#EaseofDoingBusiness' has become 'Cease of Doing Business'.Reports showcased by spin doctor FM Jaitley ji will not change reality on ground pic.twitter.com/Vh2QhsqJes

— Randeep S Surjewala (@rssurjewala) October 31, 2017

Surjewala further went on to say that say that "Jaitley has proved to be the worst FM in India's history" and blamed him for "hiding behind the World Bank reports".

Here's how Rahul Gandhi and other Congress leaders responded to the news on Twitter: 

सबको मालूम है “ease of doing business” की हकीकत, लेकिन
ख़ुद को खुश रखने के लिए "Dr Jaitley" ये ख्याल अच्छा है

— Office of RG (@OfficeOfRG) November 1, 2017

India at 100 of 190 countries in Ease of Doing Business .
India at 100 of 119 countries in the Global Hunger Index .

Deal with hunger too .

— Kapil Sibal (@KapilSibal) November 1, 2017

'Misinform', 'Non-Perform' and 'Multiple GST Forms' are the guiding mantras of your Govt. Forget "Ease", where is the "Business", Modi ji? https://t.co/GR8Ld4F2Rp

— Randeep S Surjewala (@rssurjewala) October 31, 2017

Ease of doing business is only for Jay Shah-zada, for everyone else it's erasing business.

— Gaurav Pandhi (@GauravPandhi) November 1, 2017

If India has dramatically improved on the Ease of Doing Business Index-Why is no one doing business?Why are other economic indicators in1/2

— Manish Tewari (@ManishTewari) November 1, 2017

2/2 a free fall? Why is economy up a creek without a Paddle?Ans- Social Disharmony & Economic Development do not go hand in hand?Money is a

— Manish Tewari (@ManishTewari) November 1, 2017

3/3 is a COWARD. It finds the Safest harbour.In 41 months india has become unattractive destination for even domestic investment forget FDI

— Manish Tewari (@ManishTewari) November 1, 2017

Congrats India for better ease of doing business ranking! But data shows cease of doing business got a bigger jump because of Modinomics pic.twitter.com/USNJmDJuyp

— Priyanka Chaturvedi (@priyankac19) October 31, 2017

The news created a flutter on Twitter that prompted opinions from other leaders and thinkers:

Ease of Doing Business rises 16,000 times, but only for chosen few. Rest of India is out of business courtesy #Demonetisation #GST #JobLoss

— Sitaram Yechury (@SitaramYechury) November 1, 2017

Big improvement in India’s ranking in World Bank Ease of Doing Business Report.Clear recognition of structural & admin reforms undertaken.

— Shaktikanta Das (@DasShaktikanta) October 31, 2017

New bankruptcy law allows Corporations to siphon out money, declare bankruptcy& get away. Is this ease of doing business or ease of looting?

— Prashant Bhushan (@pbhushan1) November 1, 2017

What an irony ! Press conference is about ease of doing business on a day when most of the businesses are crippling under pressures. Wow !

— CA. Ashish R. Pai (@AshishRPai) October 31, 2017

Beyond Political ideologies one needs to appreciate the jump of 30 places in the "Ease of Doing Business Index" by the World Bank great news

— Tehseen Poonawalla (@tehseenp) October 31, 2017

Genuine improvement in our ranking for Ease of Doing Business?

Probably not! But we’d definitely top the ranking in Ease of Fooling Voters!

— Sanjiv Bhatt (IPS) (@sanjivbhatt) November 1, 2017

Also Read: Three key reasons why India galloped on Ease of Doing Business ranking

Many others have also criticised the ranking system of the World Bank that assessed only two cities- Delhi and Mumbai.

Also it is being said data only for Del/Mum. Perhaps India needs its own wider survey rather than @WorldBank certificate. https://t.co/FQ7h8LvmZp

— K. C. Singh (@ambkcsingh) November 1, 2017

India jumping to 100th position in Ease of Doing Business ranking is good news. But ranking takes only Mumbai and Delhi into account.

— Vivek (@kaul_vivek) October 31, 2017

As a rebuttal, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley stated that there were other tough parameters under which the assessment does not move unless “impact on the ground was visible”.

Also Read: Jump in rankings is highest any country has ever made, says FM Arun Jaitley

Improvement in overall ranking of #EoDB 2018 is not only proof 4 reform but also slap on faces of people trying to blame govt unnecessary

— nitin verma (@AjayNitin) November 1, 2017

The government hopes that GST alone would drive India to an even better ranking next year.