India ranks very low at 111th position in terms of economic freedom.
In some countries opening and running a business is as easy as travelling from one city to another, while in some it means battling layers of bureaucracy.
The report on the Economic Freedom of the States of India is the latest in a series of annual surveys on the economic freedom of Indian states, which started in 2004. The latest report takes 2009 as the period under review.
Hong Kong has the highest level of economic freedom worldwide
India ranks 73rd on a list of 123 of the world's freest economies, according to a study released in Washington.
At some stage this fall in the quality of life will begin to hurt anybody's popularity, observes Shekhar Gupta.
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