As per the report on ‘World’s MOST VALUABLE nation brands’ by ‘Brand Finance’, India is ranked 7th in the world, with a brand value of $2.1 billion. The US retains its top position with a brand value of $19.7 billion, followed by China with $6.3 billion, Germany, Britain, Japan and France at top 6 places.
India has moved up one position since last year with an increase of 32 percent, the highest among all the top 20 nations on this list.
While India and France have moved up one position each, all the top five countries retained their places. China has retained second position despite a decline of 1 per cent in its brand value
Brand finance measures the value of the nation brands using a method based on 5-year sales forecasts of all brands in every nation.
As per the new World Bank report “Doing business 2016: Measuring Regulatory Quality and Efficiency” released last week, India has made the biggest improvement in business regulations among all the South Asian economies, moving up in the Ease of Doing Business ranking to 130 from 134.
India is also ranked 8th in the world in ‘Protecting Minority Investors’.
