GIA poll: Modi ranks third after Merkel, Macron in global ratings of top world leaders; best ever rank for an Indian PM

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New Delhi: Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Switzerland for Davos summit, an international survey has ranked him among the top three leaders of the world.

An annual survey by Gallup International has put Prime Minister Modi at number three among the global leaders. The respondents in the survey, which was conducted among the people across 50 countries, had rated Prime Minister Modi ahead of China’s Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin, British Prime Minister Theresa May, Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu amongst others.

The top ranking in the survey went to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, followed by French president Emmanuel Macron. Prime Minister Modi will be on a two-day visit to Davos, Switzerland, to attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting between January 22 and 23.

According to masses , Modi is considered as a reformer and visionary leader in India, He has dreamt of a cashless economy and can be considered as his biggest achievement on successful implementation.  According to sources, the government is also planning to roll out a pan-India based e-assessment procedure for income-taxpayers from the current financial year and, in this regard, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has already constituted a high-level committee to prepare a roadmap for the implementation of the Prime Minister’s ambitious project.