India along with the US, Canada and Australia, has been ranked among the nations with the best cultures in the world for people to start a new business. According to a new global poll conducted by the BBC World Service, while India finds itself bracketed with the better ranked countries, Colombia, Egypt, Turkey, Italy and Russia are the least friendly to innovation and entrepreneurship.US and China are also among the most favourable countries for innovation and creativity. The results were drawn from a survey of 24,537 adult citizens across 24 countries.Most countries surveyed in Asia were found to have a well-developed entrepreneurship culture, and except Pakistan, all had good ratings on the entrepreneur-friendly index.