{"id":205192,"date":"2022-09-09T19:28:43","date_gmt":"2022-09-09T13:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=205192"},"modified":"2022-09-09T19:28:43","modified_gmt":"2022-09-09T13:58:43","slug":"india-ranks-132-in-undps-human-development-index-amid-a-global-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/india-ranks-132-in-undps-human-development-index-amid-a-global-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"India ranks 132 in UNDP&#8217;s Human Development Index, amid a global fall"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The post is based on the article <\/span><b>\u201cIndia ranks 132 in UNDP&#8217;s Human Development Index, amid a global fall\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> published in<\/span><b> The Hindu <\/b>on<b> 9th September 2022.<\/b><\/p>\n<h5><b>What is the News?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India ranks 132 out of 191 countries in the Human Development Index(HDI) 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>What is the Human Development Index(HDI)?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><b>Released by: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Purpose: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HDI was created to emphasize that people and their capabilities should be the ultimate criteria for assessing the development of a country, not economic growth alone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Dimensions and Indicators<\/b><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_205193\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-205193\" style=\"width: 486px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-205193 \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/hdiRoadMap.png?resize=486%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Human Development Index\" width=\"486\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/hdiRoadMap.png?w=1288&amp;ssl=1 1288w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/hdiRoadMap.png?resize=300%2C123&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/hdiRoadMap.png?resize=1024%2C421&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/hdiRoadMap.png?resize=768%2C315&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 486px) 100vw, 486px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-205193\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: UNDP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h5><b>What are the key findings of the index?<\/b><\/h5>\n<figure id=\"attachment_205194\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-205194\" style=\"width: 354px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-205194 \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/data-HDI.jpeg?resize=354%2C525&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"HDI\" width=\"354\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/data-HDI.jpeg?w=415&amp;ssl=1 415w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/data-HDI.jpeg?resize=202%2C300&amp;ssl=1 202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-205194\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Indian Express<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b>India\u2019s Rank: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India\u2019s rank on the Index has slipped from 130 in 2020 to 132 in 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 India\u2019s HDI value stood at 0.633 in 2021 which was lower than the world average of 0.732.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 The drop in India\u2019s HDI can be primarily attributed to falling life expectancy \u2014 69.7 in 2020 to 67.2 years in 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 India\u2019s expected years of schooling stand at 11.9 years, and the mean years of schooling are at 6.7 years. The Gross National Income(GNI) per capita level is $6,590.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 India has shown a slight improvement in its Gender Inequality Index value in 2021 as compared to the 2020 index (0.490 vs 0.493), after gender inequality worsened between 2019 and 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 India\u2019s policies on the 3Is (investment from renewable energy to preparedness for pandemics; insurance including social protection; and innovation) hold promise for the rest of the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 For instance, over the last decade, India has lifted a staggering 271 million out of multidimensional poverty. The country is improving access to clean water, sanitation and affordable clean energy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 India has also boosted access to social protection for vulnerable sections of society, especially during and after the pandemic with a 9.8% increase in the budgetary allocation to the social services sector in 2021-22 over 2020-21.<\/span><\/p>\n<h6><b>Global findings<\/b><\/h6>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The index has been topped by Switzerland.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 90% of countries have registered a reduction in their HDI value in 2020 or 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 A large contributor to the HDI\u2019s recent decline is a global drop in life expectancy, down from 72.8 years in 2019 to 71.4 years in 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 The key reasons behind the decline in Human Development in the last two years are the crises the world faced. This included COVID-19 and the war in Ukraine coupled with social and economic shifts and dangerous planetary changes.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article \u201cIndia ranks 132 in UNDP&#8217;s Human Development Index, amid a global fall\u201d published in The Hindu on 9th September 2022. What is the News? India ranks 132 out of 191 countries in the Human Development Index(HDI) 2021. What is the Human Development Index(HDI)? 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