Tag: HDI report 2016

Poor Performance of India in HDI

Mar 23, 2017

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in Daily Editorials for UPSC IAS Exam Preparation

Context India’s position in Human Development Index 2016 of UNDP has dropped by 1 rank. Highlights of the Report for 2016 India’s human development index (HDI) ranking for 2016 puts us at 131st among 188 countries with HDI value 0.624—which puts the country in the “medium” category of human development category alongside countries such…