DrRajpalSingh
July 29th, 2014, 10:05 AM
Once a year, the United Nations Development Programme releases its Human Development Report. This puts out a country-wise Human Development Index, which is constructed by using a combination of years of schooling, life expectancy and income indicators. Like its predecessors, the 2014 report (released two days ago) allows one to compare India’s performance with other countries.
The country’s overall rank is 135 -- which puts it nearly three-quarters of the way down the list.Just over 100 of the total list of 187 countries are in the ‘High’ or ‘Very High’ human development category. India is bracketed with over 40 other countries in the Medium Human Development category (index ranging from 0.550 to 0.700).
India’s score for 2013, at 0.586, places it near the bottom of the Medium category -- which is understandable since it crossed from Low to Medium only six or seven years ago. The list bears out once again that human development is linked closely to income.
The richest countries have the best human development index, and the poorest have the worst. Only 10 countries with a lower per capita income than India have a better index; and four countries with higher income have a lower index. So incomes and human development tend to go together.
Read full article on the report :
http://www.rediff.com/business/column/column-why-india-ranks-low-in-the-human-development-index/20140726.htm
Your valued comments are welcome.
The country’s overall rank is 135 -- which puts it nearly three-quarters of the way down the list.Just over 100 of the total list of 187 countries are in the ‘High’ or ‘Very High’ human development category. India is bracketed with over 40 other countries in the Medium Human Development category (index ranging from 0.550 to 0.700).
India’s score for 2013, at 0.586, places it near the bottom of the Medium category -- which is understandable since it crossed from Low to Medium only six or seven years ago. The list bears out once again that human development is linked closely to income.
The richest countries have the best human development index, and the poorest have the worst. Only 10 countries with a lower per capita income than India have a better index; and four countries with higher income have a lower index. So incomes and human development tend to go together.
Read full article on the report :
http://www.rediff.com/business/column/column-why-india-ranks-low-in-the-human-development-index/20140726.htm
Your valued comments are welcome.