The
Human Development Index (HDI) is a composite statistic or index of life
expectancy, education and per capita income indicators, which are used to rank
countries into four tiers of human development. A country scores higher HDI
when the lifespan is higher, the education level is higher, and the GDP per
capita is higher. The HDI is used to measure the countries' development by the United
Nations Development Program (UNDP). [1]
India
being a developing country has been ranked among the lowest among all the
countries. But if we look at the past statistics and trend, good news is that
India's HDI has been improving every year in the past years:
Year:
HDI [2]
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2012:
0.600
2013:
0.618
2015:
0.627
2016:
0.636
2017:
0.640
Recently,
latest HDI data has been released. India has climbed one spot to 130 in the
latest human development index released by the UNDP. India's HDI value for 2017
is 0.640.
It
is worth noticing that within South Asia, India's human development index (HDI)
value is above the average of 0.638 for the region. [3]
We
still have a long way to go.
- Rahul
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