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Important Indices and Reports

1. Human Development Report (HDR):
By United Nations Development Program (UNDP) since 1990.
Based on three Basic Dimensions of Human Development:
1. A long and healthy life,
2. Access to knowledge, and
3. A decent standard of living.
Based on four Basic Indicators of Human Development:
1. Life Expectancy at Birth
2. Expected years of Schooling
3. Mean Years of Schooling
4. GNI per capita (PPP $)
• Ranges from 0 to 1, with higher values indicating higher human development.
• Human Development Report 2021-22, the rank of India is 132nd (HDI Score 0.633) in the
medium human development category, among 191 countries.
• The report attributes the drop in HDI from 0.645 in 2019 to 0.633 in 2021 to India’s falling
life expectancy — from 69.7 years to 67.2 years during the survey period.
• World average of 0.465 and South Asian region’s average value of 0.508.
• Topped by Switzerland, Norway and Iceland respectively.
• Among India’s neighbours, Sri Lanka (73rd), China (79th), Bangladesh (129th), and Bhutan
(127th) are ranked above India, while Pakistan (161st), Nepal (143rd), and Myanmar
(149th) are worse off.
• Titled as “Uncertain Times, Unsettled Lives: Shaping our Future in a Transforming World”.
The other indices that form the part of the Report are:
1. Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index (IHDI),
2. Gender Development Index (GDI),
3. Gender Inequality Index (GII) and
4. Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI),
5. Planetary pressures-adjusted Human Development Index (2020).
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1. Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index:

• The IHDI indicates percentage loss in HDI due to inequality.
• For India, IHDI value for 2021 is 0.590 (19.4% overall loss).
2. Gender Development Index:
• GDI measures disparities on the HDI by gender.
• For India, GDI value for 2021 is 0.849 (World: 0.960).
3. Gender Inequality Index:
• GII presents a composite measure of gender inequality using three dimensions:
- Reproductive health,
- Empowerment and
- The labour market.
• In GII Value For 2021 is 0.465, for India Score is 0.490.
4. Multidimensional Poverty Index:
• MPI is a measure of poverty that captures the multiple deprivations that people face across
different dimensions such as health, education, and living standards.
• MPI captures the multiple deprivations that people in developing countries face.
• MPI was developed by the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) and
the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and is published in the Human
Development Reports.
• MPI ranges from 0 to 1, with higher values indicating higher levels of multidimensional
poverty.
• India scored 0.123.
• Based on three Basic Dimensions and ten Indicators-
Health Education Standard of Living
I. Nutrition I. Years of Schooling I. cooking fuel
II. Child Mortality II. School Attendence II. Sanitation
III. Drinking Water
IV. Electricity
V. Housing
VI. Assets

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Key Highlights of the Index 2023:

• Globally, 1.1 billion people (18% of the total population) out of 6.1 billion people, are
acutely multidimensionally poor and live in acute multidimensional poverty across 110
countries.
• India still has more than 230 million people who are poor.
• India has some 18.7% population under vulnerable category.
• India is among 25 countries, including Cambodia, China, Congo, Honduras, Indonesia,
Morocco, Serbia, and Vietnam, that successfully halved their global MPI values within 15
years.
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2. Global Hunger Index Report:

• Earlier by International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) now it’s published by
Concern Worldwide and Welthungerhilfe.
• Four indicators that together capture the multidimensional nature of hunger:
1. Undernourishment 2. Child Stunting 3. Child Wasting 4. Child Mortality
The share of the The share of The share of children The share of children
population whose children under the under the age of five who die before their
caloric intake is age of five who have who have low weight fifth birthday,
insufficient. low height for their for their height, reflecting in part the
age, reflecting reflecting acute fatal mix of
chronic undernutrition. inadequate nutrition
undernutrition. and unhealthy
environments.

Key Highlights of the Index 2023:

• India ranked 111th out of 125 countries, indicating a serious level of hunger.
• GHI score is calculated on a 100-point scale reflecting the severity of hunger - 0 is the best
score (implies no hunger) and 100 is the worst.
• The GHI 2023 score for the world is 18.3, considered moderate, showing minimal
improvement since 2015.
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• India's GHI score 2023 stands at 28.7, categorized as "serious" on the GHI Severity of
Hunger Scale.
• According to the GHI 2023 report, Belarus, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Chile, China are
among the top ranked countries (i.e., low level of hunger) and Yemen, Madagascar,
Central African Republic are the bottom.
Some Important indexes:
1. Global Gender Gap Index 2023
• Released by the World Economic Forum (WEF), it is the longest-standing index, which
tracks progress towards closing these gaps over time since its inception in 2006.
• It benchmarks countries on their progress towards gender parity on following dimension.
4 key dimensions :
1. Economic Participation and Opportunity
2. Educational Attainment
3. Health and Survival
4. Political Empowerment
• The GGG index provides scores between 0 and 1, where 1 shows full gender parity and 0 is
complete imparity.
Objectives: To serve as a compass to track progress on relative gaps between women and
men on health, education, economy and politics.
Key Findings :
• The global gender gap score in 2023 stands at 68.4%, indicating a modest improvement of
0.3% points compared to the previous year.
• Iceland has maintained its position as the most gender-equal country for the 14th consecutive
year, with a gender gap score of 91.2%.
India’s Rank:
• India has made significant progress, rising from 135th (in 2022) to 127th out of 146 countries
in the report's 2023, indicating an improvement in its ranking.
• India’s neighbours Pakistan ranked at 142, Bangladesh at 59, China at 107, Nepal at 116, Sri
Lanka at 115 and Bhutan at 103.
• India has achieved parity in enrolment across all levels of education, reflecting a positive
development in the country's education system.
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3. UN World Population Prospects 2022

• World Population Prospects is the 27th edition prepared by the Population Division of the
Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the UN Secretariat (UN-DESA).
• It has been published in a biennial cycle since 1951.
• It presents population estimates from 1950 to the present for 237 countries or areas,
underpinned by analyses of historical demographic trends.
Key points:
• Population growth- The world’s population continues to grow, but the pace of growth is
slowing down.
a) The global population is expected to grow to around 8.5 billion in 2030, 9.7 billion in
2050 and 10.4 billion in 2100.
b) In 2020, the global growth rate fell under 1% per year for the first time since 1950.
• Rates of population growth- Rates of population growth vary across countries and regions.
a) More than half of the projected increase in global population up to 2050 will be
concentrated in just 8 countries - Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia,
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines and United Republic of Tanzania.
b) The 46 least developed countries (LDCs) are among the world’s fastest-growing.
• Older population- The population of older persons is increasing both in numbers and as a
share of the total.
• Fertility- A sustained drop in fertility has led to an increased concentration of the working
age population (between 25- 64 years), creating an opportunity for accelerated economic
growth per capita.
a) The shift in the age distribution provides a time-bound opportunity for accelerated
economic growth known as the “demographic dividend”.
• International migration- Over the next few decades, migration will be the sole driver of
population growth in high-income countries.
• Impact of COVID-19 pandemic- The COVID-19 pandemic has affected all components of
population change, including fertility, mortality and migration.
a) Global life expectancy at birth fell to 71.0 years in 2021, down from 72.8 in 2019, due mostly
to the impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.
• India’s population- India will surpass China as the world’s most populous country in 2023,
while the global population will reach 8 billion this year.

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4. The State of World Population Report 2023

• India is on track to be the World’s most populous country, according to the UNFPA’s State
of World Population Report 2023 by United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
• Report Title - 8 Billion Lives, Infinite Possibilities: The Case for Rights and Choices.
Sr No Country Population in Millions
1 India 1428.6 mn
2 China 1425.7 mn
3 World 8045 mn
Key findings:
• The world population is growing at its slowest rate since 1950 though it crossed 8 billion in
2022.
• India’s Total Fertility Rate (TFR) - 2.0 (TFR refers to the births per woman in the
reproductive age).
• 68% of India’s total population is between 15-64 years it’s a Demographic Dividend of India
(People aged 15-64 years are considered the working population of a country), 25% of
India's population is in the age group of 0-14 years and 7% above 65 years.
• Life Expectancy - Average life expectancy at birth (For Males - 71 years, For Females - 74
year.)
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5. Global Liveability Index 2022

• Global Liveability Index relished by European Intelligence Unit and ranked 173 cities on the
basis of their liveability or living conditions.
• Top Cities - Vienna (Austria), Copenhagen (Denmark) and Melbourne (Australia).
• Least liveable cities - Damascus (Syria), Tripoli (Libya), and Algiers (Algeria).
• Observations Related to Developing Countries' Progress: Many developing nations have
shown incremental improvements in their liveability rankings.
• Asia-Pacific cities have demonstrated significant progress, while Western European cities
have slipped in the 2023 rankings.
• New Delhi and Mumbai are at 141st position and Chennai at 144th. Ahmedabad and
Bengaluru are ranked 147 and 148, respectively.
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6. World Happiness Report 2023

• The World Happiness Report is based on people's own assessment of their happiness, as
well as economic and social data (‘International Day of Happiness’, annually observed on
March 20’).
• First published in 2012.
• Published annually by the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network
(UNSDSN).
• Report considers 6 key factors: social support, income, health, freedom, generosity, and
absence of corruption.
• It assigns a happiness score based on an average of data over a 3-year period.
2023 Rankings:
• Finland (6th time) was named the world's happiest country followed by Denmark and
Iceland.
• Unhappiest: War-scarred Afghanistan has occupied the bottom spot (137th) on the table
since 2020.
• India: India was ranked 126th.
• India’s Neighbours: Nepal featured at 78, China at 64, Bangladesh at 118 and Sri Lanka at
112 and Pakistan at 108.
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7. World Development Report 2023

• Annual report released by World Bank.
• This Report provides a comprehensive analysis of international Determined by
migration and its potential to serve as a force for growth and shared 5 factors:
prosperity in all countries. 1. Stability
• It proposes an integrated framework to maximize the development 2. Healthcare
impacts of cross-border movements on both destination and origin 3. Culture and
Environment
countries and on migrants and refugees themselves.
4. Education
Key Findings: 5. Infrastructure
• A large share of migrants and refugees live in low- and middle-
income countries.
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• Top Migration Corridors - India-US, India-GCC and Bangladesh-India, Mexico-US,

China-US, Philippines-US and Kazakhstan-Russia.
• The share of working-age adults will drop sharply in many countries over the next few
decades.
• Mostly developing and poor countries like India are witnessing a rise in young population,
while the developed countries have crossed that phase as depopulation has set in.
• The report estimated a 120% income gain for Indians who migrate to another country for
work, compared to a 40% rise in the case of internal migration.
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8. Climate Change Performance Index 2023
• The Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) is compiled by three environmental non-
governmental organisations - Germanwatch, New Climate Institute and the Climate Action
Network annually since 2005.
• It is an independent monitoring tool for tracking the climate protection performance of 59
countries and the European Union.
• Aim- to enhance transparency in international climate politics and enables comparison of
climate protection efforts and progress made by individual countries.
• The CCPI looks at four categories, with 14 indicators: GHG Emissions (40% of the overall
score), Renewable Energy (20%), Energy Use (20%), and Climate Policy (20%).
• The rankings are based on how well the countries are doing to halve their emissions by 2030
an essential aspect to keep the 1.5-degree Celsius goal within reach and prevent dangerous
climate change.
• The report leaves the first 3 places empty as "no country performed well enough in all index
categories to achieve an overall very high rating".
• It puts Denmark in fourth place, followed by Sweden and Chile. Iran, Saudi Arabia and
Kazakhstan fared the worst.
• India - In the CCPI 2023, India rose two spots to rank 8th out of 63, thanks to its low
emissions and the increasing use of renewable energy best among the G20 countries.

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• India earned a high rating in the GHG Emissions and Energy Use categories, while it got a
medium rating in Climate Policy and Renewable Energy sections. The report said India is
"on track" to meet its 2030 emissions targets, compatible with a well-below 2-degree-
Celsius scenario.
• The report noted that India is among the nine countries responsible for 90% of global coal
production and it also plans to increase its oil, gas, and oil production by more than 5% by
2030.
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9. SIPRI Report 2023
• Published by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
• Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) is a Sweden-based defence think-
tank.
• Exports - The US was the world’s topmost military exporter from 2018 to 2022, accounting
for 40% of global exports. Followed by Russia (16%), France, China and Germany.
• Imports - India remained the world’s largest arms importer from 2018 to 2022 followed by
Saudi Arabia and Ukraine.
• India - India is the largest arms importer in the world since 2013 (There was an 11% drop
in India’s arms import between 2013-17 and 2018-22).
• Russia was India’s largest arms supplier in 2013-17 and 2018-2022 followed by France.
• Pakistan is the eighth-largest arms importer during 2018-22, increased its imports by 14%,
with China as its main supplier.
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10. Logistic Performance Index (LPI) 2023
• Logistic Performance Index is released by the World Bank.
• It is an interactive benchmarking tool that helps countries to identify the challenges and
opportunities they face in their performance on trade logistics.
• The 2023 LPI for the first time measures the speed of trade with indicators derived from big
datasets tracking shipments.
• India was ranked 44th on the index in 2018 and has now climbed to 38th in the 2023. India's
performance has drastically improved from 2014, when it was ranked 54th on the LPI.
• Top Countries- Singapore, Finland, Germany, Canada, France.
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11. Global Innovation Index 2022

• It is published annually by World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), in partnership
with the Portulans Institute.
• Consisting of roughly 80 indicators, grouped into innovation inputs and outputs, the GII aims
to capture the multi-dimensional facets of innovation.
• Theme 2023- Innovation in the face of uncertainty.
• India achieved a rank of 40 in GII 2023. This is the top spot among central and south Asian
countries.
• India leads the lower middle-income group, performing strongly in every innovation pillar
except for Infrastructure.
• India leads the ranking among central and south Asian economies in parameters such as
Human capital and research (48), Business sophistication (57) and Knowledge and
technology outputs (22).
• Top- Switzerland has retained its spot of rank 1 for the 13th year followed by US and
Sweden.
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12. Environmental Performance Index (EPI) 2022

• The EPI is an international ranking system of countries based on their environmental health.
• It is a biennial index, first started in 2002 as the Environment Sustainability Index.
• Index is released by the World Economic Forum in collaboration with the Yale Centre for
Environmental Law and Policy and Columbia University Centre for International Earth
Information Network.
• It measures how close countries are to meeting internationally established sustainability
targets for specific environmental issues.
• 40 performance indicators to assess and rank 180 countries.
• The 40 indicators are under the broad categories of-
a) Climate change performance
b) Environmental health
c) Ecosystem vitality
• India’s rank- India has fallen from rank 168 in 2020 to a rank of 180 with a score of 18.9.
• India comes after Pakistan, Bangladesh, Vietnam and Myanmar, the poorest performers.
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• India has cited two major concerns :

1. Baseline data does not seem to have been used.
2. There has been no explanation for the weightages assigned to certain indicators.
• Top- Denmark, United Kingdom and Finland.
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13. State of India’s Environment Report, 2023
• Published by Down To Earth, the fortnightly magazine and Centre for Science and
Environment (CSE) it is a public interest research and advocacy organization based in New
Delhi.
• Report is the annual publication, focusing on climate change, migration, health and food
systems. It also covers biodiversity, forest and wildlife, energy, industry, habitat, pollution,
waste, agriculture and rural development.
• Focus Areas :
1. Humans: how will they evolve in future.
2. Himalayas: Climate change and the Third Pole.
3. Waste: India’s legacy dumpsites.
Key Highlights :
1. Over 30,000 water bodies have been encroached on in the country and India is generating
150,000 tonnes of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) every day.
2. Rural India is losing more years due to air pollution-related health issues than the urban
belt. Rural India needs 35 % more community health centres.
3. Past five years, India’s overall global rank in meeting the United Nations-mandated
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has slipped by nine places — ranking 121 in
2022. India ranks below four south Asian countries — Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka
and Nepal.
4. India is facing challenges in 11 of the 17 SDGs, including SDG 2 (zero hunger), SDG 3
(good health and wellbeing), SDG 5 (gender equality) and SDG 11 (Sustainable cities).
5. Magnitude of the problem related to Plastic Waste remains gargantuan, a plethora of
policies and urgency are on the right path.
6. Issue of forests and biodiversity, losses of forests are a dark truth, but at the same time
more and more communities are demanding rights over forests.
7. In agriculture, strong evidence is emerging of the efficacy of traditional and regenerative
farming methods.

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Indices and Reports publish by

Indian Organizations
1. NITI Aayog’s State Energy and Climate Index (SECI)
• Released by Niti Aayog to encourage healthy competition among states on different
dimensions of the energy and climate sector.
• The State performance is evaluated on the basis of 27 key performing indicators covered
under 6 broad parameters.
• The States and UTs are categorised into Front Runners, Achievers, and Aspirants.
Ranks :
• Larger states- Gujarat, Kerala and Punjab are the top three performers.
• Smaller states- Goa, Tripura, and Manipur are the top performers.
• Union Territories- Chandigarh, Delhi, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu are
the top performers.
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2. NITI Aayog’s India Innovation Index 2021

• Prepared by NITI Aayog and the Institute for Competitiveness.
• It is a comprehensive tool for the evaluation and development of the country’s innovation
ecosystem.
• The first edition of “The Indian Innovation Index” was released In October 2019.
• It ranks the states and the union territories on their innovation performance to build healthy
competition amongst them.
• The number of indicators has increased from 36 (in the India Innovation Index 2020) to 66
(in the India Innovation Index 2021). The indicators are now distributed across 16 sub-
pillars.
• There are 7 pillars in the index—five ‘Enabler’ pillars measure the inputs and two
‘Performance’ pillars measure the output.
• India retains 40th rank out of 132 economies in the Global Innovation Index 2023 rankings
published by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

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3. Swachh Survekshan Ranking 2023

• Swachh Survekshan is a competitive monitoring framework for accelerating hygiene
outcomes in urban India.
• The mission started in 2014 by vision of a Swachh Bharat within the timeframe of five years.
• Swachh Survekshan, conducted by the MoHUA since 2016, is the world’s largest urban
sanitation and cleanliness survey.
• Aims to bring competition amongst cities and States to improve their performance in
cleanliness.
• The ‘Prerak DAUUR Samman’ is a new award category, given based on performance of
cities.
• The annual cleanliness survey is conducted by the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs
(MoHUA).
• The 2023 round encompassed 4,416 urban local bodies, 61 cantonments, and 88 Ganga
towns.
Key Parameters in Evaluation :
1. Door-to-door waste collection
2. Source segregation
3. Cleanliness of public areas
4. Clean water bodies
5. Citizens’ feedback on city cleanliness
• Indore and Surat were jointly awarded the cleanest city title. Maharashtra secured the top
position among states in the annual cleanliness rankings for urban areas. Navi Mumbai
secured the third cleanest city position.
• Indore has retained its cleanest city title for the 7th consecutive year.
• This year marked the first instance of two cities sharing the top prize in the annual awards
since 2016.
• Both cities achieved 100% door-to-door waste collection, 98% source segregation, and
100% remediation of dumpsites.

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• Cleanest State Award: Maharashtra claimed the cleanest state award with 89.24% door-to-
door waste collection and 67.76% source segregation.
• Madhya Pradesh secured the second position in state cleanliness rankings.
• Bottom Five States: Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Rajasthan, Nagaland, and Tripura were
ranked as the bottom five states in cleanliness.
• Chandigarh received the Safaimitra Surakshit Shehar award for the city with the best safety
standards for sanitation workers.
• Varanasi was recognized as the cleanest Ganga town.
• Sasvad in Maharashtra earned the cleanest city title among those with a population below 1
lakh.
• Mhow Cantonment was declared the cleanest cantonment in the country.
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4. Annual Status of Education Report 2022

• Released by the NGO Pratham.
• The ASER, is an annual, citizen-led household survey that aims to understand whether
children in rural India are enrolled in school and whether they are learning.
• Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) survey conducted for children in the age group
of 3 to 16 years to record their schooling status and assess their basic reading and arithmetic
skills of children aged 5-16 at the national, state and district level.
• ASER has been conducted every year since 2005 in all rural districts of India. It is the largest
citizen-led survey in India.
Highlights of the ASER 2023:
• Overall, 86.8% of 14-18-year-olds are enrolled in an educational institution. However,
there are notable differences visible by age, with 3.9% of 14-year-olds and 32.6% of 18-
year-olds not enrolled.
• There are gender differences, with fewer females (28.1%) enrolled in the Science,
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• About 25% of the youth cannot read a Class II level text fluently in their regional language.
• Over 50% of students in the 14-18 age group face difficulties with elementary division
problems, and around 45% struggle with tasks such as calculating the number of hours a
child slept based on bedtime and wake-up time.
• Close to 90% of all youth have a smartphone in the household, and 43.7% of males have
their own smartphone compared to 19.8% of females.
• Government efforts are needed to bridge the gap in foundational literacy and numeracy
skills, with a focus on initiatives for the 14-18 age group.
• Here is a significant gender disparity in digital literacy. Girls are reported to be less likely to
know how to use a smartphone or computer compared to boys.
• While the survey aimed to assess digital skills using smartphones, not all youth could bring a
smartphone with good connectivity. Boys were more likely to bring smartphones for the
assessment compared to girls, indicating discrepancies in access.
• There is a need for initiatives aimed at improving foundational literacy and numeracy skills
among youth, not only for academic performance but also to meet their everyday
requirements.
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5. Performance Grading Index for Districts 2.0

• Ministry of Education (MoE), Government of India has released the Performance Grading
Index for Districts (PGI-D).
• PGI-D assesses the performance of the school education system at the district level by
creating an index for comprehensive analysis.
• The PGI-D assessed district-level performance in school education based on the data
collected from various sources, including Unified District Information System for Education
Plus (UDISE +), National Achievement Survey (NAS), 2017 and data provided by
respective districts.
• Since 2017-18, MoE has released five annual reports that provide insights on status of school
education in States and UTs.
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The report has 10 grades under which districts are categorized-

1. Daksh: Highest grade (above 90%)
2. Utkarsh: 81%-90%
3. Ati-Uttam: 71%-80%
4. Uttam: 61%-70%
5. Prachesta-1: 51%-60%
6. Prachesta-2: 41%-50%
7. Prachesta-3: 31%-40%
8. Akanshi-1: 21% to 30%
9. Akanshi-2: 11% to 20%
10. Akanshi-3: Lowest (less than 10%).
• The PGI-D structure comprises total weight age of 600 points across 83 indicators, which
are grouped under 6 categories viz., Outcomes, Effective Classroom Transaction,
Infrastructure Facilities & Student’s Entitlements, School Safety & Child Protection, Digital
Learning and Governance Process.
• The PGI-D report is expected to assist state education departments in identifying gaps at the
district level and improving performance in a decentralized manner.
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6. RBI's Financial Stability Report

• It is published twice each year by the RBI.
• It presents an assessment of the health of the financial system.
• It details the current status of different financial institutions such as all the different types of
banks and non-banking lending institutions.
• It also maps the state of credit growth and the rate at which borrowers are defaulting on
paying back loans.
• The RBI looks at the state of both the global as well as domestic economy and conducts
certain tests to figure out how different variables may be affected if the economy does not
grow as anticipated.
• The RBI conducts a Systemic Risk Survey (SRS) to assess the financial system on five
different types of risks — global, financial, macroeconomic, institutional and general.
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7. India Inequality Report 2022: Digital Divide

• Released by the NGO Oxfam India.
• India's growing inequality is accentuated due to the digital divide as it gets replicated in the
digital space.
• The reach of digital technologies remains largely limited to male, urban, upper-caste, and
upper-class individuals.
• India fares the worst with the widest gender gap of 40.4% in Asia-Pacific region.
• Indian women are 15% less likely to own a mobile phone and 33% less likely to use mobile
internet services than men.
• Women constitute only one third of internet users in India.
• The likelihood of a digital payment by the richest 60% is four times more than the poorest
40% in India.
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8. Social Progress Index

• The Social Progress Index (SPI) is a comprehensive tool intended to be a holistic measure
of the Social Progress made by the country at the national and sub-national levels.
• Mandated and released by - Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India
(EAC-PM).
• Prepared by - Institute for Competitiveness and the Social Progress Imperative and
submitted to EAC-PM.
• Significance - The report will act as a critical enabler and tool for policymakers in the coming
years for achieving sustained socio-economic growth.
• A special section of the report highlights progress made by the 112 aspirational districts in
the country leading to a broader understanding of the social progress at the grassroots level.
• The index assesses states and districts based on 12 components across 3 dimensions.
1. Basic Human Needs
2. Foundations of Wellbeing
3. Opportunity

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9. SDG India Index By NITI Aayog

• Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), in consultation with subject
matter Ministries of the Government of India and other stakeholders, has developed a
National Indicator Framework (NIF) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for
facilitating the monitoring of progress of SDGs at national level.
• Based on the data received from the data source Ministries, MoSPI releases “Sustainable
Development Goals National Indicator Framework Progress Report” on 29thJune every year.
• This report contains detailed time series data, wherever available, along with metadata on
the SDG indicators.
• The latest progress report was released on 29 June 2022. Further, to measure the progress
at the national and sub-national levels in the journey towards achieving the SDGs, NITI
Aayog has developed the SDG India Index mainly based on the NIF.
• In the SDG India Index, Baseline Report 2018, 13 goals comprising 39 targets and 62
indicators were taken. In the SDG India Index Report 2019-20, 16 goals comprising 54
targets and 100 indicators were taken. In the latest SDG India Index Report 2020-21, 16
goals comprising 70 targets and 115 indicators were taken.
• A statement indicating State-wise achievement as per SDG India Index Report 2020-21 is
given at the Annexure. Further, States/UTs also monitor the progress of SDGs at the state
and sub-state level.
• The Government of India has been focusing on inclusive growth and has taken various steps
to provide access to the basic services and promote welfare of the people in the country.
• In this direction, various schemes such as National Health Mission to provide health services,
Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PMJAY) to provide health cover,
Swachh Bharat Mission to provide access to toilets in households, Mahatma Gandhi National
Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA) for employment, Pradhan Mantri
Awaas Yojana (PMAY) for housing in both rural and urban areas, Pradhan Mantri Gram
Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) to provide connectivity to unconnected Habitations, Pradhan Mantri
Jan Dhan Yojna (PMJDY) to provide access to financial services, National Social Assistance
Programme (NSAP) to provide financial assistance to the elderly, widows and persons with
disabilities in the form of social pensions etc. are being implemented.
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Composite Composite
State Rank State Rank
Score Score
Kerala 75 1 Chhattisgarh 61 19
Himachal
74 2 Nagaland 61 19
Pradesh
Arunachal
TamilNadu 74 2 60 22
Pradesh
Andhra
72 4 Meghalaya 60 22
Pradesh
Goa 72 4 Rajasthan 60 22
Karnataka 72 4 Uttar Pradesh 60 22
Uttarakhand 72 4 Assam 57 26
Sikkim 71 8 Jharkhand 56 27
Maharashtra 70 9 Bihar 52 28
Andman and
Telangana 69 10 67 5
Nicobar Islands
Gujarat 69 10 Chandigarh 79 1
Dadra and Nagar
Punjab 68 12 62 8
Haveli
Mizoram 68 12 Daman and Diu 62 8
Haryana 67 14 Delhi 68 2
Jammu and
Tripura 65 15 66 6
Kashmir
Manipur 64 16 Ladakh 66 6
Madhya
62 17 Lakshadweep 68 2
Pradesh
WestBengal 62 17 Puducherry 68 2
All India 66

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10. State Food Safety Index 2022-23

• The State Food Safety Index (SFSI) is prepared by
the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India 6 Parameters
(FSSAI). 1. Compliance
2. Consumer Empowerment
• It is an annual evaluation that measures the
3. Human Resources and
performance of states and union territories on food
Institutional Data
safety.
4. Food Testing Infrastructure
• The Index is a dynamic quantitative and qualitative
5. Improvement in SFSI Rank
benchmarking model that provides an objective
(added in 2023)
framework for evaluating food safety across all
6. Training and Capacity
States/UTs.
Building
• SFSI was started in 2018-19 to create a competitive and
positive change in the food safety ecosystem in the country.
• It measures the performance of States/ UTs on the basis of 6 parameters of food safety set
by the Health Ministry with different weightages.
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OTHER IMPORTANT INDICES/ REPORTS

India Rank N India Rank
No Index/Report Organizations Index/Report Organizations
(2022-23) o In 2022-23
Global Financial Development World Bank
1. Remittance Report World Bank - 2. -
Report
Universal Health Coverage World Bank
3. World Bank - 4. Logistics Performance Index 38th (2023)
Index
The Service Trade Regulatory Indicators For World Bank
5. World Bank - 6. -
Restriction Index Sustainable Energy
Poverty And Shared Prosperity World Bank
7. Ease Of Living Index World Bank - 8. -
Report
Global Economic Prospect World Bank
9. World Bank - 10. Global Human Capital Index -
(GEP) Report
World Development Global Energy Architecture WEF
11. World Bank - 12. -
Report Performance Index
13. India Development Update World Bank - 14. Global Competitiveness Report WEF -
(Discontinued 135/146
15. Ease Of Doing Business World Bank 16. Global Gender Gap Index WEF
Since 2021) (2022)
Inclusive Development
17. WEF - 18. Human Capital Index WEF -
Index
Global Environment 180/180(202 Travel And Tourism WEF
19. WEF 20. -
Performance Index 2) Competitiveness Report
World Health
21. World Economic Outlook IMF - 22. Ambient Air Pollution Report
Organisation
Ambient Air
Global Financial Stability World Health
23. IMF - 24. Ambient Air Pollution Report Pollution
Report Organisation
Report

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The Technology And United Nations Office

25. UNCTAD - 26. World Wildlife Crime Report
Innovation Report On Drugs And Crime
Food And Agriculture
27. World Investment Report UNCTAD - 28. World State Of Forest Report
Organisation
United Nations
The Information Economy Industrial
29. UNCTAD - 30. Industrial Development Report
Report Development
Organisation (UNIDO)
The Trade & Development Bank For International
31. UNCTAD - 32. Global Financial System Report
Report Settlements (BIS)
World Employment And Global Money Laundering Financial Action Task
33. ILO - 34.
Social Outlook Report Force (FATF)
Global Corruption Report Transparency
35. Global Wage Report ILO - 36.
(GCR) International
World Social Protection The Energy Report & Living Worldwide Fund For
37. ILO - 38.
Report Planet Report Nature
Global Education Reporters Without
39. UNESCO - 40. World Press Freedom Index
Monitoring Report Borders
World Intellectual
41. Gender Parity Index UNESCO - 42. Global Innovation Index (GII)
Property Organisation
Global Environment Transparency
43. UNEP - 44. Corruption Perception Index
Outlook International
The Programme For Organisation For
45. Emission Gap Report UNEP - 46. International Student Economic
Assessment (PISA) Development
Un-Sustainable
World Energy Outlook International Development 126/137
47. - 48. World Happiness Report
(WEO) Energy Agency Solutions Network (2023)
(SDSN)
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INDICES/ REPORTS PUBLISHED BY INDIAN ORGANIZATION

No Index/Report Published By No Index/Report Published By

State Energy and Climate Index
1. Niti Aayog 2. Innovation Index 2021 Niti Aayog
(SECI)
India Inequality Report
3. Report on India’s Gig Economy Niti Aayog 4. NGO Oxfam India
2022: Digital Divide
Ministry
Swachh Survekshan Ranking State Ranking Index for Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food
5. of Housing & Urban 6.
2022 NFSA 2022 & Public Distribution
Affairs (MoHUA)
National Institutional Ranking Tribal Development Report The Bharat Rural Livelihoods
7. Ministry of Education 8.
Framework 2022 2022 Foundation
Economic Advisory Council to
9. UDISE+ report Ministry of Education 10. Social Progress Index
Prime Minister (EAC-PM)
Annual Status of Education Gross Domestic Climate
11. NGO Pratham 12. Cross Dependency Initiative (XDI)
Report 2022 Risk Report
All India Survey on Higher
13. Ministry of Education 14. Municipal Bond Index National Stock Exchange (NSE)
Education (AISHE) 2020-2021
15. Financial Stability Report RBI 16. India Justice Report 2022 Tata Trusts
Performance Grading Index for India Discrimination Report
17. Ministry of Education 18. NGO Oxfam India
States and Union Territories 2022
Department of School
Performance Grading Index for Education and Literacy State Food Safety Index prepared by the Food Safety and
19. 20.
Districts (DoSE&L), 2021-22 Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)
Ministry of Education

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