India was placed at the 126th position out of 137 countries in the World Happiness Report released by the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network.   Details – India was ranked even below Pakistan, Nepal, China, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. In Asia, India is only better off than Afghanistan which was placed at 137th position.… Continue reading World Happiness Report 2023

According to the World Bank’s (WB) Women, Business and the Law report 2023 – an index on the life cycle of a working woman, India’s score dropped to 74.4 out of 100.   What is ‘Women, Business and the Law Report, 2023’? It is a World Bank Group project collecting data on the laws and… Continue reading Women, Business and the Law Report 2023

Getting India to Net Zero Report is prepared by the High-Level Policy Commission on Getting Asia to Net Zero.   About the report – The High-Level Policy Commission on Getting Asia to Net Zero was constituted by Asia Society Policy Institute, a New York-based think tank. The report contains new research and modelling as well… Continue reading Getting India to Net Zero Report

The report, titled ‘Social Progress Index: States and Districts of India‘, was recently released by Economic Advisory Council-Prime Minister (EAC-PM) chairman Bibek Debroy. Puducherry, followed by Lakshadweep and Goa, has bagged the top slots for its remarkable performance across the components like personal freedom and choice, shelter, and water and sanitation.   Highlights of the… Continue reading Social Progress Index

The report is a compilation of the ‘rule of law’ status across 140 countries worldwide.   Highlights – It was released by an international civil society organisation, World Justice Project (WJP). According to the report, the rule of law has declined globally for the fifth consecutive year. It says that the checks on executive power… Continue reading Law and Order Index 2022

Recently, Union Ministry of Education released the national Performance Grading Index (PGI) of school education for 2020-21.   About the ‘Performance Grading Index’ – The Performance Grading Index is an annual publication, released by the Ministry of Education. It assesses states’ performance in school education based on data drawn from several sources including the –… Continue reading Performance Grading Index

According to the recent Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) data released by the Ministry of Education for the academic year 2021-22, India’s school system has been able to retain more students over time. Total enrolment in 2021-22 was slightly more than 25.57 crore, an increase of more than 19 lakh over 2020-21,… Continue reading UDISE+

According to the UNESCO’s recently released Global Education Monitoring Report 2022, South Asia has undergone tremendous education expansion in the last 30 years, surpassing the rest of the globe. While India is driving these regional averages, 7 of every 10 new schools built in the last eight years in India have been private independent institutions.… Continue reading Global Education Monitoring Report, 2022

As many as 415 million people exited multidimensional poverty in India in 15 years (2005/06 to 2019/21), as per the Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2022.   What is ‘multidimensional poverty’? A person who is poor can suffer multiple disadvantages at the same time – for example they may have poor health or malnutrition, a lack… Continue reading Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2022

India has been ranked 107 out of 121 countries on the Global Hunger Index in which it fares worse than all countries in South Asia barring war-torn Afghanistan.   Details – India ranks 107th out of 121 countries on the Global Hunger Index 2022. India also ranks below Sri Lanka (64), Nepal (81), Bangladesh (84),… Continue reading Global Hunger Index