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INDEX / SURVEY RELEASED BY / KEY NOTES
NAME CONDUCTED BY
5th Swachh Shri Hardeep Singh An event held in New Delhi, which is to commence from 4
Survekshan 2020 Puri, Union minister of January 2020 by MoHUA was also rolled out across India
(Urban Cleanliness State (MoS- exept West Bengal.
Survey) Independent Charge) Top 3 Ranks:
Housing and Urban 1. Indore, (MP)
Affairs (MoHUA) 2. Bhopal, (MP)
3. Surat, (Gujarat)
Click here
Index of industrial National Statistical According to the Index Growth in manufacturing sector has
production (IIP) Office (NSO) of the resulted in 128.4 in November 2019, which is 1.8 % higher
2020 Ministry of Statistics as compared to the level 126.1 in the month of November
and Programme 2018 .The result turning positive after 3 consecutive months
Implementation (August to October 2019) of decline. Click here
(MoSPI)
1st in-depth review International Energy The review states that India has strong growth in
of India’s energy Agency (IEA), renewables, accounting for almost 23% of the country’s total
policies 2020 partnership with NITI installed capacity. There is also reduction in 300 million
(National Institution tonnes of CO2 (carbon dioxide) emissions between 2000 and
for Transforming 2018. Indian oil consumption is expected to grow faster than
India) Aayog that of any other major economy. The top performing profit
making Public Sector Units(PSU) were
Top 3 Ranks
1. Indian Oil Corporation limited (IOCL)
2. ONGC (Oil and Natural Gas Corporation)
3. NTPC (formerly National Thermal Power Corporation
Limited) Click here
National Crime National Crime Record Stating that over 50 lakh crimes have been registered in
Record Bureau’s Bureau’s (NCRB) 2018 which is 1.3% more than that of 2017.
(NCRB) report 2018 Top 3 States
1. Uttar Pradesh (UP) maximum number of economic
offences in 2018 with 22,822 cases recorded.
2. Rajasthan (21,309 cases)
3. Maharashtra (14,854 cases)
Click here
World Travel, World Economic India was ranked at 34th place in World Economic Forum
Tourism Forum (WEF) (WEF)’s World Travel, Tourism Competitiveness Index. A
Competitiveness great hike from its previous ranks (i.e.65th rank in 2013,
Index (TTCI) 2019 52nd rank in 2015, 40th rank in 2017). Yemen was ranked
last in the index at 140th position.
Top 3 Ranks:
1. Spain
2. France
3. Germany.

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Henley passport Henley & Partners As per the index based on the data obtained from
Index 2020 International Air Transport Association (IATA), Indian
passport ranked at the 84th spot among the world’s most
powerful passports list, which is tagged along with
Mauritania and Tajikistan and also India drop by 2 places as
it ranked 82nd in 2019.
Top 3 Country for Most Powerfull Passports:
1. Japan
2. Singapore
3. Germany and South Korea
Click here
Economist Economist Intelligence Latest ranking based on fastest growing urban regions in the
Intelligence Unit Unit (EIU) world was released, As per the report 3 of the cities in Kerala
(EIU) Survey 2015- were ranked in the top 10 places. Malappuram city of Kerala
20 was ranked 1st in the list, while Kerala’s Kozhikode and
Kollam cities were ranked in the 4th and 10th place
respectively.
Top 3 City:
1. Malappuram (Kerala)
2. Can Tho (Vietnam)
3. Suqian (China) Click here
Central and state Ministry of Jal Shakti According to the rankings, Gujarat ranked the best for
governmental water parameters on efficiency targets while National Capital
departments based Territory of Delhi remains in the worst-performing state
on their efficiency category. In Departments wise ranking, Survey of India (SoI)
targets for 2019 received top spot among the 7 central government
departments reviewed .It was followed by National Institute
of Hydrology (NIH) and the Central Water Commission.
Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) pushed to the last in
the year 2019 ranking. Click here
Global challenges for World Health 13 health challenges in this decade were also identified. Top
2020 Organisation (WHO) global challenges: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR), climate
crisis, eventuality of an influenza epidemic and spread of
infectious diseases such as malaria, HIV (Human
immunodeficiency virus) and tuberculosis (TB) were listed
as the top global health challenges for 2020. It is also the
second straight year that these challenges have topped the
WHO list. Click here
1st The Global Social World Economic The global social mobility index (GSMI) of 82 countries were
Mobility Report Forum (WEF) launched in this report. As per the Index, India ranked at the
2020: Equality, 76th position with a score of 42.7.
Opportunity and a Top 3 Country:
New Economic 1. Denmark
Imperative 2. Norway
3. Finland
Click here
Global Residential Knight Frank Hyderabad has ranked 14th among 150 cities in the World
Cities Index Q3 with an appreciation of 9% in residential prices on a YoY
(Quarter) 2019 (Year-over-Year) basis.
Top 3 City:

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1. Budapest in Hungary with the highest annual growth rate
of 24%
2. Xi’an in China at 15.9%
3. Wuhan in China 14.9%. Click here
Climate and business CDP (Carbon India has ranked 5th among the countries surveyed for
partnership of the Disclosure Project) corporate commitments to science-based targets (SBT).
future: CDP India Top 3 Country:
Annual Report 2019 1. United States of America (USA)
2. Japan
3. United Kindom (UK)
Click here
23rd World Economic Launched on the 1st day of the World Economic Forum
PwC’s Annual Global Forum (WEF) (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland. As per the
CEO Survey survey based on the confidence of CEOs over worldwide
economic growth, India ranked 4th.
Top 3 country:
1. United States
2. China
3. Germany
Click here
1st Global Wealth and Swiss private India’s financial capital Mumbai was ranked last (28th) in a
Lifestyle Report 2020 bank Julius Baer list of the world’s 28 most expensive cities for luxury living.
Top 3 City:
1. Hong Kong
2. Shanghai (China)
3. Tokyo (Japan) Click here
Global Talent Institut Europeen A partner and sponsor of the United Nations (UN)
Competitiveness d'Administration des Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Tent in Davos,
Index (GTCI) 2020 Affaires (INSEAD) Switzerland. India has moved up eight places to the 72nd
position from 80th position in GTCI 2019.
Top 3 Country:
1. Switzerland
2. United States
3. Singapore
Click here
12th Democracy Economist Intelligence India has slipped 10 ranks to 51st spot with the score of 6.90
Index 2019: A year of Unit (EIU) in this index, which provides a blueprint for the current state
democratic setbacks of democracy in 167 nations. North Korea is at the bottom
and popular protest with 167th place with 1.08 points.
Top 3 Country:
1. Norway with the score of 9.87
2. Iceland with the score of 9.58
3. Sweden with the score of 9.39
Click here
SKOCH State of SKOCH Gujarat gained the top spot on the back of better
Governance report performance in Health, Education, Power and e-Governance
2019 segments. Gujarat, which was ranked 5th in 2018 replaces
2018 leader West Bengal.
Top 3 Star states:
1. Gujarat

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2. Maharashtra
3. West Bengal
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State-wise Ministry of Agriculture Top Ranking States:
Horticulture & Farmers’ Welfare 1. West Bengal (WB) has been at the forefront of vegetable
production data production in 2018-19 (3rd advance estimates), where the
production of vegetables was 29.55 million tonnes (MT).
2. Uttar Pradesh –UP (27.70 MT) and Madhya Pradesh (17.77
MT). Andhra Pradesh (AP) continued to hold the top spot in
fruits with 17.61MT in 2018-19.It was followed by
Maharashtra (10.82 mt) and UP (10.65 mt). Click here
World Breastfeeding WBTi As per the survey India ranked 78th with a score of 45.0 and
Trends Initiative got yellow colour code and Libya ranked last (97th) with red
(WBTi) survey 2020 colour code.
Top 3 Country:
1. Sri Lanka
2. Cuba
3. Bangladesh
Click here
Corruption Transparency As per the Index, India ranks 80 out of 180 countries with a
Perception Index International score of 41 out of 100. Last year India’s rank was 78 with the
2019 same score. Somalia ranked at 180th position (least ranked
country), it follows South Sudan that ranked at 179th and
Syria at 178th.
Top 3 Country:
1. Denmark , Newzealand
3. Finland
Click here
NITI Aayog ( National NITI Aayog The ranking is based on the progress made in 5 development
Institution for areas in 112 aspirational districts across India in December
Transforming India) 2019. The rankings focus on progress in Health and
Ranking nutrition, education, agriculture and water resources,
of Aspirational financial inclusion& skill development and Basic
Districts 2020 infrastructure.
Top 3 District:
1. Chandauli, Uttar Pradesh
2. Balangir, Odisha
3. Y.S.R., Andhra Pradesh
Click here
3rd Transparency In Transparency According to the survey, Assam tops in the ranking of best
Budgetary Process International’s India practices followed by states in budget formulation with a
Report (TII) score of 70. Assam is the only state out of 29 states and 2 UTs
(Union Territories) to publish a citizens budget in the public
domain and also to conduct budget awareness campaign
across 17 districts. Assam was followed by Andhra Pradesh
& Odisha. While Meghalaya ranked bottom with the score of
21.
Top 3 State:
1. Assam
2. Odisha

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3. Andhra Pradesh (AP)
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9th Tomtom Traffic Dutch multinational As per the index, Bengaluru (Karnataka) emerged as the
Index 2019 developer & creator of worst traffic congested cities in the world. The other Indian
location technology cities ranked in the top 10 places
and consumer were Mumbai (Maharashtra), Pune (Maharashtra) and New
electronics Tomtom Delhi in the 4th 5th and 8th places respectively.
Top 3 City:
1. Bengaluru (Karnataka), India
2. Manila, Philippines
3. Bogota, Colombia
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REPORTS
REPORT NAME SUBMITTED BY KEY NOTES
National Infrastructure Smt. Nirmala A report of the task force on National Infrastructure
Pipeline 2019-2025 (NIP Sitharaman, Union Pipeline for 2019-2025 (NIP 2019-25) in order to achieve
2019-25) Report Minister of Finance the $5 trillion economy by 2024-25. Based on the
information compiled by the task force headed by
Economic Affairs Secretary Atanu Chakraborty, Rs 102 lakh
crores has been projected on the capital expenditure in
infrastructure sectors in India during the fiscals 2020 to
2025. Click here
Forest Survey of India Forest Survey of According to a report about 21.40% of forest cover of the
(FSI) Report 2019 India (FSI) country has been prone to fires. Among the total forest
areas, the northeastern region in the country was found to
be more vulnerable. Mizoram topped among all the states
with the highest number of fire alerts at 2,795. The forest
fire points (FFP) identified during the 13 years (2004-
2017) were 2,77,758. While overall green cover in the
country has been increased but forest cover in the north
east states have decreased drastically. Click here
Levels and Trends in Child Inter agency group As per this report India is among 5 countries where in
Mortality report 2020 for child mortality, 2018, the mortality of girls under the age of 5 exceeds that
United Nations(UN) of the boys. Half of all under-5 deaths in 2018 occurred in
these five countries: India, Nigeria, Pakistan, the
Democratic Republic of the Congo(DRC) and Ethiopia.India
and Nigeria alone accounted for about 1/3rd of under 5 age
deaths. In India, considering overall states and Union
Territories(UTs), Jharkhand, Bihar and Uttarakhand
showed largest gender gaps in under-5 age mortality. Click
here
Market Study on E- Competition For better understanding a functioning of e-commerce in
commerce in India:Key Commission of India on April 2019.
Findings and Observations India (CCI) Revenue sector: Revenue from the e-commerce sector is
report 2020 expected to increase from $39 billion in 2017 to $120
billion in 2020, growing at an annual rate of 51%, the
highest in the world. Click here
2nd State Energy Efficiency Minister of State In New Delhi based on 97 indicators. The index was
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Charge) for Power meeting in New Delhi and was developed by the Bureau of
and New & Energy Efficiency (BEE) in association with Alliance for an
Renewable Energy Energy Efficient Economy (AEEE). Progressive states:
also MoS for Skill Haryana, Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Himachal
Development & Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Puducherry and Chandigarh. Click
Entrepreneurship here
Shri Raj Kumar
Singh
1st Advance Estimates of National StatisticalThe corresponding expenditure components of the Gross
the national income at Office (NSO) of the Domestic Product (GDP) were also estimated. Following
both constant(2011-12) Ministry of are the key highlights:
and current prices for Statistics and 1. GDP: GDP in the year 2019-20 is likely to attain Rs
FY(Financial Year) 2019- Programme 147.79 lakh crores against the Rs 140.78lakh crore
20 Implementation estimate for 2018-19 released on May 31, 2019.
(MoSPI) 2. GDP growth: The growth in real GDP for 2019-20 is
estimated at 5% compared to 6.8% for 2018-19. Click here
Greenpeace India report National Ambient On January 21, 2020. Jharia in Jharkhand which is known
2018 Air Quality for Coal-belching is the most polluted Indian city with 322
Monitoring µg/m3 (micrograms per cubic meter) of PM10 (Particulate
Programme matter) pollutants in 2018, according to the report analysis
(NAMP) of 287 cities across the country. Out of 287 cities 231 cities
were severely polluted. Dhanbad in Jharkhand which is
known for its rich coal reserves and industries, is the
second-most polluted Indian City with 264 un/m3 of
PM10 pollutants. Lunglei in Mizoram is the least polluted
followed by Meghalaya's Dowki. Click here
15th Global Risk Report World Economic As a part of WEF’s Global Risks initiative and presents
2020: An Unsettled World Forum (WEF) about the major risk the world is expected to face in the
future. It is also to be noted that the year 2020 marks the
50th anniversary of the World Economic Forum, with the
2020 theme being “Stakeholders for a Cohesive and
Sustainable World. As per the report for the 1st time in the
survey’s 10 year outlook, severe threats to the climate
account for the top 5 long term risks with extreme weather
events, human-made environmental damage and disasters
and major biodiversity loss and natural disasters from
earthquakes to tsunamis. Click here
Time to Care: Unpaid and Oxfam International As per the report, India's richest 1% of the population
underpaid care work and has more than 4 times of wealth held by 953 million people
the global inequality crisis making up for the bottom 70% of the country's population.
2,153 of total billionaires globally in 2019 had more wealth
than the 4.6 billion people who make up 60% of the
planet's population. Total combined wealth of 63 Indian
billionaires is higher than the country's total Union Budget
for the fiscal year 2018-19 which stood at Rs 24,42,200
crore. Click here
World Tourism Barometer United Nations As per the report the international tourist arrivals in 2019
Report 2019 World Tourism increased by over 4% (3.8% exact value) in 2019 and
Organisation reached 1.5 billion, which is 54 million more than 2018,
(UNWTO) based on the data collected from reports around the

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world. The middle east region (+8%) led growth in arrivals,
followed by Asia and Pacific region (+5%). Europe had a
growth of 4% in international tourist arrivals and had 743
million visitors. 2019 is the 10th consecutive year of
international tourist growth. Click here
Global Investment Trend United Nations India ranked 8th among the top 10 countries attracting
Monitor report 2020 Conference on foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2019. During this period
Trade and FDI in India grew by 16 % to $ 49 billion(bn). This led to a
Development surge in FDI growth in South Asia (SA), which recorded a
(UNCTAD) 10% increase in FDI to $ 60 billion. The United States (US)
remained the largest recipient of FDI in flow, attracting
$251 billion, followed by China with flows of $140 bn &
Singapore with $110 bn.Foreign direct investment globally
fell by 1% to $1.39 trillion. In 2018 it stood at $ $1.41
trillion. Click here
1st Estimate of Rabi crop National Collateral The year 2020 is expected to make record food grain
production 2019-20 Management production led by the wheat crop along with corn and
Services jowar while Oilseeds and pulses may have lower
Limited (NCML), production. This season which contributes 50% of
Agriculture post- foodgrain production usually starts from the month of
harvest November and lasts till the following year’s April month.
management The Rabi paddy production is also estimated to increase
company by 5% further. The pulse production may show marginal
decline by 2% from its previous year production. Indian
Rabi pulses production for the year 2019-20 is estimated
at 144.8 lakh tonnes as against 148 Lakh tonnes witnessed
during 2018-19. Click here
Area and Production of Ministry of First advance report for 2019-20 & as well as the final
various Horticulture Agriculture & estimate for 2018-19 for Area and Production of various
Crops report 2019-20 Farmers Welfare, Horticulture Crops. Horticulture production: According to
Government of the report, horticulture production in 2019-20 can be
India (GoI) 313.35 million tonnes (mt), 0.84% higher than in 2018-19
(310.74 mt). Vegetables & Fruits production: Vegetables
production was expected to be about 183.17 mt, while
fruits production was to be around 97.97 mt in 2018-
19(Final). Click here
World Employment and International The global unemployment figure is projected to increase by
Social Outlook: Trends Labour about 2.5 million in 2020. The report noted that nearly half
2020 (WESO) Report Organisation (ILO) a billion people around the world are not getting enough
paid work. The global economic slowdown is a major cause
of rising unemployment in the world. Click here
Nature Risk Rising: Why World Economic The report is the 1st in a series for the New Nature
the Crisis Engulfing Forum (WEF) in Economy (NNE). As per the report, global businesses are
Nature Matters for collaboration with more than dependent on nature with an estimated
Business and the Economy PwC exposure of $44 trillion which is half of world GDP (Gross
Report 2020 Domestic Product). Many countries are nature dependent
industries. Among them, the 3 largest industries dependent
on nature are Construction ($ 4 trillion), agriculture ($ 2.5
trillion) and food and beverages ($ 1.4 trillion). Their

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combined value is twice the size of Germany’s economy.
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NAME CONDUCTED BY
Greenbone Sustainable German cybersecurity Maharashtra topped among the Indian states which
Resilience Report 2020 firm Greenbone has been hit by global medical data leak. The analysis
Sustainable Resilience was made after data of around 120 million Indian
patients were leaked and made freely available on
the internet.
Top 3 States:
1. Maharashtra
2. Karnataka
3. West Bengal Click here
Missing Women and National Crime Records Indian government agency responsible for collecting
Children in India 2016, Bureau (NCRB) and analyzing crime data, The highest number
2017 & 2018 (33,964) of women who go missing in India are from
Maharashtra & and the number of missing children
are maximum (10, 038) in the State of Madhya
Pradesh(MP) in the year 2016, 2017 & 2018.
Missing Women Data, Top 3 States:
1. Maharashtra
2. West Bengal
3. Madhya Pradesh
Missing Children Data, Top 3 States:
1. Madhya Pradesh
2. West Bengal
3. Delhi Click here
Global Go to Think Tank Think Tanks and Civil World’s think tank was released at the University of
Index Report (GGTTI) Societies Program Pennsylvania, United States (US). The index ranked
2019 (TTCSP) top think tanks from around the world. As per the
report India’s Observer Research Foundation (ORF)
was ranked at 27th place among 176 global think
tanks.
Top 3 Country in Think Tanks:
1. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
(CEIP), United States
2. Bruegel, Belgium
3. French Institute of International Relations (IFRI),
France Click here
Counterpoint Research’s Counterpoint Research’s India surpassed the United States (US) for the first
Market Monitor service time to become the 2nd largest smartphone market
report 2020 in the world. India recorded 158 million shipments
in 2019 with 7% year-on-year growth which was

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mainly due to Chinese smartphone brands that were
introduced.
Top 3 Country:
1. China
2. India
3. United States Click here
8th International Chamber of Commerce’s Which was authored by Meir Pugatch and David
Intellectual Property (IP) Global Innovation Policy Torstensson. In 2020 GIPC’s IP Index, India’s position
Index - ‘Art of the Center (GIPC), U.S. has downgraded to 40th rank in comparison to 36th
possible’ 2020 (United States) position out of 50 countries in 2019.
Top 3 Country:
1. United States (US)
2. UK (United Kingdom)
3. Sweden Click here
Celebrity Brand Duff & Phelps Virat Kohli’s brand value has gone up to $237.5
Evaluation Report 2019 million in 2019 with a jump of 39%. Bollywood Actor
Akshay Kumar ranked at 2nd position with a brand
value of $104.5 million. Bollywood couple, Ranveer
Singh and Deepika Padukone became the 3rd
position with a brand value of $93.5 million each.
Padukone has also retained the most valuable female
celebrity status for the 2nd consecutive year.
Top 3 Ranks:
1. Virat Kohli
2. Akshay Kumar
3. Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone
Global MOOC Business MOOCLabs 3rd Rank - Indian Institute of Management
School Rankings 2020 Bengaluru (IIMB), Karnataka. For its provision,
design and delivery of Massive Open Online Courses
(MOOCs). This is the first-ever Business School
rankings based on the provision of MOOCs.
MOOCLabs published ranking for the business
schools globally who are providing MOOC courses.
Top 3 Ranks:
1. HEC Paris, France
2. Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania,
United States (US)
3. IIM-Bengaluru, Karnataka
Annual “Military International Institute for 5th Rank – India, Defence Spending (US$bn)-
Balance” report 2019 Strategic Studies (IISS) 60.5
Report states that global spending on defence hiked
by 4% percent in 2019, showing largest growth in 10
years (2010-2019). The report showed top 15
countries, among them, the world’s biggest defence
spenders are United States (US), China, Saudi
Arabia, Russia and India. The increase in US
spending alone from 2018 to 2019 is USD 53.4
billion which is around Britain’s entire defence
budget. Click here

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Nature Ranking Index The Total Research All the institutions are ranked on the basis of total
2020 Output research output from December 01, 2018 to 30th
November, 2019.
Top 3 Ranks:
1. Council of Scientific and industrial Research(CSIR),
New Delhi
2. Indian Institute of science (IISC), Bengaluru,
Karnataka
3. Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR),
Mumbai, Maharashtra Click here
Worldwide Education for Economist Intelligence 35th Rank - India with a score of 53, whereas in
The Future Index unit and commissioned by 2018 it was ranked 40th position
(WEFFI) 2019 Yidan Prize foundation Top 3 Country:
1. Finland
2. Sweden
3. New Zealand
Times Higher THE’s Emerging 16th Rank - Indian Institute of Science (IISc)
Education’s (THE) Economies University Bangalore (Karnataka) with the score 48.4, India
Emerging Economies has 11 institutes among world’s top 100
University Rankings universities, this ranking a total of 533 universities
2020 from 47 countries.
Top 3 University:
1. Tsinghua University, China with the score of 83.8
2. Peking University, China with the score of 83.0
3. Zhejiang University, China with the score of 65.5
Click here
A future for the world’s World Health According to the report, “A future for the world’s
children? Report 2020 Organization (WHO), children?” commissioned by the (WHO), (UNICEF)
United Nations Children’s and The Lancet medical journal. India - 131st in
Fund (UNICEF) and The the Flourishing Index of Children’s Survival,
Lancet medical journal health,education and Well-being. Sustainability index
is associated with per capita carbon emissions and
ability of children in a nation to live healthy lives.
77th Ranks - India in terms of Sustainability Index
Top 3 Country:
1. Burundi
2. Chad
3. Somalia
131st Ranks – India in the Flourishing Index
Top 3 Country:
1. Norway
2. Republic of Korea
3. Netherlands Click here
World Population US-based think tank 5th Rank – India with the GDP - $2.94 trillion
Review Report 2019 World Population Review India’s service sector is the fast-growing sector in
the world accounting for 60% of the economy and
28% of employment.
Top 3 Largest Economies of World:
1. United States (US) with the GDP - $21.44 trillion
2. China with the GDP - $14.14 trillion

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3. Japan with the GDP - $5.15 trillion,
In accordance with the US-based think tank World
Population Review, India has become the fifth-
largest in the world with a GDP (Gross Domestic
Product) of $2.94 trillion overtaking the UK (United
Kingdom) and France in 2019. The size of the UK
economy is $2.83 trillion and that of France is $2.71
trillion.
Direct Benefit Transfer Central Government DBT Ranking 2019-2020:
(DBT) Payouts Ratings 1. Haryana with Rs.4782 crore
2. Uttarakhand with Rs. 1060 cr
According to the recent ratings regarding Direct
Benefit Transfer (DBT) payouts, prepared for the
1st time by the Central Government, Small
state Haryana has emerged as the best state in DBT
payouts (Rs.4782 crore in over 4 crore transactions)
in 2019-20. While, West Bengal has emerged as the
worst performer in DBT payouts (8793 cr through 5
crore transactions) and ranked 36th position. The
rating ranked 36 states and UTs (Union Territories),
according to DBT payouts compared to their
population. Click here
2019 World Air Quality IQAir AirVisual 5th Rank – India => 58.1 (Average PM2.5
Report-Region & City concentration (µg/m³)) as the most polluted
PM2.5 Ranking country in the world
In accordance with the “2019 World Air Quality
Report-Region & City PM2.5 Ranking” compiled by
IQAir AirVisual, India ranked 5th as the most
polluted country in the world and topped in an
annual list of cities with the worst air quality in the
world.
Top 3 Country:
1. Bangladesh - 83.3
2. Pakistan - 65.8
3. Mongolia - 62.0 Click here
NCAER Land Records National Council of Top 3 State:
and Services Index (N- Applied Economic 1. Madhya Pradesh with 74.9 Points
LRSI 2019-20) Research (NCAER) 2. Odisha with 67.5 Points
3. Maharashtra with 65.3 Points,
According to the 1st edition of NCAER Land Records
and Services Index (N-LRSI 2019-20), While Union
Territory (UT) of Ladakh ranked at bottom at
33rd position with a score of 2.0. The Index has been
released during a half-day programme held in New
Delhi by NCAER under the aegis of the NCAER Land
Policy Initiative (NLPI), supported by the Omidyar
Network, India. Click here
Top 500 Banking Brands Banker’s India’s IndusInd Bank has topped the list
2020 Report of ‘Highest increase in brand value’ among global
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the past 12 months. The bank reported total assets
of Rs 3.1 lakh crore at the end of Q3 FY20. As a part
of the report, the list “Top 50 By Total Brand Value
by Country” India has ranked 8th in this list in
comparison to 10th place in 2019.
Top 3 Country in “Top 50 By Total Brand Value
by Country”:
1. China
2. United States (US)
3. Canada Click here
Wordline India Digital Online Payment Processor Top 3 State in Worldline:
Payments 2019 Worldline India 1. Bengaluru (Karnataka) with highest number of
digital transactions,
2. Chennai (Tamil Nadu)
3. Mumbai and Pune in Maharashtra.
In accordance with the report by online payment
processor Worldline India titled “Wordline India
Digital Payments 2019”. Among states,
Maharashtra (MH) has topped with the highest
number of digital transactions followed by
Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Delhi..The most
preferred mode of payment was United Payments
Interface (UPI). It was followed by debit cards,
immediate payment service (IMPS), and credit cards.
UPI is also the fastest payment mode to hit 1 billion
monthly transactions. Click here
Hurun Global Rich List Shanghai-based Hurun Top 3 Ranks:
2020 Research Institute and 1. Jeff Bezos
Shenzhen-based Shimao 2. Bernard Arnault
Shenkong International 3. Bill Gates
Center Mukesh Ambani is positioned at 9th. The list ranks
2,816 billionaires from 71 countries and from 2,182
companies. The total Wealth rises to 16% to US $11.2
trillion, 479 were new to the list & 130 dropped off. 4
Indians in total were listed in top 100- Mukesh
Ambani in 9th rank, Gautam Adani & Shiv Nadar(&
Family) tie in 68th rank, & Banker Uday Kotak is
listed as The World’s Richest self-made banker.
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Institute for Health Metrics and (IHME) Acccording to a recent report 14% of under 5
Evaluation(IHME) Report 2020 years of age deaths in India occurred mainly
due to pneumonia. This accounted for
approximately 1,27,000 deaths annually
where the figure was around 1,78,000 in 2013.
50% of the under-5 deaths caused by
pneumonia were from the northern belt of
India. Click here

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Report on Cancer: Setting WHO In order to mark World Cancer Day on
priorities, investing wisely and February 4, 2020. Aimed at setting the global
providing care for all agenda on the disease & focused on research
World Cancer Report “Cancer IARC (International and prevention. As per the report by the WHO,
research for cancer prevention” Agency for Research on one in 10 Indians suffered cancer in their
Cancer) lifetime and one in 15 died of the disease.
Click here
Municipal Performance Index Ministry of Housing & Launched, two Assessment Frameworks, viz.
2019 Urban Affairs (MoHUA) Ease of Living Index (EoLI) and Municipal
Performance Index (MPI) 2019 to assess
quality of life of citizens in 100 Smart Cities
and 14 other Million Plus Cities.
Municipal Performance Index 2019- Under
this, the ministry will assess the performance
of municipalities based on five parameters
Ease of Living Index (EoLI) 2019 namely Service, Finance, Planning, Technology
and Governance.
Ease of Living Index (EoLI) 2019- It will
facilitate the assessment of ease of living of
citizens across three pillars: Quality of Life,
Economic Ability and Sustainability which are
further divided into 14 categories across 50
indicators.
State of India’s Bird 2020: Range, State of India’s Bird Launched at the 13th Conference of Parties
trends and conservation (COP) of the Convention on the Conservation
status Report of Migratory Species of Wild Animals which
took place in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, around 80
% among 146 species of birds population in
India has been on decline in the past 5
years with close to 50% declining strongly &
Just over 6% are stable and 14% increasing.
The first-of-its-kind analysis was undertaken
10 research and conservation organizations
across India. The report stated that the
number of India’s national bird, the Indian
Peafowl/Peacock, has increased dramatically
over the past few decades, while the numbers
of vultures and eagles have decreased. Click
here
Today for tomorrow: realising the EY (Ernst & Young BioAsia 2020 was held at the life science
potential of Life Sciences 4.0 Private Limited) capital of India i.e. Hyderabad, Telangana
Report 2020 from 17th- 19th February, 2020 on the
theme “Today for Tomorrow”. It was hosted
by the Government of Telangana in
partnership with EY (Ernst & Young Private
Limited). It was the 17th edition of the
flagship international convention – BioAsia,
whose CEO is Shakthi Nagappan. The event
was attended by Piyush Goyal, Minister for
Commerce and Industry. The aim of the

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conference was to explore the investment
capabilities of Life sciences companies. As a
part of it, the event saw the release of a report
by EY titled “Today for tomorrow: realising
the potential of Life Sciences 4.0”. Click here
Women Entrepreneurship in Bain & Company and In accordance with the report, Indian women
India – Powering the economy Google entrepreneurs can generate transformational
with her employment in India with 150–170 million job
opportunities, which is more than 25% of the
new jobs required for the entire working age
population by 2030. The lead author of the
report was Meghna Chawla, a Bain &
Company partner. The report identifies six
dominant segments of female entrepreneurs
and estimates India to have 13.5–15.7
million enterprises owned by women,
representing about 20% of all enterprises.
Click here
Transforming Nutrition in India: NITI (National According to “Transforming Nutrition in
Poshan Abhiyan Institution for India: Poshan Abhiyan”, a 2nd progress
Transforming India) report on Prime Minister’s Overarching
Aayog Scheme for Holistic Nourishment (POSHAN)
Abhiyaan (Nutrition Mission) until September
2019, released by the NITI (National
Institution for Transforming India) Aayog,
worryingly 1 in 3 of Aadhaar-based
payments for Centre’s maternity benefit
scheme/ Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana
Yojana (PMMVY) was credited to a wrong
bank account. As per the report, 28% of
31.29 lakh of all Aadhaar-based payments are
going to different bank accounts than what
had been provided by the beneficiaries. Click
here
PSB EASE Reforms Annual Report Smt. Nirmala Unveiled EASE 3.0, the Public Sector Bank
2019-20 Sitharaman Union (PSB) Reforms Agenda 2020-21 for smart,
Minister for Finance & tech-enabled banking, and the PSB EASE
Corporate Affairs Reforms Annual Report 2019-20 in during
an event in New Delhi. The function was
organized by Indian Banks’ Association (IBA),
which is headed by its Chairman Rajnish
Kumar. EASE 3.0 sets the agenda and roadmap
for FY21 for PSB’s transformation into digital
and data-driven NextGen Banking of the
Future for an aspiring India. Click here

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World University Quacquarelli Symonds According to the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World
Rankings 2020 (QS) University Rankings 2020 by Subject, Indian Institute
of Technology (IIT), Bombay and IIT Delhi have
made it to the top 50 institutes in the world in the
category of engineering and technology with a
rank of 44th and 47th respectively, and a score of
81.9 and 81.4.
Top 3 Institute:
1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)- 98.1
2. Stanford University- 96.3
3. University of Cambridge- 94.1 Click here
Freedom in the World Freedom House, a U.S India - 83rd Rank
2020 Report (United States) -based Which analyzes democratic values and people’s
watchdog freedom in 195 countries & 15 territories and ranks
them category-wise, released by the Freedom House
that conducts research and advocacy on democracy.
Top 3 Country in Free Category:
1. Finland
2. Norway
3. Sweden
Bottom 3 Country in Free Category:
1. India
2. Timor-leste
3. Tunisia Click here
Trade-Related Illicit US-based think tank India – 3rd Rank with the amount(USD)- 83.5
Financial Flows in 135 Global Financial Integrity billion
Developing Countries: (GFI) Highest trade-related illicit financial flow among
2008-2017 Report over 135 countries in 2017 while China has topped
the report.
Top 3 Rank in all Global Trade Partners in 2017:
1. China with the amount(USD)- 457.7 billion
2. Mexico with the amount(USD)- 85.3 billion
3. India with the amount(USD)- 83.5 billion
India – 4rd Rank with the amount(USD)- 78.0
billion
As an average of 2008-2017 among 135 countries
and China stood at first. In terms of illicit financial
flow between 135 developing economies and 36
advanced economies in 2017.
Top 3 Rank in all Global Trade Partners as
Averages over 2008-2017:
1. China with the amount(USD)- 482.4 billion
2. Russia with the amount(USD)- 92.6 billion

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here
Wealth Report 2020 Knight Frank LLP India – 12th Rank
It had 5,986 UHNWIs (Ultra high-net-worth
individuals) in 2019 and they expected to increase
by 73% in the coming 5 years. This will almost
double the current count to 10,354. UHNWIs are
people who are having a net worth of at least $30
million(mn) and above.
Top 3 Country:
1. United States (US) with 240575 UHNWI’s
2. China with 61,587 UHNWI’s
3. Germany with 23,078 UHNWI’s Click here
Transforming Nutrition NITI Aayog Overall implementation of POSHAN(Prime Minister’s
in India: POSHAN Overarching Scheme for Holistic
Abhiyaan Nourishment) Abhiyaan as per September 2019
progress report of NITI Aayog, “Transforming
Nutrition in India: POSHAN Abhiyaan”.The 2nd
anniversary of POSHAN Abhiyaan is recognized by
celebrating Poshan Pakhwada from 8th-22nd
March 2020.
Top 3 Large States:
1. Andhra Pradesh
2. Chhattisgarh
3. Madhya Pradesh Click here
4th Inclusive Internet Economist Intelligence India – 46th Rank
Index 2020 Unit (EIU) This index for 100 countries, the index aims to
measure the extent to which the Internet is not only
accessible & affordable, but also relevant to all,
allowing usage that enables positive social &
economic outcomes at the individual & group level. It
is commissioned by Facebook. Among South Asian
countries India ranks first followed by Srilanka,
Bangladesh & Pakistan.
Top 3 Country:
1. Sweden
2. New Zealand
3. United States (US) Click here
1st Gender Social Norms UNDP (United Nations About 90 % or 9 in 10 of the world’s population has
Index (GSNI) 2020 Development some bias against women.This index studied 75
Programme) countries covering over 80 % of the world’s
population & measures social beliefs that obstruct
gender equality in areas like politics, work, and
education.
Top 3 Country with the highest bias against
women:
1. Pakistan with 99.81 %
2. Qatar and Nigeria with 99.73 %
3. Zimbabwe with 99.56% Click here

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Trends in international Stockholm International India – 2nd Rank in arms importer during 2015-19,
arms transfers, 2019 Peace Research Institute’s with its global share of 9.2%
(SIPRI) Top 3 Country Importers:
1. Saudi Arabia with 12%
2. India with 9.2%
3. Egypt with 5.8%
India – 23rd Rank in terms of world’s largest arms
exporters with global share of 0.2% and its main
clients being Myanmar (46%), Sri Lanka (25%), and
Mauritius (14%). It should be noted that India’s arms
import declined by 32% since 2015 due to “Make in
India” initiative.
Top 3 Country Exporters:
1. United States with 36%
2. Russia with 21%
3. France with 7.9% Click here
Industry Innovation Klynveld Peat Marwick India – 2nd Rank
Survey Goerdeler (KPMG)’s Which is shared with China as the most promising
global Technology country for developing globally impactful disruptive
technologies. Bengaluru ranked 9th, and
Singapore topped in cities which leads the tech
innovation hubs.
Top 3 Country:
1. United States (US)
2. India, China
4. Japan, Uk Click here
World Happiness Report United Nations (UN) India – 144th Rank
2020 UN released the 8th edition of World Happiness
Report 2020 to measure the happiness of people of
156 countries where India (3.573) ranks in 144th
position & Finland (7.809) tops the 3rd time &
Afghanistan is at 153rd place. This is the 1st time the
report ranks cities around the world, where Delhi-
India (4.011) is positioned in 180th position (one
among bottom 10), whereas, Helsinki-Finland
(7.828) tops the report & Kabul -Afghanistan (3.236)
is at bottom place with 186th position.
Top 3 Country:
1. Finland
2. Denmark
3. Switzerland
Economic Freedom Heritage Foundation and India – 120th Rank
Index 2020 The Wall Street Journal The 26th annual edition of Economic Freedom Index
2020 Created by the Heritage Foundation and The
Wall Street Journal measures the level of economic
freedom in 186 countries. In the Index India (56.5)
ranks in 120th position & Singapore (89.4) tops the
index for the 1st time edging Hong Kong (2nd rank -
89.1) which for the 1st since publication in 1995
missed the top spot. Due to lack of reliable statistics

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Somalia, Syria, Yemen are not ranked.
Top 3 Country:
1. Singapore
2. Hong Kong
3. New Zealand

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A New Era for Girls: Taking stock United Nations Girls still face violence and discrimination
on 25 years of progress Children’s Fund even after 25 years of Beijing Declaration and
(UNICEF) collaboration Platform for Action. The Beijing Declaration
with UN Women and was aimed at advancing women’s and girls’
Plan International rights in the country. The report has been
launched in line with the Generation Equality
campaign, and to mark the 25th anniversary of
the Beijing Declaration and Platform for
Action. Female youth Labour Force
participation declined to 33% in 2020 owing
to improved Educational opportunities.
Click here
2nd Global Animal Protection World Animal India gained C grade (also in 1st edition in
Index (API) 2020 Protection 2014) with other 8 countries which indicates
India is one of the better-performing
countries. Tragically no country gained A
grade. It index aims to display whether
countries are doing well & where they lack on
animal welfare policy & legislation, so they
could take steps to improve. Click here
10th FICCI-IBA survey FICCI and Indian FICCI has released the 10th round of FICCI-IBA
Banks’ survey in New Delhi which was conducted by
Association (IBA) Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce
& Industry (FICCI) and Indian Banks’
Association (IBA) for the period of July to
December 2019. The survey has
analyzed 18 banks consisting of public sector,
private sector and foreign banks which
together represented 50% of the banking
industry, as classified by asset size. The survey
required view of bankers on the measures that
would help in improving the economic
situation. Responding banks reporting NPAs
declined to 39% while sector with High NPAs
are Infrastructure, Metals and Iron &
Steel, Engineering Goods and Textiles.
Click here
Report of the International United Nations Office In accordance with the “Report of the
Narcotics Control Board for 2019 of Drugs and Crime International Narcotics Control Board for
(UNODC) 2019”, by International Narcotics Control
Board (INCB) released by United Nations

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Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC), India is
named among the top manufacturers of illicit
and licit drugs that are smuggled to other
countries. India has not submitted Form P of
INCB which is used to report annual statistics
on the manufacture, trade and consumption of
substances controlled under the Convention
on Psychotropic Substances of 1971. India is
the centre ‘tramadol’ that are seized
worldwide. Click here
Food and Agriculture United Nations’ (UN) Peatlands are facing degradation and need to
Organization’s (FAO) Report arm Food and be urgently monitored. The report authored
Agriculture by 35 experts comprised information as well
Organization’s (FAO) as recommendations to countries on restoring
and managing peatland. Peatlands are
wetlands with a thick layer of organic soil.
Peatlands cover only 3% of the global land
area, but they store 30% of the world’s soil
carbon. Click here
Boom and Bust 2020: Tracking Global Energy Monitor, In India, 47.4 GW coal fired power projects at
the Global Plant Pipeline Greenpeace different stages were cancelled in 2019 which
International, the reduced total under development coal
Sierra Club, and Centre capacity of the country to 66 GW. The report is
for Research on Energy the fifth annual survey of the coal plant
and Clean Air (CREA) pipeline. Click here

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Global Billionaires 2020 Forbes The 34th edition of annual list of Global Billionaires
2020 released by Forbes was topped by Amazon
Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Jeff Bezos
for the 3rd time, followed by Microsoft co- founder
and chairman of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Bill
Gates. The chairman & managing director of Reliance
Industries Mukesh Ambani (17th) topped the Indian
list.
India’s Top List:
17th Rank => Mukesh Ambani 44.3 USD- billion.
65th Rank => Radhakishan Damani & Family 16.6
USD- billion
Global List:
1st Rank => Jeff Bezos, 124.7 USD- billion
2nd Rank => Bill Gates, 103.4 USD- billion
The World Press Paris-based Reporters Rank of India has decreased by two places to 142nd
Freedom Index 2020 Sans Frontieres (RSF), or from 140th position with a score of 45.33. North

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Reporters Without Korea stood at last rank of 180 with score of 85.82.
Borders “The World Press Freedom Index 2020” which has
analysed 180 countries. The World Press Freedom
Index is compiled by Paris-based Reporters Sans
Frontieres (RSF), or Reporters Without Borders.
Top 3 Country:
1. Norway with 7.84
2. Finland with 7.93
3. Denmark with 8.13 Click here
CRISIL Research report CRISIL In accordance with the CRISIL Research report,
Karnataka retained its 1st position in terms of total
installed renewable capacity in the country for FY 20
followed by Tamil Nadu (2nd) & Gujarat (3rd). The
top 3 states in overall solar energy capacity are
Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka & in wind
energy- Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra.
Top 3 State:
1. Karnataka with 15,232 Total installed renewable
capacity in Mega Watt (MW)
2. Tamil Nadu with 14, 347 Total installed renewable
capacity in Mega Watt (MW)
3. Gujarat with 10,586 Total installed renewable
capacity in Mega Watt (MW)
Impact rankings 2020 Times Higher Education 2nd edition of Impact rankings 2020, The Indian
(THE) Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur has secured
57th rank with a score of 87.9 among global
universities. The list is topped by the University of
Auckland, New Zealand with a score of 98.5. The
rankings are the only global performance tables that
assess universities against the 17 United Nations’
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Top 3 Rank:
1. University of Auckland, New Zealand 98.5 Score
2. University of Sydney, Australia 98.1 Score
3. Western Sydney University, Australia 97.9 Score
Click here
Total Global Military Swiss based - Stockholm The total global military expenditure rose to USD
Expenditure International Peace 1,917 billion in 2019, which represents an annual
Research Institute (SIPRI) growth of 3.6% compared to. For the 1st time two
Asian countries- China (2nd), India (3rd) have
featured among the top military spenders following
United States (1st). The global military spending in
2019 represents 2.2% of the global gross domestic
product (GDP) which equates to about USD 249 per
person.
Top 3 Military Spenders:
1. US => 732 USD in billion
2. China => 261 USD in billion
3. India => 71.1 USD in billion

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ILO Monitor 2nd edition: COVID- International Labour The International Labour Organization (ILO)
19 and the world of work- Organization (ILO) has released a report titled ‘ILO Monitor 2nd
Updated estimates and analysis edition: COVID-19 and the world of work-
Updated estimates and analysis’ which stated
that about 400 million people working in the
informal economy in India (about 90%) are at
risk of falling deeper into poverty due to the
covid-19 crisis. India is among 18 countries
with a score of 100, the highest value on the
Oxford’s COVID-19 Government Response
Stringency Index (Note: Oxford University
launches world’s first COVID-19 government
response tracker). Click here
South Asia Economic Focus: The World Bank (WB) Expected Indian economy to grow 1.5% to
cursed blessing of public banks 2.8% (India’s worst growth since fiscal year
report 1991) which is lower than the 5.4 – 4.1%
estimate of October 2019. On the South Asian
front, the economy is growing by 1.8 – 2.8% in
FY 20-21 the worst in the region in last 40
years. Click here
Economic and Social Survey of United Nations (UN) For Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) estimates
Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) Economic and Social India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth
2020: Towards sustainable Commission for FY 20-21 is likely to be declined to 4.8% due
economies to economic impacts caused by COVID-19. Click
here
Mapping India’s Energy Subsidies International Institute According to the study, Mapping India’s
2020 for Sustainable Energy Subsidies 2020 released by the
Development (IISD) International Institute for Sustainable
and the Council on Development (IISD) and the Council on
Energy, Environment Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW),
and Water (CEEW) India’s energy subsidies drops 35% from
Financial Year FY17 to FY19, while its oil and
gas subsidies increased by 65%.
Digital Workplace Survey 2019 Gartner India has become the world’s most digitally
dexterous (skilful) country in the world as it
has a vast Gen Z workforce who are keen to
learn new digitally powered skills in the
workplace. India is followed by the United
Kingdom (UK) and United States (US). It
should be noted that Generation Z or Gen Z are
the ones born between 1995 and 2009. Click
here
2020 Global Report on Food United Nation’s (UN) As per the fourth annual Global Report on
Crises-Joint Analysis for better World Food Food Crises (GRFC 2020) titled “2020 Global
decisions Programme (WFP) Report on Food Crises-Joint Analysis for better
decisions” by United Nation’s (UN) World
Food Programme (WFP), the coronavirus
pandemic could nearly double the number of

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China became top patent filer via PCT system; India’s IIT in PCT filers while Nirsan Connect among
Madrid system
For the year 2019, China has become the world leader in international patent filings via WIPO’s Patent
Cooperation Treaty (PCT) with a total of 58,990 applications surpassing the United States (US), which
was at top spot since the PCT began operations in 1978. The system of registering international patents
involves three main categories viz. International patent system (Patent Cooperation Treaty – PCT),
International trademark system (Madrid System), and International design system (Hague System).
Read More Details Here: China became top patent filer via PCT system; India’s IIT in PCT filers while
Nirsan Connect among Madrid system

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India Solar Market Mercom India Research India => 3rd Rank
Leaderboard 2020 India has installed 7.3 Giga Watt (GW) of solar power
in Calendar Year (CY) 2019 which consolidates its
position as the 3rd largest solar market in the world.
India has total solar installations of approximately
35.7 GW by the end of December 2019.
Top 3 Country:
1. China
2. U.S
3. India Click here
S&T Indicators Tables National Science and India => 3rd Rank
2019-20 Technology Management According to the Research and Development (R&D)
Information System Statistics At a Glance 2019-20 and S&T Indicators
(NSTMIS) Tables 2019-20 based on the national Science &
Technology (S&T) survey 2018 brought out by the
National Science and Technology Management
Information System (NSTMIS), Department of
Science and Technology (DST), India’s gross
expenditure in R&D has tripled between 2008 &
2018 and also there is rise in scientific publications.
Top 3 Country:
1. USA
2. China
3. India Click here
Open Budget Survey International Budget India => 53rd Rank
2019 Partnership (IBP) According to the 7th edition of ‘Open Budget Survey
2019’ conducted by International Budget
Partnership (IBP), India has been ranked at 53rd
position among 117 nations in terms of budget
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out of 100. While at the same time New Zealand has
been topped the list with a score of 87. The global
average transparency score on this survey was 45.
Yemen =>117th Rank
Top 3 Country:
1. New Zealand
2. South Africa
3. Sweden Click here
Global Energy Transition Geneva Based World India => 74th Rank
Index (ETI) 2020 Economic Forum (WEF) The scores of ETI are on a scale from 0% to 100%.
The index includes 115 countries.
Top 3 Country:
1. Sweden
2. Switzerland
3. Finland Click here

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Lost at Home: The risks and United Nations The report by United Nations Children’s Fund
challenges for internally Children’s Fund (UNICEF) titled “Lost at Home: The risks and
displaced children and the urgent (UNICEF) challenges for internally displaced children
actions needed to protect them and the urgent actions needed to protect
them”, has stated, at the end of 2019, an
estimation of 46 million people were
internally displaced around the world by
conflict and violence, out of which, more than
4 in 10, or 19 million were children. In India,
the total number of new internal
displacements in 2019 stood at 5,037,000 (5
mn) due to natural disasters & conflict and
violence. Click here
Country of Particular Concern U.S. Commission on The U.S. Commission on International
(CPC) Annual Report 2020 International Religious Religious Freedom (USCIRF) in its Annual
Freedom (USCIRF) Report 2020 has downgraded the Indian
ranking by naming it into the list of “Country
of Particular Concern (CPC)” i.e. Tier 1 from
“Special Watch List i.e. “Tier-2” in 2019 report,
this is the first time since 2004 that India has
been placed in this category for engaging in
and tolerating systematic, and ongoing
religious freedom violations, as defined by the
International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA),
1998.
NIP for FY 2019-25 Final Report Atanu Chakraborty The task force on National Infrastructure
Pipeline (NIP) chaired by economic affairs
secretary Atanu Chakraborty submitted its
Final Report on NIP for FY 2019-25 to Finance
Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, projecting total
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2024-25. Click here
A Report on Impact of Energy Raj Kumar Singh, Unveiled e-book titled “ A Report on Impact of
Efficiency Measures Union Minister of State Energy Efficiency Measures” prepared by
(IC), Power and New & PricewaterhouseCoopers Private Limited
Renewable Energy (PWC Ltd) for the year 2018-19 which has
stated that energy efficiency initiatives by BEE
(Bureau of Energy Efficiency) led to savings
worth Rs 89,122 crore in 2018-19 compared
to 2017-18 savings of Rs 53,627 crore. As per
report, India reduced energy intensity in
2018-19 by 20% as compared to the 2005
level & India’s target was to reduce energy
intensity by 33-35% by 2030. The energy
efficiency efforts have also contributed in
reducing 151.74 Million Tonnes of CO2
emissions in 2018-19. Click here
Digital in India report Internet & Mobile Shows that for the 1st time has more internet
Association of India users in rural areas than urban, where rural
(IAMAI) & Nielsen India had 227 million (Mn) active internet
users, 10% more than urban India’s about 205
Mn, as of November 2019. At the state level,
Delhi retains the top spot in terms of Internet
penetration followed by Kerala. Among the
metro cities, Mumbai has the highest internet
population of 13 Mn followed by Delhi with
11.3 Mn. Click here
Subnational mapping of under-5 India State-Level In accordance with the two papers on child
and neonatal mortality trends in Disease Burden survival published by India State-Level
India: the Global Burden of Initiative Disease Burden Initiative titled “Subnational
Disease Study 2000–17 mapping of under-5 and neonatal mortality
trends in India: the Global Burden of Disease
Study 2000–17”, child and maternal
malnutrition was the predominant risk factor
in India as it attributed to 68·2% of under-5
deaths while low birth weight and short
gestation led to 83·0% of neonatal deaths in
2017. The papers are published in Lancet and
EClinicial Medicine. Click here
Global Energy Review 2020-The Paris-based India’s energy demand has faced a 30%
impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on International Energy decrease due to 40 days lockdown to contain
global energy demand and CO2 Agency’s (IEA) COVID-19. It means that with each additional
emissions week of lockdown, India’s annual energy
demand is reduced by 0.6%. Click here
The State of the World’s Nursing World Health World Health Organization (WHO) in
2020 report Organization (WHO) partnership with the International Council of
Nurses (ICN) and Nursing Now has released
the first “The State of the World’s Nursing
2020” report amid COVID19 pandemic. In
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million nurses worldwide but still, there is a
global shortfall of 5.9 million. Click here
International Tourism Report United Nations World According to the latest data of the Madrid
Tourism Organization based United Nations World Tourism
(UNWTO) Organization (UNWTO) the international
tourism could decline by 60-80% in 2020
when compared with 2019 figures, due to
COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, which will
result in loss of USD 910 billion to USD 1.2
trillion and places millions of livelihoods at
risk and threatens to curtail the progress
made in advancing the Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs). The current
scenarios indicate a possible decline in
arrivals of 58% to 78% for the year.
Global Nutrition Report 2020 World Health India is one among 88 countries to miss global
Organization (WHO) nutrition targets by 2025 & is with highest
rates of domestic inequalities in malnutrition.
India along with Nigeria & Indonesia are worst
in disparities in stunting & the levels varied
four-fold across communities. Click here
India’s Utility-Scale Solar Parks— Kashish Shah In accordance with a report titled “India’s
A Global Success Story Utility-Scale Solar Parks—A Global Success
Story” by Kashish Shah, a researcher analyst at
US-based Institute for Energy Economics and
Financial Analysis (IEEFA), the installation of
utility-scale solar parks or ultra-mega power
plant (UMPP) in India has started the India’s
energy sector transition. It should be noted
that in 2016, the Indian government has set a
target of installing 175 gigawatts of renewable
energy by the FY2021-22and 275 gigawatts by
FY2026-27. The ultra-mega solar parks have
attracted foreign capital as well as top global
developers to India providing investors with
an opportunity to join a US$500-700bn
renewable energy and grid infrastructure
investment boom in the coming decade.
Updated Assessment of the Manila, Philippines According to a report titled “Updated
Potential Economic Impact of based Asian Assessment of the Potential Economic Impact
COVID-19 Development Bank of COVID-19” released by Manila, Philippines
(ADB) based Asian Development Bank (ADB), global
economy is expected to lose between $ 5.8
trillion to $ 8.8 trillion (equal to 6.4 % to 9.7 %
of global gross domestic product (GDP)) due
to the outbreak of the COVID-19.
Children in monetary poor UNICEF & Save the According to the report “Children in monetary
households and COVID-19: Children poor households and COVID-19: Technical
Technical Note Note” released jointly by the UNICEF & Save
the Children, the economic crisis caused by the

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COVID-19 epidemic may increase the number
of children living in poor households in low-
and middle-income countries by 86 million (or
an increase of 15%) to reach 672 million by
the end of 2020. The 2/3 of these children
falling in the poverty line live in all of Sub
Saharan Africa and South Asia.

2020 Indexes & Reports – June


RANKING
INDEX / SURVEY RELEASED BY / KEY NOTES
NAME CONDUCTED BY
Countries Global Ranking StartupBlink India => 23rd Rank
of Startup Ecosystem Also, only four India cities were named in “2020
2020 Cities Global Ranking of Startup Ecosystem” of which
Bengaluru ranked 14th position (top among Indian
cities).
Top 3 Country:
1. United States (US)
2. United Kingdom (UK)
3. Israel Click here
Asia University Ranking Times Higher Education India => 3rd Rank
(THE) On 4th June 2020, India became the third most
represented country with 8 institutes in the top 100.
Indian Institute of Science (IISc) with 36th position
on the list retains its top position in India. The
Tsinghua University, China Topped the overall List.
State Food Safety Index Food Safety and The 2nd edition of State Food Safety Index (SFSI) for
(SFSI) for 2019-20 Standards Authority of 2019-20 of Food Safety and Standards Authority of
India (FSSAI) India (FSSAI) has been topped by Gujarat among
larger states and by Goa among smaller states &
Chandigarh among Union Territories. It was
announced during a webinar conducted on the
occasion of “World Food Safety Day” on June 7, 2020
on the theme “Food Safety is everyone’s business”.
The State Food Safety Index ranks states on five
parameters. Click here
National Institutional Ramesh Pokhriyal The Union Minister of Human Resource
Ranking Framework Nishank Development (HRD) Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ has
(NIRF) 2020 virtually released 5th edition of National
Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2020. The
rankings are being announced for India’s best
universities and institutions in 10 categories.
Top 3 Ranks:
1. Indian Institute of Technology Madras with the
Score 85.31.

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2. Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru with the
Score 84.18.
3. Indian Institute of Technology Delhi with the Score
81.33. Click here
Environment Yale University and India => 168th Rank
Performance Index (EPI) Columbia University According to the biennial Environment Performance
2020 Index (EPI) 2020 released jointly by Yale University
and Columbia University, India has ranked 168 out of
180 countries. While the Denmark has been topped
the list.
Top 3 Country:
1. Denmark with EPI Score 82.5
2. Luxembourg with EPI Score 82.3
3. Switzerland with EPI Score 81.5 Click here
QS World University QS (Quacquarelli 17th edition of the QS World University Rankings
Rankings 2021 Symonds) 2021. In this edition only 3 Indian Institutions were
among the top 200 ranks - 2 IIT’s (IIT Bombay –
172th & IIT Delhi 193rd) and IISC (ranked 185th).
Globally, MIT (Massachusetts Institute of
Technology), USA continues to be the number one
for the 9th year in a row.
Top 3 University:
1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT), USA
2. Stanford University, USA
3. Harvard University, USA Click here
Annual Cost of Living Mercer From India, Mumbai city has been ranked 60th most
Survey 2020 expensive city globally and is the only Indian city
ranked in the top 100. Hong Kong tops the list
globally. New York City is used as the base city for all
comparisons and currency movements are measured
against the USD. Click here
Rule of Law Index India => 69th Rank with overall score 0.51
The Supreme Court asked the government to treat a
writ petition, for setting up expert panels to improve
India’s performance in the Rule of Law Index, as a
“representation” and to decide further action within
- 6 months’ time. India was Ranked 69th in the WJP
Rule of Law Index 2020 India has never been ranked
even among top 50 in the Index.
Top 3 Country:
1. Denmark with overall score 0.9
2. Norway with overall score 0.89
3. Finland with overall score 0.87 Click here
SIPRI Yearbook 2020- SIPRI India => 6th Rank with nuclear warheads 150
Armaments, According to the 51st edition of “SIPRI Yearbook
Disarmament and 2020-Armaments, Disarmament and International
International Security Security” of Swedish think tank, SIPRI, the number of
nuclear warheads in the Indian arsenal pegged at
150 in comparison to the 2019 report (on the basis
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April 2020, SIPRI had identified India as the 3rd
largest military spender in the world, behind the
United States (US) and China. The yearbook was
published by Oxford University Press.
Top 3 Country:
1. US with nuclear warheads 5800*
2. Russia with nuclear warheads 6375
3. UK with nuclear warheads 215 Click here
World Investment UN Conference on Trade India => 9th Rank
Report 2020 and Development According to “World Investment Report 2020” by
(UNCTAD) Geneva based UN Conference on Trade and
Development (UNCTAD), India has become the 9th
largest recipient of foreign direct investment (FDI) in
2019 after receiving $51 billion last year. This is an
increase of 20% from the 42 billion dollars of FDI
received in 2018. The list was topped by United
States ($246 Bn). The overall FDI flow in Asia
declined by 5% to $ 474 Bn in 2019. Also, the global
FDI flows are forecast to decrease by up to 40% in
2020, from their 2019 value of $1.54 trillion.
Top 3 Country:
1. United States (US)
2. China
3. Singapore Click here
World Competitiveness Management and India => 43rd Rank
Index 2020 Development (IMD) As per the 32nd edition of World Competitiveness
Index 2020, which ranked performance of 63
economies across the globe, prepared by Swiss-
based Institute for Management and Development
(IMD)’s World Competitiveness Centre (WCC), the
Indian economy remained at 43rd position this year.
The list was topped by Singapore for the 2nd
consecutive year.
Top 3 Country:
1. Singapore
2. Denmark
3. Switzerland Click here
Statistical Review of UK based oil and gas According to the 69th edition of “Statistical Review
World Energy 2020 company BP plc of World Energy 2020”, released by UK based oil and
gas company BP plc, India was the 2nd major market
after China to increase primary energy consumption
in the year 2019. On the other hand, based on the
energy consumption in 2019, India ranked 3rd (34.06
EJ) following China (141.70 EJ) & US. Click here
Economy on Purchasing World Bank According to World Bank Data under the
Power Parity (PPP) for International Comparison Program (ICP), revealed
2017 by India’s National Statistical Office (NSO) of
Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation,
India has retained its position as the third-largest
economy in terms of Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)

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for the reference year 2017 as it accounted for 6.7%
or $8,051 billion out of world total of $119,547
billion of global Gross Domestic Product (GDP). India
has followed China (16.4%) and the United States-US
(16.3%) which ranked 1st and 2nd respectively.
Top 3 Country:
1. China
2. United States(US)
3. India
Largest Holder of US United States (US) India => 12th Rank
Government Securities Treasury Department In accordance with the data from the United States
(US) Treasury Department, India became the 12th
largest holder of US government securities at the end
of April, 2020 with holdings of worth $157.4 billion.
The country with maximum exposure to US
government securities is Japan at US$1.266 trillion
followed by China and the United Kingdom at the
second and third positions, respectively at the end of
April 2020.
Top 3 Country:
1. Japan with 1.266 trillion
2. China with 1.073 trillion
3. UK with 368.5 billion
Annual Banking Switzerland’s central India => 77th Rank
Statistics, 2019 bank Swiss National Bank According to the ‘Annual banking statistics, 2019’
(SNB) released by Switzerland’s central bank Swiss National
Bank (SNB), India is at the 77th position in terms of
money parked by its citizens and enterprises with
Swiss banks at the end of the year 2019 with 0.06 %
of the money deposited by foreigners in Swiss banks.
Britain holds the first place in this list with a share of
27 % of the total deposits.
Top 3 Country:
1. United Kingdom (UK)
2. United States (US)
3. West Indies
Global Start-up Start-up Genome According to the report, ‘Global Start-up Ecosystem
Ecosystem Report Report (GSER) 2020; the New Normal for the Global
(GSER) 2020 Start-up Economy and the Impact of COVID-19’
released by Start-up Genome, Bangalore has become
the only city in the country to be included in the
world’s top-30 start-up ecosystem ranking & placed
26th position & Silicon Valley, US topped the ranking.
Further, Mumbai ranked first in a parallel “100
emerging ecosystem rankings 2020” followed by
Jakarta, Zurich. Click here
THE Young University Times Higher Education The Times Higher Education (THE) released THE
Rankings 2020 (THE) Young University Rankings 2020 for the universities
which are 50 years old or younger. Two Indian
Institutes secured their ranks in the top 100 with IIT

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Ropar, the best 12-year-old institute of India at 62nd
rank and IIT Indore at 64th rank. The Hong Kong
University of Science and Technology (HKUST), Hong
Kong topped the overall ranking.
Top 3 University:
1. The Hong Kong University of Science and
Technology (HKUST), Hong Kong
2. Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
3. Paris Sciences et Lettres – PSL Research
University, France

REPORTS
REPORT NAME SUBMITTED BY KEY NOTES
Annual Periodic Labour Force National Statistical According to the annual Periodic Labour Force
Survey (PLFS) Office (NSO), Ministry Survey (PLFS) [July 2018 – June 2019] of
of Statistics and National Statistical Office (NSO), Ministry of
Programme Statistics and Programme Implementation
Implementation (MoSPI), India’s unemployment rate fell to
(MoSPI) 5.8% between July 2018 and June 2019 from
6.1% during the same period of 2017-18 while
the Indian economy grew 6.1% in 2018-19,
slower than the 7% expansion recorded the
year before. Click here
Nature Index 2020 Nature Index 2020 3 autonomous institutions of the Department
ratings of Science & Technology (DST), Government of
India ranked among top 30 Indian Institutes.
The Nature Index 2020 ratings has been
globally topped by Chinese Academy of
Sciences (CAS), China while India’s Council of
Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is on
160th position globally but stood first among
Indian institutions. Click here
U.S. Commission on International USCIRF U.S. Commission on International Religious
Religious Freedom (USCIRF) Freedom (USCIRF) appreciated State
Report Department’s 2019 Annual Report on
International Religious Freedom to improving
religious freedom conditions abroad. As per
the report India was termed as “country of
particular concern’(CPC). Click here
Global Economic Prospect (GEP) World Bank World Bank in its latest edition of the Global
June 2020 report Economic Prospect (GEP) June 2020 report,
states that India’s growth is contract by 3.2%
(ie. -3.2%) for FY20-21. Also the global
economy will contract by 5.2% in 2020 as per
GEP. The World Bank president David Malpass
stated that an estimated 60 million people
could be pushed into extreme poverty in 2020.
Click here
Global Trade Update 2020 United Nations According to the report titled ‘Global Trade
Conference on Trade Update 2020’ released by the Geneva based

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and Development United Nations Conference on Trade and
(UNCTAD) Development (UNCTAD), the value of
international trade in goods fell by 5% in the
Q1 of 2020 and is expected to plunge further
by 27% in the ongoing Q2 due to the
unprecedented effects of the COVID-19. It has
also forecasted a 20% annual decline in trade
for the year 2020. Click here
Policy Brief: The Impact of Food and Agriculture According to the report titled “Policy Brief:
COVID-19 on Food Security and Organization (FAO) The Impact of COVID-19 on Food Security and
Nutrition Nutrition” released by Rome based Food and
Agriculture Organization (FAO), around 45
million people were fall into acute food
insecurity since February 2020 due to COVID-
19.
Global Status Report on United Nations (UN) According to UN’s 1st of its kind report titled,
Preventing Violence Against “Global Status Report on Preventing Violence
Children 2020 Against Children 2020”, up to 1 billion
children are affected by physical, sexual or
psychological violence, etc due to the inability
of the countries. The report has been launched
by WHO, UNICEF, UNESCO, UN Special
Representative of the Secretary-General on
Violence against Children and the End
Violence Against Children. It charted progress
in 155 countries against the “INSPIRE”
framework, a set of seven strategies for
preventing and responding to violence against
children. Click here
India TB (Tuberculosis) Report Union Health Minister Ministry of Health and Family Welfare’s
2020 Dr Harsh Vardhan and (MoHFW) Union Health Minister Dr Harsh
its Minister of State Vardhan and its Minister of State (MoS),
(MoS), Ashwini Kumar Ashwini Kumar Choubey launched the Annual
Choubey “India TB (Tuberculosis) Report 2020”
through a virtual event which is released by
Central TB Division (CTD), MoHFW. According
to the report, there were around 24.04 lakh TB
patients in 2019, a 14% increase in as
compared to the year 2018. The Minister also
released a Joint Monitoring Mission report, a
manual on Direct Benefit Transfer to TB
patients under NIKSHAY system. Click here
South Asian region on the impacts UNICEF The New York based United Nations Children’s
of COVID-19 on children Fund (UNICEF) released its first report
focusing on the South Asian region on the
impacts of COVID-19 on children states that
around 240 million children are classified as
poor and the current COVID-19 situation will
affect an additional 120 million children, a
total of 360 million children will be pushed

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into poverty and food insecurity in the next 6
months.
Inclusion and Education: All (UNESCO) Global The Paris based United Nations Educational,
Means All Education Monitoring Scientific and Cultural Organization’s
(GEM) (UNESCO) Global Education Monitoring (GEM)
Report Team launched its 2020 Report on
“Inclusion and Education: All Means All”,
assessing the progress towards the
Sustainable Developments Goal 4 on education
and other SDG agendas related to education.
The report estimates that around 40% of low
and lower-middle income countries have not
provided any support to the disadvantaged
students during the lockdown due to COVID-
19 situations. Click here
Money Laundering and the Illegal Financial Action Task According to the first ever report on illegal
Wildlife Trade Force (FATF) wildlife trade (IWT) titled “Money Laundering
and the Illegal Wildlife Trade” report by
Financial Action Task Force (FATF), illegal
wildlife trade is a “global threat” which
generate estimated revenues between $7 to
$23 billion a year. This crime could lead to
more zoonotic diseases in the future.

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