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Class Summary
Report and 01 Introduction Class

Indices Gist of Major Reports

02

03 Indepth discussion of
reports.

A roundup series for Your UPSC CSE 2020

Preperation.

1. Ease of Doing Business

Report and 2. World Development Report

Indices World bank
3. Global Economic Prospect (GEP) Report

From Various Organisations. 4. Remittance Report

Relevance for UPSC CSE. 5. Ease of Living Index

Probable MCQs.
6. India Development Update

7. Universal Health Coverage Index

8. Global Financial Development Report

9. Energy Efficiency Implementation Readiness

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10. Human Capital Index (Prepared as a part of World

UPSC CSE MCQ 2016
World bank development Report)

11. Regulatory Indicators for Sustainable Energy (RISE)

12. Logistics Performance Index

India’s ranking in the ‘Ease of a) Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Doing Business Index’ is Development (OECD)
13. Report : A Glass Half Full: The promise of Regional b) World Economic Forum
sometimes seen in the news.
Trade in South Asia Which of the following has c) World Bank
declared that ranking? d) World Trade Organization (WTO)
14. Poverty and Shared Prosperity

15. Human Capital Index (Prepared as a part of World

development Report)

1. Global Human Capital Index

World Economic World Economic
2. Global Information Technology Report
Forum (WEF) Forum (WEF) 10. Global Gender Gap Index
3. Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report
11. Global Risk Report
4. Global Competitiveness Report
12. Energy Transition Index
5. Global Enabling Trade Report
13. Future of Jobs Report.
6. Global Energy Architecture Performance Index Report
14. Global Manufacturing Index
7. Global Environment Performance Index

8. World Power Language Index

9. Inclusive Development Index

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UPSC CSE MCQ International

Monetary Fund (IMF)
1. Global Financial Stability Report

2. World Economic Outlook

“Global Competitiveness Report a) Organization for Economic Cooperation and

Development (OECD)
3. Regional economic report
“,sometimes seen in the news.
Which among the following b) World Economic Forum
declares this ranking? c) World Bank 4. Fiscal monitor
d) World Trade Organization (WTO)

Organisation of United Nations

Economic Educational,
Cooperation and 1. The Programme for International Student
Scientific and 1. Global education monitoring Report
Assessment (PISA) Cultural
Development Organization
(OECD) 2. Government at a Glance Report` (UNESCO) 2. Gender Parity Index

3. Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI)

Global Report

4. Service trade restrictiveness index.

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United Nations United Nations

International Office on Drugs
Children‟s and Crime 1. Global Report on Trafficking in Persons
1. Report on Regular Resources
Emergency Fund (UNODC)
(UNICEF) 2. The State of the World‟s Children reports
2. World Drug Report

3. World Wildlife Crime Report

United Nations United Nations

International Conference on 1. World Investment Report
Telecommunication Trade and
Union (UN-ITU) 1. ICT Development Index Development 2. Trade & Development Report
(UNCTAD)
2. Global Cyber Security Index 3. The Least Developed Countries Report

4. Information and Economy Report

5. The Technology and Innovation Report

6. Commodities and Development Report

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United Nations
International Environment
Labour 1. World Social Protection Report Programme (UNEP)
Organization (ILO) / UN Environment 1. Actions on Air Quality
2. World Employment and Social Outlook
2. Global Environment Outlook
3. Care Work and Care Jobs for the Future of
Decent Work Report 3. Emission Gap Report

4. World of Work Report 4. Inclusive Wealth Report

5. Global Wage Report

World Health International

Organization 1. World Energy Outlook
Energy Agency
(WHO) 1. World Health Statistics
(IEA) 2. The Future of Rail Report
2. World Tuberculosis Report
3. Global Electric Vehicle Outlook
3. Global Nutrition Report
4. Status of Power System Transmission Report
4. Ambient Air Pollution Report
5. Southeast Asia Energy Outlook

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German Watch Institute of

Economics &
1. Climate Change Performance Index
Peace (IEP) 1. Global Peace Index

2. Global Climate Risk Index 2. Global Terrorism Index

Economist Central
Intelligence 1. Global Democracy Index / State of Pollution 1. National Air Quality Indices

Unit (EIU) Democracy in the World Control Board 2. Comprehensive Environment Pollution
2. Government E-Payments Adoption Ranking Index

3. Global Liveability Ranking 3. National Ambient Air Quality Standard

4. Inclusive Internet Index

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1. Performance of Health Outcome Index ----MCQ----

NITI Aayog 2. Healthy States, Progressive India Report

3. Composite Water Management Index

4. Transformation of Aspirational Districts

‘Global Climate Risk Index ’ a) German Watch.
sometimes seen in the news ,gets b) Central Pollution Control Board
5. Sustainable Tourism in the Indian released by which organisation? c) World Bank
Himalayan Region d) International Energy Agency

6. Strategy for New India at 75

7. Urban Transformation Index

Thank You !

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Class Summary 01 Human Development Index

Report and
Indices 02 Human Capital Index

03 Human Capital Score

04 Global Competitiveness Index

A roundup series for Your UPSC CSE 2020

Preperation.

In the latest ranking, India ranked 129 among 189 countries.

Human Human Development Index (HDI) of UNDP is a tool to
measure country‟s overall achievement social and
Development economic dimensions. The value of India‟s HDI is 0.640, which denotes that India is
in the medium human development category.
Index
It considers 4 indicators –
In 2016, India's HDI value of 0.624 put it at 131 rank.
1. life expectancy for health,
2. expected years of schooling, Between 1990 and 2019, India‟s HDI value increased by
3. mean of years of schooling for education and nearly 50 per cent.
4. Gross National Income per capita for standard of
living.

It is calculated by United Nation Development

Programme (UNDP).

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Bangladesh and Pakistan, countries with similar
population size ranked 135 and 152 respectively.
Norway, Switzerland, Australia, Ireland and Germany
lead the ranking.
Niger, the Central African Republic, South Sudan,
Chad and Burundi have the lowest scores.
Report Highlights -
South Asia was the fastest growing region in human
development progress followed by East Asia and the
Pacific.
The world is not on track to achieve gender equality
by 2030 as per the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.
It forecasts that it may take 202 years to close the
gender gap in economic opportunity.
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Inequality-Adjusted HDI (IHDI) indicates
percentage loss in HDI due to inequalities.
In IHDI, India’s position drops by one position to
130.
In the Gender Inequality Index (GII), India is at
122 out of 162 countries. Neighbours China (39),
Sri Lanka (86), Bhutan (99), Myanmar (106) were
placed above India.
It presents a new index indicating how
prejudices and social beliefs obstruct
gender equality.
It shows that only 14% of women and 10%
of men worldwide have no gender bias.
It also highlights that new forms of
inequalities will manifest in future through
climate change and technological
transformation.
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The World Bank has released a Human Capital Index

Human (HCI) as part of the World Development Report 2019.

Capital Index The theme of this year's world development report is “The
Changing Nature of Work”.

The first HCI was published in 2018 as part of the World

Bank's World Development Report 2019.

The index is calculated for 157 countries.

It seeks to measure the amount of human capital that a

child born today can expect to attain by age 18.

The components of HCI are,
1. Survival - measured by under-5 mortality rates
2.Expected years of Quality-adjusted school -
measured by quantity and quality of education
3.Health environment - measured by Adult survival
rates and rate of stunting for children under 5.
The HCI outcome of each country is given as a
fraction of maximum value of 1.
The HCI for India has been estimated at 0.44 and
India is ranked at 115 position in the index.
North America and Europe mostly have HCI value
of above 0.75, while South Asia and Sub Saharan
Africa have the lowest HCI among the regions.

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HDI Vs HCI
United Nation Development Programme (UNDP)
calculates Human Development Index.
HDI includes Health, Education and Per capita Income
components.
HCI excludes Per capita income and included quality
adjustments in learning. (In lecture there has been a
mistake, Instead of HCI, I said HDI at approx 16:00
minutes, Please correct it.)
This makes HCI far less representative of human
capital development than the index claims to be.
India ranks 158th in the world for its investments in
education and health care. It was ranked 162 in
1990.
India is placed behind Sudan (ranked 157th) and
ahead of Namibia (ranked 159th) in the list.
The U.S. is ranked 27th, while China is at 44th and
Pakistan at 164th.
Countries in the South Asian region that have
fared better than India in terms of human capital
include Sri Lanka (102), Maldives (116), Bhutan
(133), Nepal (156).
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A recent study that ranks countries for their levels of
Human Capital spending on education and health care has been
published in Lancet.
Score
The study was conducted by the Institute for
Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the
request of the World Bank.
It is the first ever scientific study ranking
countries for their levels of human capital.
Finland topped the score and turkey showed the
most dramatic increase in human capital between
1990 and 2016.
It is published by World Economic Forum
annually.
Global
Competitiveness The Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) was
Index launched in 1979.
It maps the competitiveness landscape of 141
economies through 103 indicators organised
into 12 pillars.
The 141 countries mapped by this year’s GCI
account for 99% of the world’s GDP.
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The 2019 index is the fourth version of the
global competitiveness index; hence referred to
as GCI 4.0.
The GCI 4.0 tracks data and/or responses on 12
factors divided into 4 broad categories.
The first category is the “Enabling
Environment.”
This includes factors such as the state of
infrastructure, institutions, macroeconomic
stability and the ability to adopt new technology.
What are the highlights of GCI 4.0?
Singapore has become the world's most competitive
economy in 2019, pushing the US to the second
place.
Hong Kong SAR is ranked 3rd, Netherlands 4th and
Switzerland 5th.
China is ranked 28th (the highest ranked among the
BRICS).
The presence of many competitive countries in
Asia-Pacific makes this region the most competitive in
the world.
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The second category is “Human Capital” and
includes health and level of skills in the
economy.
The third is the state of “Markets” such as those
for labour, product, financial and the overall
market size.
The last category is “Innovation Ecosystem”
which includes business dynamism and
innovation capability.
This is followed closely by Europe and North America.
India has moved down 10 places to rank 68th among
141 countries on the global competitiveness index.
It is among the worst-performing BRICS nations
along with Brazil (ranked even lower than India at 71st
this year).
In the overall ranking, India is followed by some of its
neighbours including Sri Lanka at 84th place,
Bangladesh at 105th, Nepal at 108th and Pakistan at
110th place.
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Factors behind India’s performance?
The drop in India’s position is largely due to improvements
witnessed by several other economies.
Notably, the decline in India’s competitiveness score is
relatively small.
India’s 2019 overall score (61.4) fell by merely 0.7 when
compared to its 2018 score.
Positives - India ranks high in terms of macroeconomic
stability and market size.
In this, it is well ahead of most emerging
economies and on par with many advanced
economies.
Shortcomings - There is limited ICT
(information, communications and technology)
adoption, poor health conditions and low healthy
life expectancy.
India has been ranked 109th out of total 141
countries in the healthy life expectancy.
It was one of the shortest outside Africa and
significantly below the South Asian average.
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It is also ranked high at 15th place in terms
of corporate governance.
India is ranked second globally for
shareholder governance.
In terms of the market size, India is ranked
third, while it has got the same rank for
renewable energy regulation.
India has also performed well in terms of
innovation.
India’s product market efficiency is undermined by a
lack of trade openness.
The labour market is characterised by –
- a lack of worker rights' protections
- insufficiently developed active labour market
policies
- critically low participation of women
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With a ratio of female workers to male workers

MCQ
of 0.26, India has been ranked very low at
128th place. 1. Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) was
launched in 1979

India is also ranked low at 118th in terms of 2. It Ranks all the countries of UN.

meritocracy and incentivisation and at 107th “Global Competitiveness Report Which among the following statements is/are
correct ?
place for skills. “,sometimes seen in the news.
Consider the following ?
a) 1 Only.
b) 2 Only.
c) Both
d) None

MCQ
1. Its study conducted by the Institute for
Health Metrics and Evaluation .

2. South Sudan topped the score in human

capital

Regarding Human Capital Score

. Consider the following ,
Which among the following statements is/are
correct ?
Thank You !
a) 1 Only.
b) 2 Only.
c) Both
d) None

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Class Summary 01 Multidimensional Poverty

Index
Multidimensi Global Multidimensional Poverty Index - 2019 (MPI),
released by the United Nation Development
onal Poverty Programme (UNDP) has revealed that there are
02 World Economic Situation
and Prospect Index vast inequalities across countries, and among
the poorer segments of societies.

03 World Happiness Report MPI-2019 edition is a revised version of MPI-2018.

The MPI captures both the incidence and intensity of

poverty and tracks 101 countries on deprivations across
04 Ease of Doing Business Index ten indicators in health, education, and standard of
living.

Key Findings
Index is developed by the Oxford Poverty and Human
Development Initiative (OPHI) and the United Nations
Development Programme (UNDP).
As per report : a single measure is not a sufficient guide to
both inequality and multidimensional poverty, and studies such
as the MPI, Human Development Index, and the Gini
coefficient (which measures countries wealth- income
distribution), can contribute important and distinctive
information for policy action to effectively reduce poverty.
As per Index 1.3 billion people in the world are
still multidimensionally poor.
Multidimensionally poor means that poverty is defined
not simply by income, but by a number of indicators,
including poor health, poor quality of work and
the threat of violence.
Level of Inequality and poverty is very high in Sub-Saharan
Africa and South Asia.
Bangladesh, Cambodia, Democratic Republic of Congo,
Ethiopia, Haiti, India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru and
Vietnam (10 selected countries have a combined population
of around 2 billion people) have shown significant progress
towards achieving Sustainable Development Goal 1 i.e
ending poverty in all its forms, everywhere.

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One in every three children (under the age of 10) and
every second child below the age of 18 years is
multidimensionally poor in the world.
About 34% of the world’s children and 17.5% adults covered
under MPI survey are multidimensionally poor.
One adult in six is multidimensionally poor compared with one
child in three, hence children are more prone to
multidimensional poverty than adults.
Multidimensionally poor children are concentrated more in
the Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
Indian Scenario
India lifted 271 million people out of poverty between
2006 and 2016, (reduced from 0.283 in 2005-06 to 0.123
in 2015-16) recording the fastest reductions in the
multidimensional poverty index values during the period
with strong improvements in areas such as assets,
cooking fuel, sanitation and nutrition.
Among 10 selected countries India (and Cambodia)
reduced their MPI values the fastest and they did not
leave the poorest groups behind.
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In African countries such as Burkina Faso, Chad, Ethiopia,
Niger and South Sudan 90% or more children (under the
age of 10) are multidimensionally poor.
Trends in poverty reduction is uneven in all 10
countries (Bangladesh, Cambodia, Democratic Republic
of Congo, Ethiopia, Haiti, India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru
and Vietnam) as rural areas are poorer than urban areas.
In Cambodia, Haiti, India and Peru poverty reduction in
rural areas outpaced that in urban areas.
Jharkhand has reduced the incidence of poverty at a faster
pace than other regions (reduced the incidence of
multidimensional poverty from 74.9% in 2005-06 to 46.5% in
2015-16)
India (along with Ethiopia and Peru) significantly reduced
deprivations in all 10 indicators, namely nutrition, sanitation,
child mortality, drinking water, years of schooling, electricity,
school attendance, housing, cooking fuel and assets.
MPI reduced from 640 million people (55.1%) in 2005-
2006 to 369 million people (27.9%) in 2015-16.
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The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
World Economic (UNCTAD), United Nations Department of Economic and
Situation and Social Affairs (UN DESA) and the five United Nations
Regional Economic Commissions have jointly released
Prospect the World Economic Situation and Prospects 2020
(WESP) recently.
The report warns about strong economic risks, deep
political polarization and increasing scepticism about
the benefits of multilateralism.
World’s fastest-growing region: East Asia, which
Other Findings also remains the largest contributor to global growth.
Growth in large emerging countries: Brazil, India,
Mexico, Russia and Turkey are expected to gain
economic momentum in 2020.
Shift in Global economic decision power: The shift
in global economic decision-making power from the
EU, the US and other developed countries towards
China, India and other developing countries has been
observed. Thus Global cooperation mechanisms will
need to recognise this shifting balance.
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The report suggested that India needs to
Key Points Related
implement structural reforms to face a global as well
to India
as Indian economic slowdown.
The combination of fiscal stimulus, loose monetary
policy and financial sector reforms is expected to
support a recovery in growth to 6.6 %.
India experienced a sharp drop from 6.8% in 2018 to
5.7 % in 2019
The report also indicated that India may be among the
few countries where the per capita GDP growth
rate could exceed 4 % in 2020.
Per capita GDP is the ratio of the country's gross
domestic product by its total population.
Per capita income: One in five countries will see per
capita income stagnate or decline in 2020.
Per capita income measures the average income
earned per person in a given area in a specified
year.
Poverty reduction: The share of the population living
in extreme poverty has declined steadily and
significantly over the past few decades, largely owing
to successful experiences in China and India
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Impact of climate change on economy: Climate
disruption poses a serious and growing threat to short-
and long-term economic prospects.
One of the primary ways to break the link between
greenhouse gas emissions and economic activity is
to change the energy supply mix, transitioning from
fossil fuels to renewable sources of energy. This
transition will require policies that steer nations towards
carbon neutrality by 2050.
Roadblocks for Sustainable Development Goals: The
prolonged weakness in global economic activity may
severely impact the implementation of Sustainable
Development Goals.
The Sustainable Development Solutions Network for
World the United Nations releases the World Happiness
Report on March 20, which was designated as the World
Happiness Happiness Day by the UN General Assembly in 2012.
Report
This is UN’s seventh annual World Happiness Report,
which ranks the world’s 156 countries on “how happy
their citizens perceive themselves to be”.
The focus of report was- "Happiness and Community:
how happiness has been changing over the past dozen
years, and how information technology, governance
and social norms influence communities"
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UNCTAD
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
(UNCTAD) was established in 1964 to promote
development-friendly integration of developing countries
into the world economy.
UNCTAD is a permanent intergovernmental
body headquartered at Geneva in Switzerland.
Some of the reports published by it are:
Trade and Development Report
World Investment Report
The Least Developed Countries Report
Information and Economy Report
Technology and Innovation Report
Commodities and Development Report
The report ranks countries on six key
variables that support well-being:
Income,
Freedom to make life choices,
Trust,
Healthy life expectancy,
Social support and
Generosity.
The happiness study ranks the countries of the world
on the basis of questions from the Gallup World
Poll. The results are then correlated with other factors,
including GDP and social security.
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Findings The overall world happiness has fallen over the past
few years, which has mostly been fuelled by a sustained
Among India's neighbouring countries, Pakistan is
drop in India, which came in 140th place this year
ranked 67th, Bangladesh 125th, Bhutan 95th, Sri
(2019) compared with 133rd in 2018.
Lanka 130th and China is placed at 93rd.
There has been an increase in negative emotions,
People in war-torn South Sudan are the most
including worry, sadness and anger.
unhappy with their lives, followed by Central
African Republic (155), Afghanistan (154),
India featured in the five countries that had the largest
Tanzania (153) and Rwanda (152).
drop since 2008 in the index, along with Yemen, Syria,
Botswana and Venezuela.

The list is topped by Finland for the second year in a

row followed by Denmark, Norway, Iceland and the
Netherlands.

Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN)
The Sustainable Development Solutions Network
(SDSN), launched in 2012, mobilizes global scientific
and technological expertise to promote practical problem
solving for the Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs) and the Paris Climate Agreement.
It was established under the auspices of the United
Nations Secretary-General.
The World Bank recently released its Ease of
Doing Business Report, 2020. The indicator
Ease of Doing measures the performance of countries across
10 different dimensions in the 12-month period
Business Index
ending May 1, 2019.
According to the report, New ealand retained
its 1st position whereas Somalia was ranked
at 190th spot.

The SDSN and the Bertelsmann Stiftung have been India was placed at 63rd position this time
publishing the annual SDG Index & Dashboards Global
Report since 2016.
(2019) out of 190 countries marking
an improvement of 14 places from its
77th position in 2018.

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India’s score improved from 67.23 in the previous
year to 71.0 this year.
India for the third consecutive year was present in the
list of 10 economies where the business climate has
improved the most.
Trading across Borders- with a single electronic
platform- improved electronic submission methods for
documents and upgrades to port infrastructure, import
and export process became easier, and
Resolving Insolvency- Recovery rate under resolving
insolvency has improved significantly from 26.5% to
71.6%. Also, the time taken for resolving insolvency has
also come down significantly from 4.3 years to 1.6
years.
India continues to maintain its first
Position among South Asian countries. It was 6th (in
2014).
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The essential features of India's performance this year
are:
India’s ranking improved basically on four parameters:
Starting a Business- India made starting a business
easier by fully integrating multiple application forms
into a general incorporation form,
Dealing with Construction Permits- For example,
building a warehouse cost around 4% of the
warehouse value as compared to 5.7% in the
previous year,
India continues to maintain its first
position among South Asian countries. It was 6th (in
2014).
The World Bank will now include Kolkata and
Bengaluru, besides Delhi and Mumbai, for preparing
ease of doing business report, in order to provide a
holistic picture of the business environment of the
country.
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Ease of Doing Business Report

The report was introduced in 2003 to provide an This time two more parameters were considered
assessment of objective measures of business regulations namely, employing workers and contracting with
and their enforcement across 190 economies on ten the government but these are not included in the
parameters affecting a business through its life cycle. score and rankings.

The report measures the performance of countries across It ranks countries on the basis of Distance to Frontier
10 different parameters namely (DTF) score that highlights the gap of an economy with
respect to the global best practice. For example, a
-Starting a Business, score of 75 means an economy was 25 percentage
-Protecting minority Investors,
-Dealing with Construction permits, -Paying Taxes, points away from the frontier constructed from the best
-Electricity availability, -Trading across borders, performances across all economies and across time.
-Property registration, -Contracts enforcement, and
-Credit availability, -Resolving Insolvency.

MCQ
1. As per Index 1.3 Million people in the world are
still multidimensionally poor

2. It means that poverty is defined only by income.

“Global Multidimensional Poverty

Index “,sometimes seen in the
Which among the following statements is/are
correct ?
Thank You !
news. Consider the following ?
a) 1 Only.
b) 2 Only.
c) Both
d) None

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Class Summary 01 Press Freedom Index

Report and
Indices 02 Composite Water
Management Index 2.0

03 Global Innovation Index

04 Henley Passport Index

A roundup series for Your UPSC CSE 2020

05 SDG India Index
Preperation.

Press Press Freedom Index measures the level of media The parameters that are evaluated include the :
freedom in 180 countries and is being published
Freedom annually by Reporters Without Borders since 2002.
Index India ranked 140 out of 180 in the Press freedom Index
- Level of pluralism,
- Media independence,
of 2019. - Environment and self-censorship,
- Legal framework,
Higher ranks and scores indicate lower freedom of the - Transparency, and
Press. - The quality of the infrastructure that supports the
production of news and information.
The degree of freedom is determined by compiling
responses of media professionals, lawyers and sociologist
to a questionnaire.

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Composite Water NITI Aayog in association with Ministry of JAL Shakti

and Ministry of Rural Development released Composite
Management Water Management Index 2.0.
Index 2.0

NITI Aayog first launched and conceptualized the

Composite Water Management Index in 2018 as a
tool to instill a sense of cooperative and competitive
federalism among the states.

It provided actionable guidance to States on where

they were doing well absolutely and relatively and what
they needed to focus on to secure their water.
India is experiencing a very significant water challenge

Approximately 820 million people of India - living in

twelve river basins across the country have per capita
water availability close to or lower than 1000m3 – the
official threshold for water scarcity as per the
Falkenmark Index.

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CWMI 2.0 ranks various states for the reference year 2017-
Key Findings 18 as against the base year 2016-17.
The index comprises 9 themes.
Gujarat (continues to hold on to its rank one in the
reference year (2017-18), followed by Andhra Pradesh,
Madhya Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.

In North Eastern and Himalayan States, Himachal Pradesh

has been awarded rank 1 in 2017-18 followed by
Uttarakhand, Tripura and Assam.

For the first time Union Territories have submitted their

data and Puducherry has been declared the top
performer.

80% of the states (19 out of 24) have shown improvement

in their water management scores over the last three years.

80% of the states (19 out of 24) have shown

Falkenmark indicator’ or ‘water stress index
improvement in their water management scores over the
last three years. It is one of the most commonly used measures of water
scarcity.

It defines water scarcity in terms of the total water

resources that are available to the population of a region;
measuring scarcity as the amount of renewable freshwater
that is available for each person each year.

If the amount of renewable water per person per year in a

country is
below 1,700 m3 - water stress.
below 1,000 m3 - water scarcity.
below 500 m3 - absolute water scarcity.

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India improvement in indicators;-

The index is developed jointly by Cornell University, the Information and Communication
Global Paris-based business school Insead and WIPO in Technology (ICT), services exports, graduates in
Geneva.
Innovation science and engineering, the quality of universities,
gross capital formation (a measure of economy-wide
Index investments) and creative goods exports.
India’s Performance

India’s ranking in the Global Innovation Index
is 52 which shows an improvement of 5 points from the
last years ranking (57).
India’s rankings has been consistently increasing over
the last few years and is among the top in the world in
innovation drivers
India stands out in the world’s top science and
technology clusters, with Bengaluru, Mumbai, and New
Delhi featuring among the top 100 global clusters.
India continues to be the most innovative
economy in central and southern Asia (a distinction
held since 2011).

Switzerland tops the GII index followed by Sweden, GII relies on two sub-indices
Global United States of America, Netherlands, United Kingdom,
Performance Finland, Denmark, Singapore, Germany and Israel.

The theme of GII- 2019 (12th edition) is “Creating

Healthy Lives - The Future of Medical
Innovation” which aims to explore the role of medical
innovation as it shapes the future of healthcare.
It is published annually by Cornell University,
INSEAD and the UN World Intellectual Property
Organization (WIPO).

The GII relies on two sub-indices :

Innovation Input Sub-Index.

Innovation Output Sub-Index.

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Henley & Partners, the residence and citizenship

Japan has the world’s strongest
planning firm has published the Henley Passport
passport whereas Afghanistan (107th rank) has
Index for 2020 according to the number of
Henley Passport destinations the respective passport holders can
Key Points the weakest.
Index 2020 access without a prior visa.
Japan has been topping the Index for three years
continuously.
The ranking is based on data from the International
Air Transport Association (IATA), a trade
Singapore, in second place (same as in 2019) followed
association of some 290 airlines, including all major
by Germany and South Korea both shares the third
carriers.
position in the index.
The index includes 199 different passports and 227
The Indian passport is closer to the bottom, ranked 84th in
different travel destinations.
the world.
The Henley Passport Index was launched in 2006 with
The Indian passport ranked higher in both 2019 (82nd)
the aim of providing a global picture of freedom of
and 2018 (81st).
travelling.

Serbia is the only European country to which Indian

passport holders can travel visa-free.

There is no major or developed country to which Indian

passport holders have visa-free access.

The USA and the UK both countries are in eighth place

in 2020; a significant decline from the rank 1 they jointly
held in 2015.

The top 10 most powerful passports for 2020 are Japan,

Singapore, South Korea, Germany, Italy, Finland, Spain,
USA and UK, Luxembourg, Denmark.

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SDG India NITI Aayog has released the second edition of

the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) India
Index Index (SDG Index 2.0).

The index documents the progress made by India’s

States and Union Territories towards achieving
the 2030 SDG targets.

The Index spans 16 out of 17 SDGs which marks

an improvement over the 2018 Index, which
covered only 13 goals

The SDG India Index has been developed in
collaboration with the Ministry of Statistics and
Programme Implementation (MoSPI), the United
Nations, and the Global Green Growth Institute.
Methodology Followed
Key Points
-A composite score for SDG Index (2019) was computed
in the range of 0–100 for each State/UT based on its
aggregate performance across 16 SDGs.

The year 2020 will be the 5th anniversary of the The higher the score of a State/UT, the closer it is
adoption of SDGs by 193 countries at the UN General towards achieving the 2030 national targets.
Assembly.
-States /UTs are classified based on the SDG India Index
Score as follows:

Aspirant: 0–49
Performer: 50–64
Front Runner: 65–99
Achiever: 100

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National Analysis State/UT Wise Analysis

States:
India's composite score improved from 57 in 2018 to 60 in
2019-20 with major success in water and sanitation,
power and industry.
However, nutrition and gender equality continue to
be problem areas for India, requiring a more focused
approach from the government.
The ranks of 14 states have dropped in the
index compared to 2018.
Kerala has the top rank with a score of 70 followed
by Himachal Pradesh with 69 points. Further, Andhra
Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Telangana shared the third spot
with each state scoring 67 on the Index.
Bihar has emerged as the worst performer with
the lowest score of 50. Jharkhand, Arunachal Pradesh,
Meghalaya and Uttar Pradesh are also some of the worst-
performing states on the index.

All states and union territories except for Delhi have Uttar Pradesh has shown maximum
scored above 65. improvement followed by Odisha and Sikkim.

Union Territories:
1. MCQ
Chandigarh has topped the list with the score of 70
followed by Puducherry with 66.

a) Freedom of travelling w/o Visa.

“Henley Passport Index b) Countries with maximum Banned Visa.

“,sometimes seen in the news. ,is
an indicates global picture of ? c) Most beautifully designed passport.

d) All of the above.

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2. MCQ
1. Index is released by NITI Aayog.

2. Delhi have received the achiever tag with

highest score among all stateand Uts.

“SDG India Index

“,sometimes seen in the news.
Which among the following statements is/are
correct ?
Thank You !
Consider the following ?
a) 1 Only.
b) 2 Only.
c) Both
d) None