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S.No. Report & Releasing body Key Highlights of Report

May 2023
1 ADB Annual Report 2022 • Largest recipient of ADB funded programmes in 2022: Pakistan
Building Resilience in (US $5.58 billion)
Challenging Times • Committed for climate mitigation and adaptation: US $6.7 billion
• Cumulative target for climate mitigation and adaptation(2019-
Released by: Asian 2030): US $100 billion
Development Bank (ADB) • Committed US $ 3.7 billion under its US $ 14 billion food for food
security programme
• 97% of bank's operations in 2022 contributing to Gender Equity
2 Global Report on Internal Global:
Displacement (GRID-2023) • Number of internally displaced people worldwide at end of 2022:
Internal displacement and 71.1 million
food Security • New internal displacement recorded in 2022: 60.9 million
• 98% of the total disaster displacement was triggered by weather
Released by: Internal related events, with floods and storms being the primary causes
Displacement Monitoring • Displacements associated with conflict and violence nearly
Centre doubled to 28.3 million
• Displaced due to disasters: 32.6 million
India specific:
• Recorded the 4th-largest disaster displacement
• Internal displacement due to disaster 2022: 2.5 million
3 Best practices in social • Includes 75 case studies cutting across 14 key social sectors of
sector: A compendium 2023 all 28 States, 8 UTs, 30 Ministries and Departments of the
Government of India
Released by: NITI Aayog and • Best practices (Sectoral spread): Education; Health and Nutrition;
United Nations Development E-governance and digitization
Programme (UNDP) • Best schemes in social sector: 14 from Central government & 6
from Karnataka
4 Future of Jobs Report 2023 Global
• 23% Jobs in the next five years are expected to change
Released by: World • Jobs expectations: 69 millions will be created by 2027 and 83
Economic Forum millions will be eliminated by 2027
• Companies expectations for automation: 42% of tasks by 2027
• 60% workers will require retraining between 2023 and 2027
• 75% of surveyed companies will adopt Artificial intelligence,
leading to 26 million job losses
• Education industry are expected to grow by about 10% (Leading
to 3 million additional jobs)
• Agriculture sector will grow by 15%-30% (leading to an additional
4 million jobs)
India specific
• Digital commerce will lead to the largest absolute gains in jobs,
approximately 2 million new digitally enabled roles are expected
• Top emerging role for business transformation coming from
(Expected to grow on average by 30% by 2027): Artificial
intelligence, Machine learning, Data segments
5 World Economic Outlook: A • Global Growth projections:
Rocky Recovery (April 2023) o 3.4% for 2022; 2.8% for 2023, and 3.0% for 2024
Released by: International • India specific Growth projections:
Monetary Fund o 6.8% for 2022; 5.9% for 2023; 6.3% for 2024
6 Regional Economic Outlook - • Asia pacific Growth projections: 3.8% for 2022, 4.6% for 2023
Asia and Pacific Recovery • China and India are two largest emerging market economies of
Unbated amid Uncertainty the region are expected to contribute around 50% of global
(MAY 2023) growth this year
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 Released by: International • India specific Growth projections: 5.9% for 2023 and 6.3% for
Monetary Fund 2024
7 Report on Currency and • Annual publication’s Theme: Towards a Greener Cleaner India
Finance 2022-23 • Covers 4-dimensions of climate change:
o Unprecedented scale and pace of climate change
Released by: Reserve Bank o Macroeconomic effects
of India o Implications for financial stability
o Policy options to mitigate climate risks
Key Findings-
• Total expenditure for India's adaptation to climate change could
reach 85.6 lakh crore by 2030
• India should aim renewables for 80% of its energy mix by 2070-
71 to achieve net zero by 2070
• India’s green financing requirement to address the infrastructure
gap caused by climate events: Atleast 2.5% of GDP annually till
2030
• Public sector banks (PSBs) are more vulnerable to climate-
related financial risks than private sector banks
• India may lose 3 to 10% of its GDP annually by 2100 due to climate
change
• 34 million job losses by 2030 from heat stress, associated with
productivity decline
• Total expenditure on printing of banknotes: Rs 4985 cr (2021-22)
• Recommends introduction of Emissions Trading System (ETS)
8 Global Report on Food Crises
(GRFC) for 2023 Joint • Population that faced acute food insecurity: 258 million in 2022
analysis for better decisions and 193 million in 2021
• Key drivers for food crises: Conflict/insecurity, Economic shocks
Released by: Food Security and Weather extremes
Information Network (FSIN) • Number of countries where food insecurity had increased due to
and Global Network against economic shocks increased from 21 to 27
Food Crises (GNAFC)
9 The Status of women in •Agri-food systems are a major employer of women globally
Agrifood Systems •36% of working women and 38% of working men work in agrifood
systems as of 2019 (Decline of 10% since 2005)
Released by: FAO (Food and • 4 billion People rely on agri-food systems for their livelihoods
Agriculture Organization) • Conflict and insecurity remain key drivers of food crises and food
insecurity
Gender gaps:
• Access to bank accounts reduced from 9% points to 6% points
• Food insecurity between men and women widened from 1.7%
points in 2019 to 4.3% in 2021
COVID-19 pandemic Impact:
• 22% of women lost their jobs in off-farm agrifood-system work in
the first year of the pandemic, compared with only 2% of men
• Closing the gender gap in farm productivity and the wage gap in
agrifood-system employment would increase global GDP by 1%
(or nearly US $1 trillion).
10 World Press Freedom Index • Five contextual indicators: Political, Legal framework, Economic,
2023 Sociocultural, Safety
Rankings: Topped by Norway. North Korea was last (180)
Released by: Reporters • India’s Rank: 161 (Down from 150 in 2022) : Press freedom in India
Without Borders (RSF) has gone from “problematic” to “very bad
11 Born Too Soon: Decade of Global:
Action on Pre-term Birth

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 • Pre-term birth (babies born alive before 37 weeks of pregnancy)
Released by: World Health is world's largest cause of death of children under the age of 5
Organisation (WHO), United • Babies born pre-term last decade (2010-2020): 152 million
Nations Children’s Fund • Preterm birth numbers 2020 (45% of all preterm babies): India
(UNICEF) and Partnership for (Top)
Maternal, Newborn & Child • Preterm birth rates (2020): Bangladesh (Top) and India (4th )
Health (PMNCH) • Lowest preterm rates were in Serbia and Moldova
• 4Cs which heighten threats for the most vulnerable women and
babies: Conflict, Climate change, Covid-19 pandemic, Cost of
living crisis
India specific: Estimated preterm birth numbers is 30.16 lakh
12 Data Governance Quality • Measure the maturity level of administrative data systems on the
Index (DGQI) assessment for implementation of Central Sector Schemes (CS) and Centrally
2022-2023 Q3 Sponsored Schemes (CSS)
• The Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW) secured
Released by: Development the 2nd-position among 66 ministries
Monitoring and Evaluation
Office (DMEO) Niti Aayog
13 The Race to Net Zero • Out of 10 countries most affected by these disasters, 6-are in the
Accelerating Climate Action Asia pacific
in Asia and the Pacific • Asia-Pacific region accounts 57% of the world’s greenhouse gas
emissions (2020)
Released by: United Nations • Annual average losses from natural and biological hazards in Asia
Economic and Social and the Pacific are approximately $780 billion
Commission for Asia and the • 85% of the region’s primary energy supply came from fossil fuels
Pacific (ESCAP) in 2020
14 Global Fintech 2023: • Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, with 27% growth rate spearheaded
Reimagining the Future of by India, China and Indonesia, is poised to outpace the US and
Finance become the world’s top fintech market by 2030
• Almost 80% of adults in the world are still either underbanked or
Released by: Boston unbanked
Consulting Group (BCG) and • Annual fintech revenues are expected to reach $1.5 trillion by
QED Investors 2030
15 Turning of the tap (How the • Global plastic pollution can reduce by 80% by 2040
world can end plastic • Any delays in executing the necessary shifts will lead to
pollution and create a additional 80 million tonnes of plastic pollution by 2040
circular economy) • 3-market shifts needed: Reuse, Recycle, “Reorient and diversify”
• Shift to a circular economy would save $1.27 trillion
Released by: United Nations • Shift could also result in a net increase of 700,000 jobs by 2040
Environment Programme • 1 million Plastic bottles are purchased every minute
• 400 million tonnes Plastic waste are generated every year
• Sustainable alternatives could reduce pollution 17% by 2040
16 WMO Global Annual to
Decadal Climate Update • Yearly average temperatures are expected to be 1.1°C to 1.8°C
(Target years: 2023-2027) above the pre-industrial average
Released by: World • 66% chance of temporarily reaching 1.5°C by 2027
Meteorological Organization
17 Incentivising the • 4.95 million people Deaths associated with antimicrobial
development of new resistance (AMR) in 2019
antibacterial treatments • AMR is a threat to the global economy, and could cost US$ 100
trillion by 2050
Released by: Global AMR • World Bank predicts Global losses of up to 3.8% of (GDP) by 2050
R&D Hub and WHO • Annual health care costs to be US$ 1 trillion by 2030
18 World Economic Situation • Global Growth projections: 3% in 2022, 1.9% in 2023, 2.5% in
and Prospects 2023 2024

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Released by: UN DESA, in
partnership with UNCTAD
and the Regional economic
commissions
19 Joint Child Malnutrition
Estimates of 2023 "Levels
and trends in child
malnutrition"
Released by: UNICEF, WHO
and World Bank Group
20 Status of Mortality and
Economic Losses due to
Weather, Climate and Water
Extremes (1970-2021)
Released by: World
Meteorological Organization
21 India's Climate Research
Agenda: 2030 and beyond
Released by: Department of •
Science and Technology and
IIT Bombay
22 Periodic Labour Force • Introduced in 2017
Survey (PLFS) – Quarterly •
Bulletin [January –March
2023]
• Working population Ratio in CWS in urban areas for persons of
Released by: National
Sample Survey Office
(NSSO) • Unemployment Rate in CWS in urban areas for persons of age 15
23 Health for All: Transforming
economies to deliver what
matters
Released by: WHO Council
on the Economics of Health
for All
24 State and Trends of Carbon
Pricing 2023
Released by: World Bank
25 Thriving: Making Cities
Green, Resilient, and
Inclusive in a Changing
Climate
Released by: World Bank
26 Decentralised Renewable
Energy Technologies for
Sustainable Livelihoods
• Income Inequalities: Average income for the Top 10% was
$126,153 in 2021 and Average income for the bottom 40% was
$2,935 in 2021
• India’s Growth projections: 6.4% (2022), 5.8% (2023), 6.7%
(2024)
o Unemployment rate in 2022 was 6.4% (4 year low)
Global:
• Stunting rate declined from 26.3% (2012) to 22.3% (2022)
• Overweight rate grew from 5.5% (2012) to 5.6% (2022)
• Wasting was 6.8% in 2022
India specific:
• Stunting rate declined from 41.6% in 2012 to 31.7% in 2022
(Recorded 1.6 crore fewer stunted children)
• Overweight rate grew from 2.2% in 2012 to 2.8% in 2022
• Wasting rate was 18.7% in 2022 (49% of global burden)
• Globally, 11,778 disasters reported leading to 20,87,229 deaths
and US $ 4.3 trillion economic losses
• Asia specific: Number of deaths highest in Bangladesh
• India Specific: 573 disasters leading to 1,38,377 deaths
• Released at International Climate Research Conclave (ICRC-
2023) organised by The DST and Ministry of Earth Sciences
Provide detailed review and future research direction in 9 themes
identified by experts
Labour Force Participation Rate in Current Weekly Status (CWS)
in Urban areas for persons of age 15 years and above: Male
(73.5%), Female (22.7%), Overall (48.5%)
age 15 years and above: Male (69.1%), Female (20.6%), Overall
(45.2%)
years and above: Male (6.0%), Female (9.2%), Overall (6.8%)
• Launched in 76th World Health Assembly
• Reorienting economies to deliver health for all across 4
interrelated themes: Value, Finance, Innovation, Capacity
• Revenues from carbon taxes and Emissions Trading Systems
(ETS) have reached $95 billion
o Usage: 40% for Green Spending, 10% to Compensate
households or Businesses
• Number of people living in cities increased from 1.19 billion to
4.46 billion between 1970 and 2021, responsible for 70% of global
greenhouse gas emissions
• Urban population is expected to grow 2.5 billion by 2050
• Decentralised clean energy (DRE) tech can impact 37 million
livelihoods in India’s agri, textile sectors
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 Market, Viability, and Impact • DRE has a market potential of Rs 4 lakh crore in rural and peri-
Potential in India urban communities in India
• Currently, India has 12 mature technologies powered by DRE
Released by: Council on • Uttar Pradesh leading state in terms of estimated future adoption
Energy, Environment and of solar-powered technologies
Water and Villgro Innovations
Foundation
27 ECOWRAP Report • India’s growth in the 4th quarter of FY23 is likely to be 5.5%.
• This will lead country’s growth for FY23 at 7.1%
Released by: State Bank of • India's projected growth rate for FY24: 6.7%
India
28 World Energy Investment • Total $2.8 trillion to be invested globally in energy in 2023, out of
2023 which $1.7 trillion is expected to go to clean technologies
• Annual investment is expected to rise between 2021 and 2023:
Released by: International Clean energy (By 24%) and Fossil fuels (By 15%)
Energy Agency • Solar energy is the “star performer” and set to overtake
investment in oil production
29 ITF Transport Outlook 2023 • If action to decarbonise transport is accelerated, the transport
sector can reduce its CO2 emissions by about 80% over the next
Released by: International 25 years (compared to 2019)
Transport Forum (ITF)
30 Forever Toxic: The science • Total 13,000 chemicals in plastics, out of which 3,200 of them
on health threats from plastic known to be hazardous to human health
recycling • Plastic production to triple by 2060
Released by: Greenpeace • Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Philippines estimates, that only 9% of plastic waste is recycled globally
31 A Report on The Role of • The International Energy Agency (IEA) has projected the global
Small Modular Reactors nuclear installed power capacity to rise from 413 GW in 2021 to
(SMR) in the Energy 871 GW by 2050
Transition • As per IEA, SMRs power generation capacity range from less than
30 MWe to 300+ MWe
Released by: NITI Aayog and
Department of Atomic
Energy
32 The World’s 10 Highest-Paid • Top 3 are Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, and Kylian Mbappe (All
Athletes 2023 three are footballers)
Released by: Forbes
33 ICE Annual report • India has surpassed China in sending more students to the United
Released by: US Immigration States in 2022
and Customs Enforcement
34 India Internet Report 2023 • India had over 700 million active internet users as of December
Released by: Nielsen 2022
• Urban India had 295 million users.
• Rural India had 425 million registered internet users (44% higher
than in urban areas)
35 Prime Global Cities Index Q1 • Dubai clinched the top position globally
2023 • Mumbai ranks 6th (improved from 38th in Q1 2022) among 46
Released by: Knight Frank cities globally in terms of annual price growth of high-end
India residential properties
36 The Most Innovative • Top 3 are Apple, Tesla, Amazon
Companies of 2023 • Only Indian Firm in list is Tata Group (20th position)
Released by: Boston
Consulting Group (BCG)
37 Data Centre Q1 2023 • Shanghai, Tokyo and Mumbai have emerged as the top data
Released by: Knight Frank centre markets in the Asia-Pacific region

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38 UBI Global World Benchmark • The Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM) has been ranked as the
Study 2021-2022 world’s top public business incubator
Released by: UBI Global
39 Indian Pedestrian Accident • India is the No 1 in the world in road accidents
Study
Released by: Bosch Limited
April 2023
40 Infertility Prevalence • Provides insight into global and regional infertility prevalence by
Estimates, 1990–2021 analyzing all relevant studies from 1990 to 2021
• Global infertility prevalence estimates:
Released by: World Health o 1 in 6 people have experienced infertility at some
Organization(WHO) stage in their lives
o Lifetime prevalence of infertility: 17.5%
o Period prevalence of infertility: 12.6%
• Regional infertility prevalence estimates:
o Lifetime prevalence of infertility highest in the WHO
Western Pacific Region (23.2%)
o Period prevalence of infertility highest in the WHO
African Region (16.4%)
41 World Energy Transitions • Renewable account for 40% of installed power generation
Outlook 2023: 1.5°C o Contribute to 83% of global power additions in 2022
Pathway • To keep 1.5°C target alive, renewable energy deployment levels
must grow from 3,000 GW today to over 10,000 GW in 2030
Released by: International • China, the European Union, and the United States accounted for
Renewable Energy Agency two-thirds of all additions in 2022
• In 2022, 85% of global renewable energy investment benefitted
less than 50% of the world’s population
• Global investment in energy transition technologies reached a
new record of $1.3 trillion in 2022
• 41% of planned investment by 2050 is still targeted at fossil fuels
• If current pledges and plans are implemented, there will still be
an emissions gap of 16 gigatonnes (Gt) in 2050
42 State Energy Efficiency Index • Developed by Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) and Alliance for
(SEEI) 2021-22 an Energy-Efficient Economy (AEEE)
• Index has an updated framework of 50 indicators based on seven
Released by: Ministry of Indicators
Power and New & Renewable • Top performing state: Karnataka followed by Andhra Pradesh.
Energy • Telangana and Andhra Pradesh showed the most improvement
• Classification based on Progress: 5 Front Runner States, 4
Achiever State, 8 Contender State, and 19 aspirant state
• Top ranked states Based on Groups:
o Group 1: Karnataka
o Group 2: Andhra Pradesh
o Group 3: Assam
o Group 4: Chandigarh
43 National Wetland Decadal • In the 2017/18 assessment, there were 231,195 wetlands (>=2.25
Change Atlas, 2017 ha) spanning 15.98 million hectares
• An increase of 18,810 wetlands and 0.64 million hectares
Released by: Space compared to 2006/07
Applications Centre- ISRO • Natural coastal wetlands are declining from 3.69 million hectares
Ahmedabad maps to 3.62 million hectares in ten years
• All inland human-made wetlands increased during the two
assessment cycles
• During 2006/7-2017/18, 308 natural wetlands (7,470 ha) were
lost, whereas 811 new wetlands (22,673 ha) were recorded

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44 Striving for Clean Air: Air • 9 out of the world’s 10 cities with the worst air pollution are in
Pollution and Public Health in South Asia
South Asia • 60% of the population lives in areas where concentrations of
Released by: World Bank PM2.5 exceed an annual mean of 35 μg/m3 (WHO prescribes an
annual mean of 5 µg/m3)
• Exposure to extreme air pollution in South Asia causes an
estimated 2 million premature deaths each year
• Air pollution causes 20% of premature deaths in Bangladesh
• The report identifies 6-major airsheds in South Asia where spatial
interdependence in air quality is high
45 5 Tiger Census
th
• Population of Tigers has grown by 200 from 2018 to 2022. The
current tiger population in India is 3,167 (up from 2,967 in 2018).
Released by: National Tiger • Growth rate slowed to 6.7% in the four years from 2018 to 2022,
Conservation Authority from around 33% during 2014-2018
(NTCA) in partnership with • Nilgiri cluster (Nagarahole to Biligiriranga Hills) is the largest tiger
state forest departments, population in the world
conservation NGOs, and the • Total Tiger Reserves (TR) in India: 53 (as per NTCA)
Wildlife Institute of India (WII) • Periyar Tiger Reserve (TR), Kerala is the best-maintained of all
TRs
• Largest TR on the basis of core area: Nagarjunsagar Srisailam
Tiger Reserve, Andhra Pradesh
• Smallest TR on the basis of core area: Orang tiger reserve, Assam
46 Falling Long Term Growth Global:
Prospects: Trends, • Average decadal growth rates have declined from 6% levels in
Expectations and Policies 2000-09 to 3.2% levels in 2020-24
• Share of countries with slower growth than in the previous
Released by: World Bank decade has increased to 73% in 2010-21 from 44% in 2000-10
• Current decade (2020-2030) could be a lost decade for the
whole world
• Women's labor force participation rate is still three-fourths that
of men
India:
• Investment growth rate slowed from an annual average of 10.5%
in 2000-10 to 5.7% in 2011-21
• GST implementation doubled the tax base in 4-years, and other
tax reforms could increase the tax revenue by 3-4% points of
GDP
• Female labour force participation increased marginally to 32.8%
in 2021-22
47 7 Logistic Performance
th
• Indicators used to assess countries: Tracking and tracing,
Index (LPI): Connecting to Infrastructure, Timeliness, Customs, International shipments,
Compete Logistics competence and quality
• Rankings: Singapore (1st). Afghanistan & Libya are least scorers
Released by: World Bank • India's rank in LPI 2023 is 38th (44th in 2018 and 54th in 2014)
• Demand for green logistics is rising as 75% of shippers looking
for environment-friendly options when exporting to high-income
countries
• Indian Ports "Turn Around Time" is 0.9 days
48 Promoting Millets in Diets: • 3-themes:
Best Practices across o State Missions and initiatives to promote millets
States/UTs of India o Inclusion of millets in ICDS
o Research and development and use of technology for
Released by: NITI Aayog innovative practices

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 • India produces nine commonly known traditional millets: Kodo
Millet, Sorghum, Brown top Millet, Pearl Millet, Barnyard Millet,
Finger Millet, Little Millet, Foxtail Millet, Proso Millet
• Millets are notified as Nutri-cereals by Government of India in
2018
49 National Health Accounts • It is 7th edition of the report released annually from 2013-14
Estimate 2019-20 • It is based on World Health Organization (WHO) framework of
System of Health Accounts, 2011.
Released by: Ministry of • Total Health Expenditure (THE) as a percent of GDP and Per
Health and Family Welfare Capita
o Declined from 4% in 2013-14 to 3.3% in 2019-20
o Per Capita Health Expenditure increased to 4863 in
2019-20 from 3826 in 2014-15
• Government Health Expenditure (GHE) as a percent of Total
Health Expenditure increased from 29% (2014-15) to 41.4%
(2019-20).
• Out-of-Pocket Expenditure (OOPE) in Total Health Expenditure
declined from 62.6% in 2014-15 to 47.1% in 2019-20
• Social Security Expenditure on health as percentage of THE
increased from 5.7% in 2014-15 to 9.3% in 2019-20
• Government Health Expenditure per capita doubled from Rs.
1,108 in 2014-15 to Rs. 2,014 in 2019-20
50 State of the World’s Children • It is the first edition of the report solely dedicated to routine
2023: For Every Child, immunization
Vaccination Global Findings-
• Vaccines can save lives of 4.4 millions every year and 5.8 million
Released by: United Nations by 2030
International Children's • Zero-dose children 2021: 18.2 millions
Emergency Fund (UNICEF) • Zero-dose (unvaccinated) and under-vaccinated: 1 out of every
5 children
Covid Impact:
• 67 mn Children missed out on vaccinations between 2019 and
2021
• Share of vaccinated children fell to 81%
• Countries where perception of vaccines remained stable and
even improved: China, India, Mexico
India specific
• One of the highest vaccine confidence in the world: 98%
• Number of zero-dose children reduced from 3 million in 2020-
2021 to 2.7 million in 2022
51 Technology and Innovation • Developed countries benefit most from green technologies such
Report 2023 as artificial intelligence, Internet of Things and electric vehicles
• Green technologies can create a market worth $9.5 trillion by
Released by: UNCTAD 2030 up from $1.5 trillion in 2020
• Total exports of green technologies from developed countries
increased from $60 billion in 2018 to $156 billion in 2021
• Total exports of green technologies from developing countries
rose to only about $75 billion in 2021 from $57 billion in 2018
• Market revenues for electric vehicles could rise 5-times to reach
$824 billion by 2030 from present value of $163 billion
• India remains the greatest overperformer ranking at 67th position
Frontier technology readiness index (of report):
• United States (on top); India at 46th position and China is most-
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52 First Census of Water Bodies • Provides a comprehensive inventory of India's water resources
in India • Launched under centrally sponsored scheme “Irrigation Census”
• Water bodies enumerated in India - 24,24,540 [97.1% in Rural and
Released by: Ministry of Jal 2.9% in Urban areas]
Shakti • Ownership: Private (55.2%) & Public (44.8%)
• 59.5% of the water bodies are ponds (Highest)
• In terms of usage: 83.7% in Use, 16.3% Not in use
• % distribution of Water bodies by type of use is maximum in
Pisciculture
• Distribution by Nature: Natural (22%) & Manmade (78%)
• Maharashtra tops in Water Conservation Schemes/Check Dams
• Maximum Water bodies in West Bengal
• Maximum Reservoirs in West Bengal
53 World Tree City • Mumbai has been included in the list for the second consecutive
2022 list year.
Released by: Arbor Day • In 2021, Mumbai shared the honour of being included in the World
Foundation Tree City list with Hyderabad.
(ADF) and the Food
and Agriculture
Organization (FAO) of
the United Nations(UN)
54 Passport Index 2023 • United Arab Emirates (UAE) topped with a mobility score of 181.
Released by: Arton Capital • In 2023, India ranked 144th with a mobility score of 70.
• In January, India ranked 85th out of 199 countries in the Henley
Passport Index.
55 India’s Tech SMEs: Rising In • The Indian tech SME sector is expected to grow in double digits
The Global Digital Arena to reach $40 billion by FY30.
Released by: Nasscom and
ProHance
56 India Justice Report (IJR) • Karnataka has achieved the top rank among the 18 large and mid-
2022 sized states with populations over one crore
Released by: Tata Trusts
57 Top 10 busiest airports in the • Delhi airport is the 9th busiest airport
world for 2022 • Topped by Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (93.7
Released by: Airports Council million passengers).
International (ACI)
58 World’s Wealthiest Cities • New York City is the world's wealthiest city with 58 billionaires,
Report 2023 followed by Tokyo and The Bay Area (USA) at the second and
Released by: Henley & third spot respectively.
Partners • Mumbai featured at No 21, with 29 billionaires.
59 Global Unicorn Index 2023 • India continues to be the world's 3rd-largest country with the
Released by: The Hurun highest number of unicorns, following the US and China.
Research Institute
March 2023
60 Foundational Literacy and • Data on state of Foundational Learning across children aged
Numeracy Report below 10 years in Indian States and Union Territories
• Ranks states on five key parameters:
Released by: Institute for o Educational infrastructure: Punjab has scored highest
Competitiveness o Access to education: West Bengal has scored the
highest in large state category
o Basic health: Puducherry scored highest
o Learning outcomes: Punjab has scored highest
o Governance: Bihar has scored highest
• Category wise ranking- Index on Foundational Learning:
o Small State: Punjab

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 o Union Territory: Puducherry
o Large State: West Bengal
o North-Eastern: Sikkim
• India’s overall average score was 44.48 and 18 out of 36
state/UTs have scored above country average in FLN index
• In India, 250 million students affected due to school closures
• From 2019 and 2022, in low and middle-income countries, the
share of children aged ten years who cannot read, write and
understand simple text has increased from 57% to 70%
• According to UNICEF (2022) in India, 92% of students lost at least
one specific language ability and 82% lost at least one specific
mathematic ability from the previous year
61 Second Advance Estimates Year 2022-23:
(SAE) of National Income for • Real GDP or GDP at constant prices (2011-12): Estimated growth
2022-23 rate: 7.0%
• Nominal GDP or GDP at constant prices (2011-12): Estimated
Released by: National growth rate: 15.9%
Statistical Office Revised Estimates: 2021-22
(NSO),Ministry of Statistics & • GDP at constant prices: 9.1%
Programme Implementation • GDP at current prices: 18.4%
62 WTO Goods Trade • Current reading of 96.2 is below the baseline value index and the
Barometer prior reading of 100
Released by: World Trade • Cumulative year-on-year growth for the first three quarters of
Organization 2022 stood at 4.4%
63 More than a billion reasons: • In India, 31 states had implemented the national PM CARE for
The urgent need to build children (4,302 children received support from scheme)
universal social protection Global
for children • 1.77 billion children aged 0-18 lack access to a child or family
Released by: International cash benefit, a fundamental pillar of a social protection system
Labour Organization and • There are 2.4 billion children in this world whom all need
UNICEF adequate social protection
• Approximately 800 million children are subsisting below the
poverty line of USD 3.20 a day
• 1 billion are living in multidimensional poverty, deprived of key
dimensions such as health, education, and nutrition
• 26.4% of children aged 0-15 are shielded by social protection
64 Democracy Report 2023: • Only 13% of the world’s humans (approximately one billion
Defiance in the face of people) live in liberal democracies
Autocratization Important Ranking:
• Globally, Denmark was ranked first with highest comprehensive
Released by: Varieties of score of 0.89 in Liberal Democracy Index
Democracy (V-Dem) • India ranks 108th in the Electoral Democracy Index while it was
97 in LDI
o India in top 10 autocratising countries in last 10 years
Key findings:
• 72% of population (5.7 bn people) live in autocracies by 2022
• 28% of population (2.2 billion people) live in closed autocracies
• 13% of the population (1 billion people) live in liberal democracies
• Democracy broke down in 7 out of top 10 autocracies in last 10
years
• In 2 democracies (Brazil and Poland) autocratization stalled
before democracy broke down
• Share of world trade between democracies has declined from
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65 Undernourished and
Overlooked: A Global
Nutrition Crisis in Adolescent
Girls and Women • 51 million children under 2 years suffer stunting
Released by: UNICEF • South Asia and Sub-Saharan African remain the epicentre of the
66 Production and Promotion of
Organic and Bio fertilisers
with Special Focus on
Improving Economic Viability
of Gaushalas
Released by: NITI Aayog
Task Force Report
67 78th Multiple Indicator Survey
(MIS) - NSS 78th Round
Report [2020-21]
Released by: National
Sample Survey Office
68 Global report on sodium
intake reduction
Released by: World Health
Organization (WHO)
69 9th Women, Business and the •
Law Index
Released by: World Bank • 2.4 bn women of working age still don’t have same rights as men
• Only 14 countries( all high income economies) have laws that give
• Number of pregnant and breastfeeding adolescent girls and
women suffering from acute malnutrition increased from 5.5
million to 6.9 million i.e., 25% since 2020 in 12 countries
nutrition crisis among adolescent girls and women
• In 2021, there were 126 million more food insecure women than
men
• 7.3 million adolescent girls and women between the ages of 15
and 49 in Nigeria are undernourished, which is putting newborn
babies at risk
• Suggest measures to make Gaushalas economically viable
• The population of stray cattle is estimated at 53 lakh
• As per 2016 report by Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
Stray animals caused 1,604 road accidents in the country
(Maximum in Gujarat)
• %age of persons reported to have improved source of drinking
water: Rural (95), Urban (97.2), Overall rural & urban (95.7)
• %age of persons reported access to improved latrine, among the
persons who had reported access to latrine: Rural (97.5), Urban
(99), Overall rural & urban (98)
• %age of households using clean fuel as a primary source of
energy for cooking: Rural (49.8), Urban (92), Overall rural & urban
(63.1)
• 92.5% households in rural areas reported the availability of all-
weather roads within 2 km from the place of living
• %age of persons of age 15-24 years not in education,
employment, or training: Rural (30.2), Urban (27), Overall rural &
urban (29.3)
• World is off-track to achieve its global target of reducing sodium
intake by 30% by 2025
• Global average salt intake is estimated to be 10.8 gm/ day (WHO
recommendation, less than 5 gm/day)
• Only 9 countries have a comprehensive package of
recommended policies to reduce sodium intake
• Only 5% of WHO member states are protected by mandatory and
comprehensive sodium reduction policies
• Cost-effective policies could save 7 mn lives globally by 2030
• India has the mandatory declaration of sodium on pre-packaged
food but no other mandatory measure
Global average score was 77.1 in 2022, indicating that women
enjoy barely 77% of the legal rights that men do
women the same rights as men
• At the current pace of reform, it would take at least 50 years on
average to reach substantial legal gender equality everywhere
• Closing the gender employment gap could raise long-term GDP
per capita by nearly 20% on average across countries and result
in global economic gains of $5-6 trillion
• India Specific: Index score was 74.4
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70 Department for Promotion of • Covers time period-April-December 2022
Industry and Internal Trade • Overall FDI inflows into India Fell by 9% to ₹2.91-lakh crore
(DPIIT) Data • Computer software and hardware ( IT Sector) receives highest
Released by: DPIIT, Ministry inflows of ₹63,819 crore
of commerce and industry
71 World Happiness Report • 6 Factors/Parameters determine a country's happiness quotient:
2023 GDP per capita, Social support, Healthy life expectancy,
Released by: United Nations Freedom, Generosity, Low corruption
Sustainable Development • Finland topped the Index, Afghanistan (137) was least happy.
Solutions Network • India ranks 126th , improved from 136 in last edition
72 Annual India Tuberculosis • Released at the One World TB Summit in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
(TB) Report 2023 • India’s Commitment to eliminate TB from India by 2025, 5 years
Released by: Ministry of ahead of the global target 2030
Health & Family Welfare • In 2022, India achieved a record high notification of 24.2 lakh TB
cases, an increase of 13% as compared to 2021
• Case notification rate was approximately 172 cases per lakh
population
• 722 (94%) districts of India have expanded TB Prevention
Treatment (TPT) Ni-kshay portal is used to monitor TB patients
in India, by incorporating advanced analytical tools
• Rs. 2090 crores were paid to around 71 lakh people affected with
TB from April 2018 to December 2022 through Direct Benefit
Transfer (DBT) under Ni-kshay Poshan Yojana (NPY)
73 Women and Men in India • Sex ratio at birth rised to 907 in 2018-20 from 904 in 2017-19
2022 • Labour Force Participation Rate: 41.3% (57.3% Male and 24.8%
Female) in 2021-22
Released by: Ministry of • At managerial positions in 2020, 18.8% were women which
Statistics and Program dropped to 18.1% in 2021
Implementation • One out of four bank employees are women
• Population growth is on downward trend from 2.2% in 1971 to
1.1% in 2021
• In absolute figures, population increase from 1.2 billion in 2011 to
1.5 billion in 2036
• Mean age for marriage Improved to 22.7 years in 2020
• Only 16.5% of women receive regular wage compared to the
overall 21.5% of workers
• Literacy Rates was Overall 77.7%. (Male: 84.7% & Female: 70.3%)
74 10th Global Terrorism Index • Afghanistan (8.822) topped the index while India ranked 13th
• Deadliest terrorist groups in the world in 2022 was Islamic State
Released by: Institute for • South Asia Region with the worst average GTI score
Economics and Peace, • India Listed among countries with a high impact of terrorism
Sydney (Australia) among 25 worst-hit nations on the index
75 What, Why and How of the Global:
World Water Crisis • Agriculture responsible for more than 70% of global freshwater
use each year
Released by: Global • Places China at the top, where food supply would be reduced by
Commission on the 22.4%
Economics of Water (GCEW) • 'Triple crisis' will ensue as fresh water demand will outstrip supply
by 40% within 2030
India:
• Ranks 13th on facing water stress in 2019
• It will face a reduction of over 16% in food supply due to water
and heat stress in 2050
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76 Global Landscape of • Global investment in renewable energy reached a record high in
Renewable Energy Finance 2022 at $0.5 trillion
2023 • In 2022, global investments in energy transition technologies hit
Released by: International $1.3 trillion, up 19% from 2021 and 50% from 2019
Renewable Energy Agency • Investments declined from 27% of the total investment in
(IRENA) and Climate Policy renewable energy in 2017 to 15% in 2020
Initiative (CPI)
77 MSME Pulse Report Overall Credit exposure stood at Rs 22.9 Lakh crore with year on
Released by: TransUnion year growth rate of 10.6%
CIBIL & SIDBI
78 Global Payments Report Global:
2023 • Account-to-account (A2A) transaction value surpassed $525
Released by: Fidelity billion in 2022 and is projected to grow at 13% CAGR through
National Information 2026
Services (FIS) • Global credit card transaction values across e-com and POS
exceeded $13Trillion in 2022
India:
• Unified Payments Interface (UPI) has emerged as a global leader
in payments
• Share of Point of Sale (POS) transaction value has grown from
5% in 2019 to 35% in 2022
79 The Wealth Report 2023 • Mumbai's rank has improved to 37th from 92nd in a global list of
Released by: movement in prices of luxury homes.
80 Landslide Atlas of India 2023 • India is among the four major countries where the risk of
Released by: ISRO landslides is the highest.
81 SIPRI Report 2022 • India's arms imports fell 11% between 2013-17 and 2018-22, but
Released by: Stockholm the country is still the world’s top importer of military hardware.
International Peace Research • US was the world’s topmost military exporter in the past five
Institute (SIPRI) years, accounting for 40% of global exports, followed by Russia
(16%), France (11%), China (5.2%) and Germany (4.2%).
82 City Index 2023 • The USA tops the list with 92 female billionaires, followed by
Released by: Based on the China with 46, and Germany with 32.
analysis of Forbrs’ live • India has the fifth-highest number of female billionaires in the
billionaire tracker (March world.
2023)
83 IPR Index 2023 (11th Edition) • The annual International IP Index evaluates the protection of IP
Released by: US Chamber of rights in 55 of the world’s leading economies, together
Commerce’s representing around 90% of global GDP.
• India has been ranked 42nd out of 55 countries in the US
Chamber of Commerce’s latest International IP Index report.
84 Making the Digital • WhatsApp has been named India's most accessible app for
Ecosystem Disabled Friendly persons with disabilities.
Released by: Vidhi Centre
for Legal Policy
85 QS World University • Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences' dentistry
Rankings by subject 2023 programme is the highest-ranked Indian programme, obtaining
Released by: Quacquarelli the 13th rank globally.
Symonds (QS)
February 2023
86 Countdown to 2023: WHO • Industrially produced trans-fat is found in packed foods, baked
Report on Global trans-fat items, cooking oils and spreads, responsible for 500,000 early
elimination 2021 deaths from coronary heart disease.
• Consumption of trans-fats can increase the risk of heart disease
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 Released by: World Health • Trans-fat intake should be limited to less than 1% of total energy
Organisation in collaboration intake, which translates to less than 2.2g/day with a 2000-calorie
with Resolve to Save Lives diet.
• Two best-practice policies given in the report to limit industrially
produced trans-fat.
o Mandatory national limit of 2 grams of industrially
produced trans-fat per 100 grams of total fat in all
foods.
o Mandatory national ban on the production or use of
partially hydrogenated oils (the chief source of trans-
fat) as an ingredient in all foods.
• 43 countries had now adopted best-practice regulations against
trans-fat, protecting 2.8 billion people (36% of the global
population).
• In India Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has
proposed that the trans-fats limit should be less than 2% of all
food items.
87 Transforming Education with • 1% point increase in the allocation of public education resources
Equitable Financing to the poorest 20% may pull 35 million primary school-aged
children out of learning poverty.
Released by: UNICEF • 16% of public education funding goes to poorest 20% learners
while 28% of funding goes to the richest 20%.
• Two-thirds of 10-year-old children are unable to read and
understand a simple story.
• Gaps in spending
o In low-income countries this gap is more pronounced
and children from the wealthiest families are receiving
6 times more benefits than the poorest.
✓ Also, 11% of public education funding goes to
the poorest learners and 42% goes to the
richest learners.
o In middle-income countries richest learners receive
around 4 times more public education spending than
poor learners.
o In high-income countries this spending gap is less
than 1.1 to 1.6 times between the two groups.
✓ France and Uruguay have the highest gaps in
funding.
• Data from the past decade showed that public education
spending has become more equitable in 60% of the countries.
o One-third of countries spend less than 15% of
education funding on the poorest.
88 5th Asia- Pacific Overview of • Highlights 5-F Crisis: Lack of feed, fuel, food, fertiliser, finance
Food Security and Nutrition leading people into hunger and poverty
2022 • 460.2 million people in Asia and the pacific experienced severe
food insecurity in 2021 (Increased from 170.6 mn in 2014)
Released by: 4-UN Agencies • 75 mn children 5-years of age are stunted amounting to half of
UNICEF, FAO, WHO, World the world’s total
Food programme • In 2021, 396 mn people in Asia and Pacific are undernourished.
• In Asia, 55% of the population is expected to reside in urban areas
by 2030
89 State Finances: A study of • Theme “Capital Formation in India- The Role of States”
budgets of 2022- 23 (Annual • RBI had advised the state government against reversion to the
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 Released by: Reserve Bank • OPS was discontinued by the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government in
of India 2003.
• State’s Gross Fiscal Deficit (GFD) is budgeted to decline from
4.1% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2020-21 to 3.4% in
2022-23.
• State’s debt is budgeted to ease to 29.5% of GDP in 2022-23 as
against 31.1% in 2020-21.
o It is still higher than the 20% recommended by FRBM
Review Committee, 2018
90 17th Annual Status of • Information on schooling status is collected for the children of
Education Report (ASER) age group 3-16
Released by: Pratham • Children of age group 5- 16 surveyed for basic reading and
Foundation (NGO) arithmetic levels
Key findings-
• School enrolment pattern:
o Overall Enrolment (age group 6-14) is 98.4% in 2022
o Government school (age group 6- 14) is 72.9% in 2022
o Proportion of girls not enrolled (age group 11-14) is 2%
in 2022
• Decline in basic reading and arithmetic skills of young children in
class 3 and class 5 in India
• Children in Std III who can at least do subtraction is 25.9% in 2022
• Children in Std V across India who can do division was 25.6% in
2022
• Average teacher attendance was 87.1% in 2022
91 State of Solar PV • India’s solar module manufacturing capacity is expected to reach
Manufacturing in India approximately 95 GW by the end of the year 2025.
• In September 2022, the Cabinet approved a Rs 19,500 crore
Released by: Mercom Capital production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme on the national
Group program on high-efficiency solar PV modules.
o The program aimed to attract Rs. 94,000 crore
investment.
o It is estimating 220 GW of solar capacity by the end of
the decade.
92 Global Quality Infrastructure • GQII measures the relative development of countries based on
Index (GQII) sub-ranking for meteorology, standards, accreditation, and
related services
Released by: Mesopartner • Top 25 countries are mainly located in Asia- Pacific, North
and Analyticar America, and Europe.
• India (10th), Brazil (13th), Australia (14th), Turkey (16th), Mexico
(18th) and South Africa (20th).
93 Bracing for Superbugs: Global Findings-
Strengthening Environmental • AMR is expected to cause 10 mn additional direct deaths annually
Action in the One Health by 2050
Response to Antimicrobial • As per WHO, 1.27 mn deaths were directly attributed to drug
Resistance resistant infections in 2019
Released by: UNEP • AMR’s economic toll could result in GDP drop of atleast USD 3.4
Trillion annually by 2030
94 Collapse and Recovery: How • Due to pandemic, pre-school children in many countries have lost
COVID-19 Eroded Human more than 34% of learning in early language and literacy, and
Capital and What to Do 29% of their learning in mathematics
About It • Enrolment percentages have not been recovered in many
Released by: World Bank countries by 2021 and it went down by 10%
• Students can lose upto 10% of their future earnings due to covid
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 Making India a Global
Powerhouse in Farm
Machinery Industry
Released by: National
Council of Applied Economic
Research
95 Global Sea Level Rise and
Implications
Released by: World
Meteorological Organisation
96 IEA Electricity Market Report
Released by: International
Energy Agency
97 Life Lessons From India
Released by: International
Energy Agency
98 Trends in Maternal Mortality
Released by: WHO, World
Bank Group, UNICEF, United
Nations Population Fund,
UNDESA
99 Assessment of Avoided CO2
Emission during Construction
and Operation of National
Highways
Released by: Central Road
Research Institute (CRRI) and
The Energy and Resource
Institute
100 OECD Services Trade
Restrictiveness Index (STRI)
Released by: OECD
101 Statistics by Future Industry
Association
Released by: Future Industry
Association (FIA)
102 India faced most cyber-
attacks by hackers in Asia in
2022
Released by: CloudSEK
103 Foundit tracker report
Released by: Foundit insight
tracker
104 Forbes list of highest paid
entertainers in 2022
Released by: Forbes
105 Financial Times (FT) Global
MBA Ranking 2023
• India’s farm power availability was 2.49 Kw/Ha in 2018-19, much
less as compared to that of Kora, Japan and USA
• Global mean sea level increased by 0.20 m between 1901-2018
• In case of very high green house gas emission:
o Rise in sea-level of 2m by 2100
o Rise in sea level of 15 m by 2300
• It cites increase in global electricity demand by 2025
• Asia will account for half of the worlds electricity consumption by
2025
• Highest energy consumption per capita- North America, Russia,
Central Asia
• India’s LiFE Initiative can reduce annual global CO2 emmissions
by over 2 bn tonnes by 2030
o Measures proposed under LiFE could save around
$440 bn globally in 2030
• As per IEA, largest share of (0.7 Gt) of emissions comes from
transport sector
• To achieve net zero emissions globally by 2030, one-fifth of
emission had to be cut down
• Nigeria had the highest estimated number of maternal deaths,
while India is on 2nd position accounting 8.3% of global maternity
deaths
• In every 2 minutes, a woman dies during pregnancy or child birth
• In 2020, about 70% of all maternal deaths were in Saharan Africa
• India has the 2nd longest road network in the world
• India’s rank in the services trade restrictiveness index improved
to 47 from 48 among a total of 50 countries.
• National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) has again emerged as the
world's largest derivatives exchange in 2022, in terms of the
number of contracts traded.
• India is the highest-attacked country by hackers in Asia and 2nd
globally (after the US) in 2022.
• Ahmedabad has emerged as the city in India with the most active
hiring activity.
• Genesis (English rock band) is top entertainer in Forbes list 2022
• The Post Graduate Programme (PGP) from the Indian School of
Business (ISB) continues to be ranked first in India.
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 Released by: Financial
Times (FT)
January 2023
106 All India Survey on Higher • It collects detailed information on different parameters such as
Education (AISHE) 2020- o Student enrolments, teacher’s data, infrastructural
2021 information, examination results, education finance.
• Indicators of educational development such as Institution
Density, Gross Enrolment Ratio, Pupil-teacher ratio, Gender
Released by: Ministry of Parity Index, Per Student Expenditure will also be calculated from
Education the data collected through AISHE.
Student Enrolment
• The total enrolment in higher education has increased to nearly
4.14 crore in 2020-21 from 3.85 crore in 2019-20.
• Female enrolment has increased to 2.01 crore from 1.88 crore in
2019-20. There has been an increase of around 44 Lakh (28%)
since 2014-15.
• The percentage of female enrolment to total enrolment has
increased from 45% in 2014-15 to around 49% in 2020-21.
• As per 2011 population projections for 18-23 years age group,
GER has increased to 27.3 from 25.6 in 2019-20.
• Notable increase of 1.9 points is observed in GER of ST students
in 2020-21, as compared to 2019-20.
• Gender Parity Index (GPI), the ratio of female GER to male GER,
has increased from 1 in 2017-18 to 1.05 in 2020-21.
Number of Institutions
• Total number of Universities / University like institutions
registered is 1,113, Colleges 43,796 and Standalone Institutions
11,296.
• During 2020-21, the number of Universities has increased by 70,
and the number of Colleges has increased by 1,453.
• The Institutes of National Importance (INIs) have almost doubled
from 75 in 2014-15 to 149 in 2020-21.
• Highest number of Universities is in Rajasthan (92), Uttar Pradesh
(84) and Gujarat (83).
Faculty
• Total number of faculty/teachers: 15,51,070 (57.1% are male and
42.9% are female).
• Female per 100 male faculty has improved to 75 in 2020-21 from
74 in 2019-20 and 63 in 2014-15
107 18th Global Risk Report 2023 • ‘Failure to Mitigate Climate Change’ is the most severe risks
Released by: World facing the world in the next decade.
Economic Forum (WEF) • The cost-of-living crisis is the biggest risks globally over short
term (2 years).
108 Rural Health Statistics 2021- • As on 31st March, 2022, there are 157935 and 3894 Sub Centres
22 (SC), 24935 and 6118 Primary Health Centres (PHCs) and 5480
and 584 Community Health Centres (CHCs) respectively which
Released by: Ministry of are functioning in rural and urban areas of the country.
Health and Family Welfare
109 World Social Report 2023: • Number of persons aged 65 years or older worldwide is expected
Leaving no one behind in an to double over the next three decades.
ageing world • The elderly population will reach 1.6 billion in 2050, accounting
Released by: United Nations for more than 16 per cent of the global population.
Department of Economic and • People are living longer due to improvements in health and
Social Affairs (UN DESA) medical therapies, greater access to education and reductions in
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110 Henley’s Passport Index • Japan has topped the index.
2023 • India is ranked at 85th position.
Released by: Henley &
Partners
111 The State Ranking study • Maharashtra has topped the overall ranking and is followed by
Released by: CareEdge Gujarat with second rank and Tamil Nadu with third rank.

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