HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

INDEX
 What is HDI?
• Achievement in key dimensions of Human Development
o Long and Healthy Life
o Being Educated (Knowledgeable)
o Decent Standard of Living

The HDI does not reflect on inequalities, poverty, human

security, and empowerment of human capital. It simply forms
part of the annual human development report.

The HDI was created to emphasize that people and their

capabilities should be the ultimate criteria for assessing the
development of a country, not economic growth alone.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Development_Index
 UNDP – Report 2016
India slipped down one place from 130 to 131 among the 188 countries ranked in terms of
human development, says the 2016 Human Development Report (HDR) released by the
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
• India’s human development index (HDI) value of 0.624 puts it in the “medium human
development” category, alongside countries such as Congo, Namibia and Pakistan. It is
ranked third among the SAARC countries, behind Sri Lanka (73) and the Maldives (105), both
of which figure in the “high human development” category.
• The world’s top three countries in HDI are Norway (0.949), Australia (0.939) and Switzerland
(0.939).
The report says 1.5 billion people worldwide still live in multidimensional poverty, 54% of them
concentrated in South Asia. While poverty fell significantly from 1990 to 2015, inequalities
sharpened in the region.
• The report noted with approval India’s progressive laws, especially the Right to Information,
National Food Security, and Right to Education Acts.
• It commended the Indian grassroots group Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sanghatan for popularising
social audits of government schemes.
While India’s HDI value increased from 0.428 in 1990 to 0.624 in 2015, it still had the lowest rank
among BRIC nations. However, its average annual growth in HDI (1990-2015) was higher than
that of other medium HD countries.
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/india-slips-in-human-development-index/article17566
555.ece