Asian Waterbird Census: Asian Waterbird Census(AWC) was started in 1987. It is an annual exercise to count the waterbirds and monitor the wetlands for conservation of migratory birds and their habitats along the Central Asian Flyway. The census is conducted by wetlands International and forms part of a global waterbird monitoring programme called the International Waterbird Census(IWC). In …
State Health Index: Developed by: NITI Aayog in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the World Bank since 2017. Objective: To track progress on health outcomes and health systems performance, develop healthy competition and encourage cross-learning among states and UTs. Indicators: The index is a weighted composite score incorporating 24 indicators covering key aspects of health …
Good Governance Index 2021: Good Governance Index 2021 has been prepared by the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG). Aim: To create a tool that can be used uniformly across the States to assess the impact of various interventions taken up by the Central and State Governments, including UTs. Sectors: The index covers ten sectors and 58 indicators. …
Global Unicorn Index 2021: Released by Hurun Research Institute. The index is a ranking of the world’s start-ups founded in the 2000s, are worth at least a billion dollars and are not listed on a public exchange. Key findings: India has a total of 54 Unicorns (Startup valued > $1 Billion) . It is ranked …
All-India Quarterly Establishment Based Employment Survey (AQEES): Released by: Labour Bureau, Ministry of Labour and Employment Purpose: To provide frequent (quarterly) updates about the employment and related variables of establishments, in both organised and unorganised segments, of nine selected sectors. These sectors altogether account for a majority of the total employment in the non-farm establishments. Nine Selected Sectors: Manufacturing, …
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Wage Rate Index: Wage Rate Index is a vital economic indicator that measures changes in the wage level in selected industries. Released by: Labour Bureau, an attached office of the Ministry of Labour & Employment. Why in News? The Union Labour Ministry has revised the Wage Rate Index by setting the new base year at 2016 which …
World Inequality Report 2022 Purpose: The report is the most authoritative and comprehensive account available of global trends in inequality. Findings: Since the mid-1990s, the richest 1% captured 38% of wealth growth at the global level. Richest 10% own around 60-80% of wealth and the poorest half systematically own less than 5% of the wealth. Women, today, …
World Migration Report 2022: It is a biennial report published by the “International Organization for Migration” (IOM) of the UN. The 2022 report on global migration focuses on migration caused by climate change induced factors, like extreme disasters and weather events. Findings: More people are now being displaced by disasters due to the changing climate compared to conflicts. …
National MPI is a new Poverty index developed by NITI Aayog. It seeks to measure poverty across its multiple dimensions and in effect complements existing poverty statistics based on per capita consumption expenditure. Niti Aayog has released India’s first National MPI (multidimensional poverty index). Methodology: The index has used the globally accepted and robust methodology developed by the Oxford …
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The Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) is the product of two numbers: Headcount H or percentage of people who are poor and Average intensity of deprivation A – which reflects the proportion of dimensions in which households are deprived. The criterion for someone to be declared as deprived as per MPI are as follows: Education (year of schooling, …