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India ranked 131/189 countries. (Slipped 2 ranks from last year)
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India scored 0.645 and was placed in medium human development category.
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Published by United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
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Norway is ranked 1
India ranks lowest among BRICS nations.
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India’s gross national income (GNI) per capita on the basis of purchasing power parity (PPP) also fell.
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India related Facts:
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Between 1990 and 2019, India’s HDI value increased from 0.427 to 0.645, an almost 50 per cent increase, which is an indicator that millions have been lifted out of poverty
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The HDI is a measure for assessing countries progress in three basic dimensions of human development:
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a long and healthy life (life expectancy),
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access to knowledge (education)
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access to a decent standard of living (Per Capita Income)
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Countries are ranked based on scale ranging between 0 (low) to 1 (high).
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For the first time, the UNDP introduced a new metric to reflect the impact caused by each country’s per-capita carbon emissions and its material footprint, which measures the amount of fossil fuels, metals and other resources used to make the goods and services it consumes.
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In 2019, India ranked fifth for installed solar capacity.