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Statsguru: Ranked 129th, India's disappoints on human development index

Life expectancy, the average number of years a person spends in school, and incomes in India are close to the South Asian average

Ranked 129, India marginally improves in human development index in 2018

The overall index, given in the 2019 HDI report of UNDP, showed that India scored 0.647 in 2018, as against 0.643 in the previous year. The score is calculated in the range of zero to one

India climbs one spot to 129th in 2019 human development index: UNDP

In India, 27.1 crore people were lifted out of poverty from 2005-06 to 2015-16, UNDP India resident representative Shoko Noda said

UP, Bihar fall behind in human development index as Rajasthan, UP improve

Uttar Pradesh and Bihar did poorly on the human development index (HDI), as smaller states Haryana and Himachal improve.

Human Development Index: A snapshot

Though improvements are visible, India lingers behind

Positive signals, but

India still has a lot of catching up to do in HDI

India's human development growth slows down in line with global trend

Economic factors and gender inequality continue to be major roadblocks

India did remarkably well in lifting millions out of poverty: UN report

Between 1990 and 2017, India's HDI value increased from 0.427 to 0.640, an increase of nearly 50 per cent

T N Ninan: Good and bad, even ugly

While India's human development index has improved, absolute performance levels aren't satisfactory

India ranks 131 on Human Development Index

India ranked alongside nations like Bangladesh, Bhutan, Pakistan, Kenya, Myanmar and Nepal