Category: Important Reports

Grievance Redressal Index: UIDAI tops the Grievance Redressal Index for the second consecutive month. Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG), releases a grievance redressal index on monthly basis. UIDAI’S grievance redressal ecosystem comprised of UIDAI HQ, its Regional Offices, Technology Centre, and contact centre partners. It enables UIDAI to resolve around 92% of […]

Global Multidimensional Poverty Index MPI 2022: The Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) 2022 was released by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI). Key Highlights of the Index: Global Data: 1.2 billion people are multidimensionally poor. Nearly half of them live in severe poverty. Half of poor […]

Global Hunger Index (GHI): India has ranked 107 on the Global Hunger Index (GHI), 2022, out of 121 countries India’s score of 29.1 places it in the ‘serious’ category. India’s GHI score has decelerated – from 38.8 in 2000 to the range of 28.2 – 29.1 between 2014 and 2022. India also ranks below Sri […]

International Migration Outlook 2022: International Migration Outlook 2022, a report on international migration patterns was released by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Highlights of the Report: After a record decrease in 2020 due to the COVID-19 crisis, permanent-type migration to OECD countries bounced back by 22% in 2021. Family migration increased by […]

Living Planet Report 2022: According to Living Planet Report 2022, Wildlife populations decline by 69% in 50 years. The highest decline (94 per cent) was in the Latin America and the Caribbean region. Africa recorded a 66 per cent fall in its wildlife populations from 1970-2018 and the Asia Pacific 55 per cent. Freshwater species […]

LEADS 2022 Survey Report: Union Minister for Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Textiles recently launched Logistics Ease Across Different States (LEADS) 2022 survey report. The LEADS is an indigenous data-driven index to assess logistics infrastructure, services, and human resources across all 36 States and UTs. The index is an indicator […]

World University Rankings 2023: The Times Higher Education (THE) rankings 2023 were released. Earlier, QS World University Ranking 2023 was released. Highlights of the Ranking: The parameters based on which the institutes are ranked are teaching (30%), research (30%), citations (30%), international outlook (7.5%), and industry outcome (2.5%). In teaching and research, 15% weightage each […]

Poverty And Shared Prosperity 2022: Correcting Course The World Bank released a report titled “Poverty and Shared Prosperity 2022: Correcting Course”. Findings of the Report: Global poverty reduction has been slowing down since 2015 but the Covid pandemic and the war in Ukraine have completely reversed the outcomes. By 2015, the global extreme-poverty rate had […]

Infant Mortality Rate: The country’s female Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) dropped to same level as males India has registered a decline in female infant mortality rate. In sixteen states, IMR remained higher for female babies than male but the gap had reduced since 2011. According to Sample Registration System Statistical Report 2020, Chhattisgarh had the […]