SDG Urban Index: NITI Aayog NITI Aayog under the Indo-German Cooperation released the inaugural Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Urban Index and Dashboard 2021–22. Earlier in June 2021, the third edition of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) India Index and Dashboard 2020–21. The index and dashboard are a result of the NITI Aayog-Germany’s International Cooperation Agency […]
Category: Important Reports
The Global State Of Democracy Report, 2021
The Global State Of Democracy Report, 2021: The Global State of Democracy Report, 2021 was recently released by the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance. The reports refer to three main regime types: democracies, hybrid and authoritarian regimes. Hybrid and authoritarian regimes are both classified as non-democratic. Highlights of the Report: The number of […]
All India Survey On Domestic Workers
All India Survey On Domestic Workers: The Union Minister for Labour and Employment flagged off the first ever All India Survey on Domestic Workers (DW). This was a first-ever such survey in independent India and will be completed in a year. The main objectives of the survey are: Estimate the number/proportion of DWs at National […]
Smart Policing Index 2021
Smart Policing Index 2021: According to a nationwide survey conducted by Indian Police Foundation (IPF), police in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh scored the lowest among all States when it came to perception of “sensitivity”. Earlier, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) had asked the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and the State Governments to […]
Bribery Risk Matrix 2021: TRACE
Bribery Risk Matrix 2021: Bribery Risk Matrix 2021 was released by TRACE, an anti-bribery standard setting organisation. It measures business bribery risk in 194 countries, territories, and autonomous and semi-autonomous regions. It was originally published in 2014 to meet a need in the business community for more reliable and nuanced information about the risks of […]
16th Annual Status Of Education Report 2021
16th Edition Of The Annual Status Of Education Report (ASER 2021): The percentage of rural children who were not enrolled in school doubled during the pandemic, with government schools seeing an increase in enrolment at the expense of private schools, according to the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER), 2021. Over a third of children […]
National Achievement Survey 2021
National Achievement Survey 2021: The Union Government has conducted the National Achievement Survey (NAS) across India, assessing about 38 lakh students from 1.23 lakh schools in 733 districts in 36 States and Union Territories. The survey was last conducted in 2017 and was scheduled to take place in 2020. However, due to the Covid situation, […]
Global Resilience Index Initiative
Global Resilience Index Initiative: A global coalition of ten organisations launched the Global Resilience Index Initiative (GRII). It was launched during the UNFCCC Conference of Parties (CoP) 26 adaptation day (8th November 2021), it will be the world’s first curated, open-source reference index. It has been launched to build a universal model for assessing resilience […]
Logistics Ease Across Different States (LEADS) Report (Index) 2021
Logistics Ease Across Different States (LEADS) Report (Index) 2021: The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has released the Logistics Ease Across Different States (LEADS) Report (Index) 2021. The LEADS report is aimed at gauging the logistics performance of states and Union Territories (UT) and identifying areas where they can improve logistics performance. It was launched […]
Global Drug Policy Index 2021
Global Drug Policy Index: The inaugural Global Drug Policy Index, released on Sunday by the Harm Reduction Consortium, ranks Norway, New Zealand, Portugal, the UK and Australia as the five leading countries on humane and health-driven drug policies. The five lowest-ranking countries are Brazil, Uganda, Indonesia, Kenya, and Mexico. India’s rank is 18 out of […]
