Latest HDR a poor report card for India

The good news from the Human Development Report, or HDR, for 2011 is that India’s rank – 134 out of 187 – has remained unchanged. If we look at countries relevant to India – fellow BRICS members (Brazil, Russia, China and South Africa) and India’s neighbours (Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka) – four have held their positions and three countries have gone up one notch. Thus, credit can be taken for not falling behind, but not for making any substantial progress. If human development is meant foremost to attack poverty in all its ramifications, then the recently crafted multi-dimensional poverty index provides the most useful guide to the state of things.

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