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INDEX AND RANKINGS
International...

Human Development Index 2023/24 Ease of Doing Business Index

1. Title : Breaking the gridlock: Reimagining co-oper- 1. Released by World Bank
ation in a polarized world. 2. Top country - New Zealand.
2. Published by the UNDP 3. India’s rank - 63
3. HDI Rank 1 - Switzerland.
Energy Transition Index 2023
Indicators
1. Released by World Economic Forum.
1. Life expectancy
2. Education 2. Top country - Sweden.

3. Gross National per capita 3. India’s rank - 67/120

India’s Position Global Liveability Index 2023

1. Rank - 134/193 1. Released by the Economic Intelligence Unit.
2. HDI Value - 0.644 2. Top city - Austria’s capital Vienna.
3. Position - Medium Human Development 3. 173 cities are included in the report.
4. Life expectancy at birth - 67.7 4. New Delhi & Mumbai - 141
5. Expected years of schooling - 12.6 5. Chennai - 144
6. Mean years of schooling - 6.6 6. Ahmedabad - 147
7. GNI per capita ($) - 6,951 7. Bengaluru - 148
Sub Indicators of HDI Global Competitiveness Index 2023
Gender Inequality Index 1. Released by Institute for Management Development.
1. Indicators: 2. Top country - Denmark.
» Reproductive Health 3. India’s rank - 40
» Empowerment
Global Peace Index 2023
» Labour Market
2. Rank - 108 1. Released by Institute for Economics and Peace.
2. Top country - Iceland.
World Press Freedom Index 2024
3. India’s rank - 126/163
1. Released by Reporters Without Borders
Global Gender Gap Report 2023
2. Top country - Norway
3. India’s rank - 159/180 1. Released by World Economic Forum.
2. Top country - Iceland.
Logistics Performance Index 2023
3. India’s rank - 127/146
1. Released by World Bank
2. Top country - Singapore Democracy Index 2024

3. India’s rank - 38/139 1. Released by V-Dem institute (Varieties of Democracy).

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Liberal Democracy Index Corruption Index 2023

1. Top country - Denmark 1. Released by Transparency Inter-national.
2. India’s rank - 104 2. Top country - Denmark
Electoral Democracy Index 3. India’s rank - 93/172
1. Top country - Denmark Global Terrorism Index 2024
2. India’s rank - 110
1. Released by Institute for Economics and Peace.
Global Military Expenditure Report 2023 2. Country worst affected by terrorism - Burkina Faso
1. Released by Stockholm Peace Research Institute. (Ranked rst)
2. Top country - United States of America 3. India - 14/89
3. India’s rank - 4 Global Terrorism Index 2024
4. India’s military expenditure is $83.6 billion. 1. Released by Henley & Partners.
Index of Economic Freedom 2. Top city - New York City
1. Released by the Heritage Foundation. 3. Mumbai ranked 24th and Delhi was ranked 37th.
2. Top country - Singapore Global Passport Power Rank 2024
3. India’s rank - 126/184
1. Released by Arton Capital.
International Intellectual Property Index 2024 2. Top country - United Arab Emirates
1. Released by US Chamber of Commerce’s Global 3. India’s rank - 66/92
Innovation Policy Centre.
Henley Passport Index 2024
2. Top country - America
1. Released by Henley & Partners
3. India’s rank - 42/55
2. Top countries - France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Sin-
Global Innovation Index 2023 gapore, Spain.
1. Released by World Intellectual Property Organisation 3. Passport holders of these countries have visa-free
2. Top country - Switzerland access to 194 countries.
3. India’s rank - 40/132 4. India’s rank - 81.

Global Hunger Index 2023 5. Indians have visa-free access to 61 countries.

Henley Passport Index 2024
1. Released by Concern Worldwide and Welthungerhilfe.
2. Indicators 1. Released by Quacquarelli Symonds.
» Undernourishment 2. Top University - Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
» Child Wasting Indian Universities:
» Child Stunting 1. IIT Bombay is the overall top ranked educational
» Child Mortality institution in India with an overall rank of 149.
3. India’s rank - 111/125 2. Jawaharlal Nehru University is the highest ranked
university in India ranked at 20th position globally
World Happiness Index 2024 for development studies.
1. Released by United Nations Sustainable Develop- 3. The Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical
ment Solutions Network. Sciences in Chennai is at 24th position globally for
2. Top country - Finland dentistry studies.
3. India’s rank - 126/143 4. The Indian Institute of Management (IIM),
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Ahmedabad is among the top 25 institutions glob- 4. Population aged between 15-64 - 68%
ally for business and management studies.
5. Total Fertility Rate - 2.0
Henley Passport Index 2024 6. Maternal Mortality Ratio - 103
1. Released by the United Nations Populations Fund. 7. Life expectancy at birth (male) - 71
2. India’s total population - 1441.7 millions. 8. Life expectancy at birth (female) - 74
3. The report says that India’s population is expected
to double in 77 years. 9. Child marriage in India (2006-2023) - 23%

National...

Swachh Survekshan Awards 2023 India Justice Report 2022

1. Launched as part of Swach Bharat Abhiyan. 1. The report is an initiative of Tata Trusts in collabora-
2. Released by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Af-
fairs.
3. Theme for 2023 - Waste to wealth.
4. Theme for 2024 - Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.
Rankings
1. Cleanest city in India - Indore and Surat.
2. For the rst time, 2 cities share the rst place.
3. Indore tops the list for the seventh time in a row.
4. Cleanest state award - Maharashtra.
5. Tamil Nadu 10th cleanest state in India.
6. Cleanest ganga town - Varanasi.
7. Cleanest city with population below 1 lakh - Saswad,
Maharashtra.
8. Cleanest cantonment - Mhow cantonment.
9. Chandigarh received the Safaimitra Surakshit Shehar
award for the city with the best safety standards for 1. Released by the Bureau of Energy Efciency.
sanitation workers.
National Institutional Ranking Framework 2023
1. Released by the Ministry of Education.
2. IIT Madras secured the rst place.
3. IIT Madras - Best educational institution for the 5th
consecutive term.
4. Best University - IISc, Bengaluru
5. Top management institute - IIM, Ahmedabad.
6. IIT Kanpur topped in the Innovation Category.
7. Best Medical and Dental college - AIIMS, Delhi.
8. Tamil Nadu has 146 educational institutions of high
quality in NIRF rankings.
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and others.
2. Analyses 4 core pillars of the justice system - Police,
Prisons, Judiciary, Legal aid.
3. Top state - Karnataka.
4. Tamil Nadu secured 2nd position in the rankings.
5. Tamil Nadu secured the top spot in terms of Prisons
and Judiciary
State of India Environment 2023
1. Released by Centre for Science and Environment &
Down To Earth.
2. Parameters - Environment, Agri-culture, Public
Health, Infrastructure.
3. Top performer - Telangana.
State Energy Efciency Index 2023
2. Top performers - Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Assam,
Chandigarh.
3. Tamil Nadu is grouped in the contender category.
National Manufacturing Innovation Survey 2021-
22
1. A joint study by the Department of Science and
Technology and United Nations Industrial Develop-
ment Organisation.
2. Most Innovative state - Karnataka.
Waterbody Census
1. India’s rst ever waterbody census.
2. Conducted by the Ministry of Jal Sakthi.
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3. Leading state for water conservation schemes - Ma- Annual State Health Index 2020-21
harashtra.
1. Released by NITI Aayog.
4. Bengal has the highest number of ponds & reservoirs.
2. Top Performers - Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana.
5. Andhra Pradesh has the highest number of tanks.
3. Tamil Nadu has a high doctor to patient ratio of 4
6. Tamil Nadu has the highest number of lakes. doctors per 1000 people (India - 1.34).
Waterbody Census 4. Tamil Nadu has 1 bed for 935 people which is twice
the national average.
1. 2nd Eagle census conducted by the Tamil Nadu For-
est Department along with Kerala and Karnataka. Ease of Doing Business Index
2. There were 246 eagles identied in the rst survey. 1. Released by the Ministry of Commerce & Industry.
3. The total number of eagles has increased to 320. 2. Top state - Andhra Pradesh.
Leopard Survey 3. Tamil Nadu secured 3rd place.

1. Done by National Tiger Conservation Authority and State Food Safety Index 2022-23
Wildlife Institute of India. 1. Released by Food Safety and Standards Authority
2. India’s leopard population - 13,784 of India.
3. Madhya Pradesh - Largest population of leopards (3907). 2. Top state - Kerala.
4. Tamil Nadu is 4th with 1070 leopard population. 3. Tamil Nadu slipped to third position.
AISHE Report 4. Tamil Nadu was ranked rst in the 2021-22 report.

1. The All India Survey on Higher Education report is SDG India Index 2020-21
released by the Ministry of Education. 1. Released by NITI Aayog
2. Total enrollment in higher education has increased. 2. Tamil Nadu’s rank - 3
3. Gross Enrollment Ratio is 28.4
India Innovation Index 2021
4. Female GER continues to be more than the male GER.
5. Arts (34.2%) has the highest enrollment in UG. 1. Released by NITI Aayog
2. Top performer - Karnataka
Tamil Nadu
3. Tamil Nadu’s rank - 5
1. Gross Enrollment Ratio - 47
2. 3rd in terms of student enrollment. Multidimensional Poverty in India since 2005-06
3. 5th in terms of number of colleges with 2829 colleges. 1. Released by NITI Aayog in collaboration with Oxford
4. Has the Best Pupil to Teacher ratio. Policy and Human Development Initiative, United
Nations Development Programme.
LEADS Report 2023
Key Findings:
1. The Logistics Ease Across Different States report 1. 24.82 crore people escaped multidimensional pov-
is released by the Department for Promotion of erty in the last 9 years between 2013-14 to 2022-23.
Industry and Internal Trade under the Ministry of
Commerce & Industry. 2. Uttar Pradesh registered the largest decline of
poverty with 5.94 crore people followed by Bihar,
2. Tamil Nadu ranked as “Achiever”. Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan.
Export Preparedness Index 3. India likely achieved SDG target 1.2 (Reducing mul-
tidimensional poverty by half) much ahead of 2030.
1. Released by NITI Aayog.
Tamil Nadu:
2. Pillars - Policy, Business Ecosystem, Export Ecosys-
tem, Export Performance. 1. Poverty Headcount Ratio - 2.20%.
3. Top state - Tamil Nadu. 2. 43.98 lakh escaped poverty.
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