{"id":6675,"date":"2019-12-11T09:42:05","date_gmt":"2019-12-11T09:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=6675"},"modified":"2019-12-11T09:42:06","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T09:42:06","slug":"india-climbs-one-spot-to-129th-in-human-development-index","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/india-climbs-one-spot-to-129th-in-human-development-index\/","title":{"rendered":"India climbs one spot to 129th in Human Development Index"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>India has climbed one spot to 129 among 189 countries in the\n2019 human development index, according to a report by the United Nations\nDevelopment Programme (UNDP). 27.1 crore people were lifted out of poverty from\n2005-06 to 2015-16 in India. India ranked 130 last year. The steady progress\nwas due to nearly three decades of rapid development, which had seen a dramatic\nreduction in absolute poverty, along with gains in life expectancy, education,\nand access to health care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/current-affairs-quiz-2019-daily-gk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As per the HDI, no other region had experienced such rapid\nhuman development progress. South Asia was the fastest growing region\nwitnessing 46 per cent growth during 1990-2018, followed by East Asia and the\nPacific at 43 per cent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India has climbed one spot to 129 among 189 countries in the 2019 human development index, according to a report by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). 27.1 crore people were lifted out of poverty from 2005-06 to 2015-16 in India. India ranked 130 last year. 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