India Jumps One Rank to 129 In Human Development Index: UN Report

In India, 27.1 crore people were lifted out of poverty from 2005-06 to 2015-16, UNDP said.

India climbed one spot in 2019 human development index.

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India climbed one spot to 129 among 189 countries in the 2019 human development index, on 9 December according to a report by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

In India, 27.1 crore people were lifted out of poverty from 2005-06 to 2015-16, UNDP India resident representative Shoko Noda said.

India ranked 130 last year. The steady progress was due to nearly three decades of rapid development, which had seen a dramatic reduction in absolute poverty, along with gains in life expectancy, education, and access to health care, she said.

As per the HDI, no other region had experienced such rapid human development progress.

South Asia was the fastest-growing region witnessing 46 percent growth during 1990-2018, followed by East Asia and the Pacific at 43 percent.