GLOBAL WAGES REPORT Subject : International reports Context : The ILO report titled ‘Global Wage Report 2020-21: Wages and minimum wages in the time of COVID-19’ is available at ILO’s official website. Concept : Key Highlights of Global Wage Report 2020-21 It comments on various issues including on Indian workers having low average […]
Corruption Perception Index (CPI) and Pygmalian effect Subject: International reports Context: Various concerns have been raised against the Corruption Perception Index which is not seen as an objective, region-specific dataset, rather it is a perception-based index. Concept: India’s rank slipped to 86th in corruption perception index 2020 out of 180 countries. About Corruption […]
CORRUPTION PERCEPTION INDEX Subject : International Reports Context : India’s rank slips to 86th in corruption perception index 2020. Concept : India’s rank has slipped six places to 86th among 180 countries in a corruption perception index (CPI) in 2020. India’s rank is 86 out of 180 nations with a score of 40. […]
INEQUALITY REPORT Subject : International Reports Context : A new report by Oxfam has found that the Covid pandemic deeply exacerbated existing inequalities in India and around the world. Concept : The report, titled ‘The Inequality Virus’, has found that as the pandemic stalled the economy, forcing millions of poor Indians out of […]
GLOBAL CORRUPTION PERCEPTION INDEX Subject: International Reports Context: India and China both share the 80th rank with a CPI score of 41 in the Global Corruption Perception Index 2019—an empirical measure for corruption accepted worldwide. Concept: Released by Transparency International from 1995. This index is annually released (once a year.) Corruption is defined […]