Global Risks Report 2022 Topic: Reports and indices Context: Recently, The Global Risks Report 2022, an annual report, is been released by the World Economic Forum. Concept: The annual report was based on a survey of 1,000 global experts and leaders in business, government and civil society on their perception of long-term risks […]
Reports and Indices Subject – Governance Context – Children born today might be the next development challenge for the world Concept – Report Released by – World Inequality Report 2022 World Inequality Lab Human Capital Index (HCI) World Bank
World Drug Report Subject – Reports and Indices Context – Agencies brace for rise in drug trafficking. ‘Taliban will rely heavily on drug money’. Concept – It is published by United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). According to the latest report, Afghanistan reported a 37% increase in the extent of land used for illicit cultivation of opium poppy during 2020 compared with the previous year.
World Economic Outlook Subject: Reports and Indices Context: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has cut India’s GDP growth estimate for FY22 by 300 basis points to 9.5 per cent from its April projection of 12.5 per cent Concept: World Economic Outlook WEO is a survey by the IMF that is usually published twice […]
Quality of life survey Subject: Report and Indices Context: With the country grappling with the pandemic, nearly one out of two Indians were found to have a poor quality of life, according to a survey released by Danone India in collaboration with CII. Concept: The survey was conducted by research agency IPSOS across […]
Ease of Living Index 2020 (EoLI) Subject: Reports and indices Context: The rankings under Ease of Living Index 2020 by MoHUA were announced for cities (along with the MPI, 2020) with a population of more than a million. Concept: The Ease of Living Index encapsulates the outcome indicators by a Citizen Perception Survey […]
Municipal Performance Index (MPI) 2020 Subject: Reports and indices Context: The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has emerged as the best municipality among cities and union territories with a population of less than a million in the country as part of MPI,2020 from the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA). Concept: NDMC […]
QS World Ranking by Subject Subject: Reports and indices Context: The number of Indian universities/ institutes in the top 100 subject rankings has increased from eight to 12 this year. Concept: Findings of the report w.r.t India: 25 subjects mostly in engineering (17) offered by higher education institutions in India rank among the […]