Human development & social inclusion

The Human Development Index (HDI) is a composite index of health, education and income dimensions. India HDR 2011 (released on October 21) finds that India’s HDI has registered an improvement of 21% over the eight-year period 1999-2000 to 2007-08. This improvement is driven by education—as the education index improved by 28.5%. It is the lower pace of improvement in the health sector (13%) that pulls down the HDI.*

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