Question- which position has India got in the ‘Environmental Performance Index (EPI) -2018’ jointly released by Yale and Columbia University on January 23rd, 2018?
(a) 141th
(b) 170th
(c) 177th
(d) 150th
Answer: (c)
Related Facts:
- On January 23, 2018, the Environmental Performance Index (EPI) -2018 was released.
- This bi-annuity index has been jointly prepared by Yale and Columbia University in collaboration with the World Economic Forum.
- This index covers 180 countries on the basis of 24 performance indicators of 10 categories of environmental health and ecological vitality.
- In Environment Performance Index-2018 Switzerland (Score-87.42) has been ranked top.
- Switzerland is followed France (score-83.95), Denmark (score -81.60), Malta (score-80.90) and Sweden (score -80.51) respectively.
- Five Countries got ranked lowest are as follows: Burundi (180), Bangladesh (179), Congo (178), India (177) and Nepal (176).
- In the list of 180 countries inEPI-2011, India remained at 177th position (Score-30.57).
- While India ranked 141 in the list last year (2016).
- In the neighboring countries of India, Sri Lanka has been ranked 70th, China 120th, Bhutan 131th and Pakistan 169th.
- This way India is behind its neighboring countries in this index.
- Among BRICS countries Russia is at 52nd, Brazil 69th, China 120th and South Africa 142nd.
- In other major countries index contains the United Kingdom at 6th, Spain 12th, Germany 13th, Italy 16th, Israel 19th, Japan 20th, Australia 21st and United States 27th.
Reference:
http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/epi2018policymakerssummaryv.pdf
http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/india-ranks-177-out-of-180-in-environmental-performance-index/article22513016.ece