Question – World Giving Index(WGI) 2021 has released recently by the Charities Aid Foundation(CAF). With reference to this, consider the following statements:
(i) A total of 114 countries have been ranked in this.
(ii) Indonesia got the credit of being the top donor country in this index.
(iii) India got 14th place in this.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct
(a) only (i)
(b) only (ii)
(c) only (iii)
(d) all of the above
Answer—(d)
related facts
- World Giving Index 2021 has recently(June 2021) released by the UK based Charities Aid Foundation (CAF).
- In this, 114 countries have been ranked.
- This year’s survey of CAF mentions the effects of the lockdown on charity and philanthropic activities.
- Ranking has been provided on the basis of total 3 pillars in this index. These three pillars are-
(i) Helped a Stranger, or someone you didn’t know who needed help?
(ii) Donated Money to a Charity
(iii) Volunteered your time to a organisation
- Indonesia got the credit of being the top charitable country in this index.
- After this Kenya, Nigeria, Myanmar and Australia came second, third, fourth and fifth respectively.
- In this index, the lowest rank were respectively Japan (114th place), Portugal (113th place), Belgium (112th place) and Italy (111th place).
- India has been ranked 14th in this index.
- It is notable that Charities and philanthropic activities increased significantly in India between 2017-2019 and the trend continued in 2020.
- Sixty one percent of Indians helped strangers, 34 percent came forward to help and 36 percent people donated money.
- USA and UK on this index ranked 19th and 22nd respectively.
- Among India’s neighboring countries, Nepal was ranked 27th, Sri Lanka 63rd, Bangladesh 69th, China 95th and Pakistan 107th.
By — Pankaj Pandey.
Link:
https://www.cafonline.org/about-us/publications/2021-publications/caf-world-giving-index-2021