{"id":15202,"date":"2016-09-01T10:52:45","date_gmt":"2016-09-01T10:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=15202"},"modified":"2016-09-01T10:52:45","modified_gmt":"2016-09-01T10:52:45","slug":"world-risk-index-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/world-risk-index-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"World Risk Index-2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Question: In the recently released World Risk Index by the United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) and Bundnis Entwicklung Hilft in cooperation with the University of Stuttgart in Germany, India is ranked-<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) 54th<br \/>\n(b) 65th<br \/>\n(c) 77th<br \/>\n(d) 71st<br \/>\n<strong>Ans: (c)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Related facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">On 25 August 2016 World Risk Report 2016 was released by the United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) and Bundnis Entwicklung Hilft in cooperation with the University of Stuttgart in Germany.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The World Risk Index is part of the World Risk Report 2016 assessed the risk of disaster in 171 countries through the combined analysis of natural hazards and societal vulnerabilities.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The island state of Vanuatu has been ranked No.1, displayed the greatest risk in 2016.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tonga with the index value of 29.33 and the Philippines with the index value of 26.70 have been rankes 2nd and 3rd.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The list is followed by Guatemala and Bangladesh at fourth and fifth place respectively.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Saudi Arabia (ranked 169th), Malta (ranked 170th) and Qatar (ranked 171st) have the lowest disaster risk.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">India has been ranked 77th on the World risk index-2016.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The World Risk Report 2015 had positioned India at 78th position and 2014 report had placed India on 73rd rank.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Among the neighboring countries Pakistan has been ranked at 72nd position while Sri Lanka and Bangladesh are at 63rd and 5th position, respectively.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">China and Nepal are in a better position than India and have been ranked at 85th and 108th position respectively.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Reference:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/weltrisikobericht.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/WorldRiskReport2016.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/weltrisikobericht.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/WorldRiskReport2016.pdf<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/energy-and-environment\/india-ranked-77-in-disaster-risk-index-of-the-world\/article9036125.ece\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/energy-and-environment\/india-ranked-77-in-disaster-risk-index-of-the-world\/article9036125.ece<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: In the recently released World Risk Index by the United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) and Bundnis Entwicklung Hilft in cooperation with the University of Stuttgart in Germany, India is ranked- (a) 54th (b) 65th (c) 77th (d) 71st Ans: (c) Related facts: On 25 August 2016 World Risk Report 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