{"id":17323,"date":"2016-10-29T07:42:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-29T07:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=17323"},"modified":"2016-10-29T07:42:00","modified_gmt":"2016-10-29T07:42:00","slug":"world-giving-index-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/world-giving-index-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"World Giving Index-2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Question: India ranked at which of the following position in the World Giving Index, 2016 commissioned by UK-based Charities Aid Foundation(CAF)?<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) 90th<br \/>\n(b) 75th<br \/>\n(c) 65th<br \/>\n(d) 91st<br \/>\n<strong>Ans. (d)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Related facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">On 25 October 2016 UK-based Charities Aid Foundation(CAF) has released the World Giving Index, 2016.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The index ranked 140 countries in terms of generosity of its people.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">World Giving Index, 2016 is based on the following three charitable acts:<br \/>\n1. Donated money to a charity.<br \/>\n2. Volunteered your time to an organization.<br \/>\n3. Helped a stranger, or someone they didn\u2019t know who needed help.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">This year 148,000 people in 140 countries were surveyed as part of the Gallup World Poll.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Myanmar is once again ranked first in the World Giving Index 2016.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Myanmar held the top spot on its own in 2015 and jointly with the USA in 2014.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Myanmar\u2019s 2016 overall score is 70%.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Index is followed by USA with score of 61% ranked second , Australia with score of 60% ranked third, New Zealand(59%) ranked fourth and Sri Lanka(57%) ranked fifth.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Last five countries of the list are China (140th place), Palestine (139th place), Yemen (138th place), Greece (137th place) and Congo (136th place).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the World Giving Index, 2016 India has been ranked 91st (score -29%).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Last year (2015) India was ranked 106th among the 145 countries.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Among the India&#8217;s neighboring countries Sri Lanka(5th ), Bhutan(18th), Nepal (39th), Pakistan(92nd) and Bangladesh has been ranked 94th<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">.The World Giving Index (WGI) is an annual report published by the Charities Aid Foundation, using data gathered by Gallup.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The first edition was released in September 2010.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The aim of the World Giving Index is to provide insight into the scope and nature of giving around the world.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Reference:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cafonline.org\/about-us\/media-office\/new-global-league-table-of-giving-shows-world-becomes-more-generous-than-ever\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.cafonline.org\/about-us\/media-office\/new-global-league-table-of-giving-shows-world-becomes-more-generous-than-ever<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cafonline.org\/docs\/default-source\/about-us-publications\/1950a_wgi_2016_report_web_v2_241016.pdf?sfvrsn=4\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.cafonline.org\/docs\/default-source\/about-us-publications\/1950a_wgi_2016_report_web_v2_241016.pdf?sfvrsn=4<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: India ranked at which of the following position in the World Giving Index, 2016 commissioned by UK-based Charities Aid Foundation(CAF)? (a) 90th (b) 75th (c) 65th (d) 91st Ans. (d) Related facts: On 25 October 2016 UK-based Charities Aid Foundation(CAF) has released the World Giving Index, 2016. 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