{"id":27733,"date":"2017-06-30T13:05:59","date_gmt":"2017-06-30T13:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=27733"},"modified":"2017-06-30T13:05:59","modified_gmt":"2017-06-30T13:05:59","slug":"social-progress-index-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/social-progress-index-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Progress Index- 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Question- What position has India got in the recently released &#8216;Social Progress Index- 2017&#8217;?<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) 98th<br \/>\n(b) 95th<br \/>\n(c) 93rd<br \/>\n(d) 68th<br \/>\n<strong>Ans: (c)<br \/>\nRelated facts:-<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>On June 20, 2017, Social Progress Index 2017 was released by the nonprofit organization &#8216;Social Progress Imparative\u2019.<\/li>\n<li>In this index, 128 countries have been given ranking based on their social progress.<\/li>\n<li>The social progress index is based on three dimensions-<br \/>\n<strong>1. Basic Human Needs<\/strong><br \/>\n(A) Nutrition and Basic Medical Care<br \/>\n(B) Water and Sanitation<br \/>\n(C) Shelter<br \/>\n(D) Personal Safety<br \/>\n<strong>2. Foundation of Wellbeing &#8211;<\/strong><br \/>\n(A) Access to Basic Knowledge<br \/>\n(B) Access to Information and Communications<br \/>\n(C) Health and Wellness<br \/>\n(D) Environmental Quality<br \/>\n<strong>3. Opportunity<\/strong><br \/>\n(A) Personal Rights<br \/>\n(B) Personal Freedom and Selection<br \/>\n(C) Tolerance and inclusion<br \/>\n(D) Access to Advanced Education<\/li>\n<li>In the list of 128 countries in the social progress index, 2017, Denmark topped the list. Its total score is 90.57.<\/li>\n<li>Other countries after Denmark are Finland (Score-90.53), Iceland (Score-90.27) and Norway (Score-90.27), and Switzerland (Score-90.10).<\/li>\n<li>The countries having the lowest five positions in this index are respectively-<\/li>\n<li>128. Central African Republic (Score-28.38), 127. Afghanistan (Score-35.66), 126. Chad (Score-35.69) 125. Angola (score -40.73) and 124. Niger (Score-42.97).<\/li>\n<li>In Social Progress Index, India has been ranked 93rd in total of 128 countries in 2017 with score of -58.39.<\/li>\n<li>While last year (2016), India was ranked 98th in total of 133 countries.<\/li>\n<li>In this index among the neighboring countries of India, Sri Lanka has been ranked 73rd China 83rd, Nepal 91, Bangladesh 97th and Pakistan got the 105th place.<\/li>\n<li>In developed countries, the United Kingdom is ranked 12th, Germany 13th, Japan 17th, America 18th, and France 19th.<\/li>\n<li>Apart from India in the BRICS countries, Brazil is ranked 43rd , South Africa 66th , Russia 67th and China 83rd .<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Related Links:-<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.socialprogressimperative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/English-2017-Social-Progress-Index-Findings-Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.socialprogressimperative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/English-2017-Social-Progress-Index-Findings-Report.pdf<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.socialprogressimperative.org\/the-2017-social-progress-index-is-live\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.socialprogressimperative.org\/the-2017-social-progress-index-is-live\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.socialprogressindex.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.socialprogressindex.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question- What position has India got in the recently released &#8216;Social Progress Index- 2017&#8217;? (a) 98th (b) 95th (c) 93rd (d) 68th Ans: (c) Related facts:- On June 20, 2017, Social Progress Index 2017 was released by the nonprofit organization &#8216;Social Progress Imparative\u2019. 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