New Delhi, Oct 5 (Inditop.com) A senior government official Monday questioned the veracity of the latest United Nations’ Human Development Index, where India has been ranked 134.
“I would suggest the UNDP (United Nations Development Programme) to also look at how the report is perceived around the world. They should come out with these reactions also,” Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said while releasing the report, titled “Overcoming Barriers: Human mobility and development” here.
He further suggested that the report include other parameters for checking internal migration within a country.
“Some of India’s data seem to show a small percent of population as migration. If you compare our internal migration with China it is much lower. It is important to know migration within countries,” Ahluwalia said.
The UN ranking clearly shows India has slipped in comparative terms in ensuring a better quality of life for its citizens as in the previous index, published for 2007 and 2008 together, it ranked 128, while the position the year before was 126.
