Volume : 2, Issue : 6, JUN 2016

COMPARATIVE STUDY ON HUMAN DEVOLEPMENT AMONG THE BRICS NATIONS AND NEIBHORIGN COUTNRIES WITH INDIA

Prof. (Dr).P.Surender Reddy, Prof. Sandeep kumar Gupta

Abstract

With an abundance of empirical data and a new way of thinking about and measuring development, the Human Development Report has had a profound impact on policies around the world. Human Development Index (HDI) is a procedure to estimate the value of the human resources of a particular country every year. Increased HDI value indicates the better development of the country. This paper reviewed and compared the HDI ranks between the BRICS Nations and Neighboring countries with India by using the secondary data. Though there is little improvement in HDI rank of India when compared to the previous rank, but still Indian rank is the lowest among the BRICS Nations and lower with some of the Neighboring Countries. Challenges of India to improve the HDI and steps to be taken by the government, Non Governmental Organizations and other stake holders to increase the rank of HDI of India are discussed.

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