India’s ranking in UN’s Human Development Index (HDI) went up by just one from last year, to 130th. India’s HDI value was only 0.43 in 1990. In 2017, this grew to 0.64 – an increase of around 50%.
The value of rupee has fallen precipitously against the dollar, and is now hovering around the 72 level; it was just under 64 at the beginning of the year.
Recently, five young men died in Delhi who were employed to clean a septic tank. It is a shocking reminder that India’s sanitation campaign has done little to alter some basic ground realities.
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