Category: Index/Ranks

CARE Ratings report: Overall Jobs Growth Rate Slips to 3.5% in FY20

September 11, 2020

• According to the CARE Ratings report, the employment growth rate declined to 3.5 per cent in FY20 from 3.8 per cent in the previous fiscal year, but the total number of jobs increased to 50.02 lakh from 48.32 lakh.

UNICEF: India’s child mortality rate declines

September 10, 2020

• According to the mortality estimates, the under-five mortality rate (deaths per 1000 live births) in India declined from 126 in 1990 to 34 in 2019.The report was jointly released by the UNICEF, WHO, Population Division of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs and the World Bank Group.

NSO’s Report on Literacy Rate

September 8, 2020

• The National Statistical Office (NSO) released a report titled ‘Household Social Consumption: Education’. As per the report Kerala topped the list while Andhra Pradesh emerged as the least literate state, standing below Bihar.
• Delhi stands at second position with 89% literacy rate. Uttarakhand is at number three with a literacy rate of 87.6% while Assam freezes at number four with 85.9% literacy rate.

Business Reform Action Plan (BRAP) ranking of states 2019

September 6, 2020

• The 4th edition of the Business Reform Action Plan (BRAP) ranking of states for 2018-19 announced by Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs.
• Andhra Pradesh has topped the ranking which is followed by Uttar Pradesh and Telangana.

India jumps 4 places to rank 48 on Global Innovation Index 2020

September 3, 2020

• As per the Global Innovation Index 2020 released on September 2, 2020, India has jumped four places to rank at the 48th position.
• Switzerland has bagged the first spot, followed by Sweden, the United States of America (USA), the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands.

World’s No. 1 solar firm: Adani Green Energy firm

September 3, 2020

• Adani Green has been ranked as the world’s number 1 solar energy company in terms of capacity.
• The renewable energy company has targeted to achieve a total combined solar capacity of 25 GW by 2025.

India ranks 72 globally in terms of average monthly wage

August 30, 2020

• In a global survey conducted by Picodi.com, an international e-commerce platform which provides discount coupons, India is placed at 72 among 106 nations while Switzerland tops the chart.

Gujarat tops in first-ever Export Preparedness index 2020 released by NITI Ayog

August 27, 2020

• Gujarat has been ranked first in the first-ever Export Preparedness index 2020 released by NITI Ayog.
• The report says, overall, most of the Coastal States are the best performers. Gujarat, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu occupy the top three ranks.

Jeff Bezos becomes the first person to hit a net worth of $200 billion

August 27, 2020

• Amazon’s CEO Jeff Bezos is now the world’s richest man worth $204.6 billion. He is $90 billion richer than Bill Gates, the world’s second-richest person.

FutureBrand Index 2020- Reliance ranked 2nd

August 6, 2020

• As per the report of FutureBrand Index 2020, Reliance Industries has been ranked the second biggest brand after Apple. The 2020 list is topped by Apple, while Samsung is ranked third, followed by Nvidia, Moutai, Nike, Microsoft, ASML, PayPal and Netflix.