Human Development and Government Policy

UNDP first published the Human Development Report in 1990 in collaboration with economist Mehboob Haque, who is credited as the promoter of the HDI Index. The most important aspects of the HDI Index are longevity, healthy living, educational attainment, and quality of life as well as other important factors such as political independence, human rights, and self-respect. UNDP's Human Development Report is a combination of three principles. That is. 1) Life expectancy at birth. 2) Level of education. (Rate of adult education, rate of primary, secondary, higher education) 3) The standard of living. (GDP per capita based on USD) The HDI index is averaged based on the maximum and minimum values ​​of these three elements. According to the report, India was ranked 126th in the HDI Index in 2006. In 2008, Maxine Olson, UNDP Representative in India, and Motek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission, published the Human Development Report in Delhi, in which India was ranked 128th (Value 0.619). Compared to 2006, India has slipped two places.

联合国开发计划署（United Nations Development Programme，简称UNDP）于1990年首次发布《人类发展报告》，合作方为经济学家马赫布卜·哈克（Mehboob Haque），他被公认为人类发展指数（Human Development Index，简称HDI）的提出者。人类发展指数的核心维度包括健康长寿、优质生活、受教育程度与生活质量，此外还涵盖政治独立、人权与人格尊严等重要考量因素。联合国开发计划署的《人类发展报告》基于三大核心原则构建，具体如下：1. 出生时预期寿命；2. 教育水平（成人教育率、初等教育、中等教育及高等教育入学率）；3. 生活水准（以美元计价的人均国内生产总值，GDP per capita）。人类发展指数通过对上述三项指标的最大值与最小值进行标准化平均计算得出。根据该报告，2006年印度在人类发展指数中的排名为第126位。2008年，时任联合国开发计划署印度代表的马克辛·奥尔森（Maxine Olson）与印度计划委员会副主席莫特克·辛格·阿卢瓦利亚（Motek Singh Ahluwalia）在德里发布了该年度《人类发展报告》，其中印度的人类发展指数排名为第128位（指数值为0.619），较2006年下滑了两个位次。