India was today ranked at the 62nd place among emerging economies on an Inclusive Development Index released by World Economic Forum (WEF). India's position is much below China (26th) and Pakistan (47th). <br/><br/>The WEF, while releasing the yearly index in Davos before the start of its annual meeting, said that Norway remains the world's most inclusive advanced economy, while Lithuania again tops the list of emerging economies.<br/><br/>The WEF said, the index takes into account the "living standards, environmental sustainability and protection of future generations from further indebtedness". It urged the leaders to urgently move to a new model of inclusive growth and development, saying reliance on GDP as a measure of economic achievement is fuelling short-termism and inequality.<br/><br/>India was ranked 60th among 79 developing economies last year, as against China's 15th and Pakistan's 52nd position.The 2018 index, which measures the progress of 103 economies on three individual pillars – growth and development; inclusion; and inter-generational equity – has been divided into two parts. The first part covers 29 advanced economies and the second 74 emerging economies.<br/><br/>Despite its low overall score, India is among the ten emerging economies with 'advancing' trend. Only two advanced economies have shown 'advancing' trend. Among advanced economies, Norway is followed by Ireland, Luxembourg, Switzerland and Denmark in the top five. <br/><br/>
News On AIR | January 22, 2018 2:12 PM
WEF ranks India at 62nd place on Inclusive Development Index