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Open Budget Survey (OBS) 2019

- Released by International Budget Partnership (IBP), biennialy.

- It rates the level of budget transparency across countries on a scale of 0-100, based on internationally comparable indicators.

- The survey covers 117 countries.

- New Zealand ranks first , India is placed at number 53.
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Global Nutrition Report 2020

- Released by World Health Organization 

- 4 nutritional indicators 
1. anemia among women in reproductive age
2. stunting among children under-5, 
3. exclusive breast feeding 
4. Childhood overweight.

- Global Nutrition Targets
By World Health Assembly in 2012
1. To reduce anaemic conditions among women by 50%
2. To reduce stunting in under-5 children by 40%
3. To reduce underweight births by 30%
4. To reduce childhood wasting to less than 5%.

- 1 in 9 people in the world are hungry and undernourished.

- India- 

 India along with 88 countries are likely to miss global nutrition targets by 2025,

Under 5 years stunting  - 37.9%
Under 5 years wasting - 20.8%

(Asia average of 22.7% and 9.4% respectively.)

anaemia 
Male - 17.8%
Women - 21.6%

- India is among the three worst performing countries, along with Nigeria and Indonesia regarding Stunting.
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World Happiness Report - 2020

- It is a measure of happiness published by the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (UN-SDSN).

-Criterias for ranking -
1. GDP per capita
2. Healthy years of life expectancy,
3. Social Support,
4. Trust (measured by a perceived absence of corruption),
5. Perceived Freedom to make life decisions &
6. Generosity (measured by recent donations)

- 1st Rank - Finland (world’s happiest nation)
- Bottom 3 countries(world's least Happy)
Zimbabwe, South Sudan and Afghanistan (afflicted by violent conflicts and extreme poverty)

- India ranks 144 out of 156 countries and among the world's least happy nations.
India's ranking has been declining steadily from 2013
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World Economic Forum - Reports and Indexes

1. Inclusive growth & Development Report 
2. Environmental Performance Index 
3. Global Competitiveness Index 

4. Global Energy Architecture Performance Index Report
5. Global Gender Gap Report 
6.Global Information Technology Report 

7. Human Capital Report 
8. Inclusive growth & Development report
9. Outlook on Global Agenda
10. The Global Risk Report 
11. Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report
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Environment Performance Index (EPI Index 2020)

- India has secured 168 rank in the EPI Index 2020

- The EPI measures the environmental performance of 180 countries.

- EPI is a biennial index prepared by Yale University and Columbia University in collaboration with the World Economic Forum.
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State of Food Security and Nutrition report.
- Released recently by UN
- prepared by Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), World Health Organization (WHO), World Food Programme (WFP) and UNICEF.

- Report says that around 8.9% of the world population, that is 690 million went hungry in 2019.