Letters to BS: Three decades of economic reforms couldn't reduce inequality

India's ranking in Human Development Index has hovered around 130 with no perceptible improvement for many years

This refers to “India's HDI disappoints” (December 16). In the Human Development Index (HDI) rankings of the United Nations Development Programme, the position of India has hovered around 130 with no perceptible improvement for many years. This should disappoint all. Though India is the sixth largest economy in the world, the poor HDI ranking clearly points at the inequality between the rich and the poor, which is quite steep. In many parameters of the index, India's position is comparable to our South Asian neighbours. In fact, Sri Lanka's HDI ranking has been consistently better than that of India.
 
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