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Jharkhand
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Uttar Pradesh
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Madhya Pradesh
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Assam
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Report puts the Human Development Index (HDI) in Assam at 0.557 indicating that level of overall human development in the state is just about halfway of the desired level.
Detailed explanation-2: -UPSC Mains Q. Which one was the first Indian State to have its Human Development Report prepared and released by Amartya Kumar Sen in Delhi? Notes: Madhya Pradesh was the first state to have calculated Human Development Report in 1995, under the guidance of Prof. Amartya Sen.
Detailed explanation-3: -The country’s rank was 135 according to the 2014 report. “India’s HDI value for 2014 is 0.609, which puts the country in the medium human development category, positioning it at 130 out of 188 countries and territories.
Detailed explanation-4: -New gender dimension According to the Gender Development Index (GDI), introduced this year for the first time to measure the gender gap in human development achievements, there are 16 countries where the female HDI is equal to or higher than the male HDI.