Human development Index of State improves

NEW DELHI, Feb 27 — The Human Development Index of Assam has gone up and the State has been ranked 14th a marked increase from the rank of 26 in 1991, according to the Economic Survey Report released here today. Assam’s Human Development Index was constant since 1981 at 26th position. The State was given a value of 0.272 in 1981 and 0.348 in 1991. But the value in 2001 has increased marginally to 0.386 and the state has been promoted to the rank of 14. However, Assam has miles to go to catch up with the all India average value of 0.472. Kerala remains at the top of the NHDR with an Index of 0.638 in 2001, while Orissa is almost at the bottom of the list with an index of 0.404 in 1991. Among the North Eastern States Mizoram had the highest Human Development Index and Arunachal Pradesh the lowest.