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2019 Indexes & Reports – JANUARY ........................................................................................................ 2

2019 Indexes & Reports – FEBRUARY .................................................................................................... 4

2019 Indexes & Reports – MARCH ........................................................................................................... 5

2019 Indexes & Reports – JANUARY ........................................................................................................ 7

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2019 Indexes & Reports – JANUARY
Report Titles
List Of Most Powerful Passports
11th edition of EIU Democracy
Index 2018
Most attractive investment
market for global CEO’s
Innovation Index.
Corruption Perception Index
(CPI)
6th edition of Global Talent
Competitive Index (GTCI) 2019
World’s busiest airport
Emerging Economies University
Rankings 2019
Ease of Doing Business (EDB)
index 2018
6th City Momentum Index
World’s biggest retail market in
2019
World Steel Association Report
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Name of the
Organizations
Henley Passport Index
Economist Intelligent Unit
PwC Survey
Bloomberg
Transparency International
INSEAD business school in
partnership with Tata
Communications and Adecco
Group
Times Higher Education
(THE)
Asia Competitiveness
Institute’s (ACI)
Property consultant JLL
Research firm eMarket
World Steel Association
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Key Notes
Topped by Japan
India has leaped two steps forward to
79th rank from 81st rank
Top 3:
Norway,Iceland and Sweden
India ranked at 41st
Top 3:
US,China and Germany
India became 4th most attractive
investment market for global CEO’s
Top 3:
South Korea,Germany
And Finland
India is ranked at the 54th Position
Top 2:
Denmark and New Zealand
India has moved up to 78th position
Syria and South Sudan are ranked
bottom in the index.
Top 3:
Switzerland,Singapore, and the US
India has moved up one position to
rank 80th
Top 2:
Dubai International (DXB) airport
London’s Heathrow airport
Indian Institute of Science
(IISc),Bangaluru retains the highest
spot for India (14th), followed by
the Indian Institute of Technology
Bombay (27th).
Top 3:
Andhra Pradesh
Maharashtra and Delhi
Bengaluru has emerged as
the world’s most dynamic city
Hyderabad ranked second with Delhi
at fourth, Pune at fifth, Chennai at
seventh and Kolkata at fifteenth
China will become world’s biggest
retail market in 2019 by Surpass USA
India has replaced Japan
became second largest steel
producing country
China is the largest producer of crude
steel
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Future of Consumption in Fast-
Growth Consumer Market- India
The Outbreak Readiness and
Business impact white paper
WEF Survey
14th edition of annual Global Risk
Report 2019
Annual Status of Education Report NGO Pratham
(ASER) 2018
Global Report on “Trafficking in
Persons”
The Potential Benefits of India’s
‘War Against Pollution’ — Longer
Lives”
Trust Barometer report
World Economic Situation and
Prospects 2019 (WESP)report
The India Manufacturing
Barometer 2019
World’s largest economies
First advance
estimates of National Income at
Constant (2011-12) and Current
Prices, for the financial year
2018-2019
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World Economic Forum
World Economic Forum &
Harvard Global Health
Institute.
World Economic Forum
(WEF)
World Economic Forum
UN office on Drugs and Crime
(UNODC)
Air Quality Life Index (AQLI)
Edelman
United Nations
PwC and FICCI
PwC
Central Statistics Office (CSO)
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India is set to become the world’s
third largest consumer market
behind only USA and China by 2030
The business risk posed by a new era
of epidemic cannot be considered
exclusively and all the companies
operating globally should take proper
actions to mitigate threats posed by
epidemics
Indians are biggest supporters of
internationl
aid and expect India to help other
nations.
Pakistan and Indonesia are on the
second position with 94 per cent of
the people’s affirmative replies
The risks in the report has been
divided into 2 parts:
Top 10 Risks by Likelihood and Top
10 Risks by Impact
Moreover, over one in two Class 8
students cannot solve a problem that
involves basic division
The number of human trafficking
victims around the world is on the
rise while armed groups and
terrorists are trafficking women and
children to generate funds and recruit
The life expectancy of people in Delhi
can go up by nearly three years if the
air pollution is reduced by 25%
Topped by China
India at the second place in the
informed public category
and third place in the general
population category in the Trust
Index
The Global growth to remain at 3.0
per cent in 2019 and 2020.
India’s economy is expected to grow
anywhere between 7.3 – 7.7 per cent
India surpassed the UK in the 2019
rankings of world’s largest economies
to become the
World’s Fifth Largest Economy
India’s GDP would grow
at 7.2% in 2018-19
Real GVA (Gross Value Added) is
anticipated to grow at 7% in the
current fiscal as against 6.5% in
2017-18.
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2019 Indexes & Reports – FEBRUARY
Report Titles
Best practices followed by
states in budget
formulation
Extensive growth and
overseas
7th International IP Index
Passport Index of 2019
Inclusive Internet Index
2019
The Future of Rail
Magnitude of Substance
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Central Statistics Office (CSO) Wholesale and retail
inflation reduced to a multi month
low with CPI falling to an 18-month
low in December,2018.
Retail inflation remained below RBI’s
target of 4%.
Core inflation (excluding food, fuel
and light, and transport and
communications) was 5.7% in
December, 2018
RANKINGS
Name of the Organizations Key Notes
Transparency International Top 3 State:
1. Assam
2. Andhra pradesh
3. Odisha.
Meghalaya, Manipur and Punjab were figured
at lower positions.
Stripe,a San Francisco-based Top Countries:
online payment processing 1.Singapore
firm 2.Hong kong
India is in 11th position.
US Chambers of Commerce Top 3 Countries:
1.US
2.UK
3.Sweden
4.France
5.Germany
India - 36th in 2019,44th in 2018.
UNDP human development Top 3 Countries:
inde 1.United Arab Emirates
2.Germany
3.Denmark.
India -67 in 2019,77 in 2015.
Economist Intelligence Unit Top 3 Countries:
(EIU) for Facebook 47th 1.Sweden
2.Singapore
3.USA.
India ranked 47th in the Index.
REPORTS
Minister of Railways and The report will analyze the current and future
Coal, Shri Piyush Goyal importance of rail around the world.
publicized the International
Energy Agency’s
(IEA)report
National Drug Dependence It is sponsored by Ministry of Social Justice
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Use in India Treatment Centre (NDDTC) and Empowerment.It is submitted to the

World Employment and
Social Outlook Trends
2019
International Labour
Organization
Union Minister for Social Justice and
Empowerment Shri Thaawarchand Gehlot in
Delhi.
The report says unemployment rates will fall
to 4.9% in 2019 and remains steady in 2020.

2019 Indexes & Reports – MARCH

RANKINGS
Report Titles Name of the Organizations Key Notes
Aspirational districts NITI Aayog Top 3 Districts:
for the period of 1. Chatra,Jharkhand
December 2018- 2. Sahibganj, Jharkhand
January 2019 3. Hazaribagh, Jharkhand
Global Consumer Nielsen Holdings  India - 1st position from 3rd quarter and in
Confidence Survey the 4th quarter of 2018 India’s Consumer
Confidence Index (CCI) score is 133.
 South Korea has the most pessimistic
consumer
Prime International Knight Frank Top 3 Cities:
Residential Index 1.Manila(Philippines)
(PIRI 100) 2. Edinburgh (Scotland)
3. Berlin(Germany)
Mumbai-16th , Delhi-55th & Bengaluru-56th
Highest number of PLOS Biology, an Malaysia topped the lise
impacted species in international journal India ranked 16th in the list.
hotspots
World’s most Economist Intelligence Unit 1.Singapore, Paris and Hong Kong topped the
expensive cities (EIU) survey Index for the first time in history.
4.Zurich in Switzerland
5.Geneva in Switzerland
6. Osaka in Japan
Global energy World Economic Forum Top 3 Countries:
transition index (WEF) 1.Sweden
2.Switzerland
3.Norway
World’s best aviation Skytrax World Airport Top 3 Airports:
hub Awards 1.Singapore’s Changi Airport topped the
Index for the seventh time.
2.Tokyo International Airport, Japan
3. Incheon International Airport, South Korea
Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport,
New Delhi-59th Rank.
India’s poverty rate 2018 global Poverty rate has shown a drastic decrease in
Multidimensional Poverty 10 years, from 55% to 28%.
Index (MPI) The index has shown that, in the years
between 2005-06 and 2015-16, 271 million
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people are moved out of poverty in India.

REPORTS
2018 World Air IQ Air AirVisual  Gurugram-Most polluted region in the
Quality Report &Greenpeace world in 2018.
 Delhi -Most polluted capital in the world.
Cheapest mobile data Price comparison site  India has the cheapest mobile data in the
in the world cable.co.uk. world.
 The global average was USD 8.53 for 1GB.
Exports to Jobs : World Bank and Increasing exports can lead to better Jobs and
Boosting the Gains International Labour higher wages in India.
from Trade in South Organization (ILO)
Asia
Delta ranking report NITI Aayog Assam’s Hailakandi secured top position.
India and ASEAN: Co- Federation of Indian India and 10 member ASEAN are among the
creating the Future Chambers of Commerce and fastest growing economies in the world.
and consulting major Industry (FICCI)
KPMG
World Gold Council Top 2 Countries:
(WGC) 1. U.S.
2. Germany
India ranked 11th.
Second Global United Nations Chemical production across the world will
Chemicals Outlook double by 2030.
(GCO II)
World Happiness United Nations Top 5 Countries:
Report 1. Finland
2. Denmark
3. Norway
4. Islands
5. The Netherlands
India ranked 140th out of 156 nations. India
shows a 7 spot decline along with five other
countries.
European Union European Union The total goods amounted to 3.3% of global
Intellectual Property trade. It amounts to $522 billion in global
Office (EUIPO) sales. China, Hong Kong, United Arab
report’s counterfeit Emirates, Turkey, Singapore, Thailand, India
and pirated goods and Malaysia are the countries which mainly
export pirated and counterfeits goods.
Indian brands of Brand consultancy Top 3 Brands:
2019 Interbrand, a division of 1.Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
Omnicom Group 2.Reliance
3.Airtel
HDFC Bank, LIC, State Bank of India, Infosys,
Mahindra, ICICI Bank and Godrej followed it
World airport traffic Airports Council Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International
rankings for 2018 International (ACI) Airport (US) topped the list.
Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) of
New Delhi-12th Rank(earlier it was 16th Rank)
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Global Energy & CO2 International Energy Agency India’s energy demand has surpassed the
status report (IEA) global demand growth in 2018. India’s
primary demand increased 4% in 2018 in
comparison to energy consumption
worldwide grew by 2.3%. This accounts for
11 per cent of global demand growth.
OpenSignal’s hottest Top 3 hottest city for 4G Availability
city for 4G 1.Dhanbad(95.3%)
Availability 2. Ranchi95%)
3. Srinagar(94.9%)
Mind the Gap – the Oxfam India Gender wage gap in India is highest among
state of employment Asian nations, women are paid 34 percent
in India less compared to men for performing the
same job.
State of the Global World Meteorological The report warned that the physical and
Climate in 2018 Organization (WMO) socio-economic impacts of climate change are
accelerating day by day. It is the 25th annual
record of the Global climate.

2019 Indexes & Reports – JANUARY

RANKINGS
Report Titles Name of the Organizations Key Notes
that Release the
report/Who Released
National Institutional President Ramnath Kovind Overall Ranking:
Ranking Framework Institute of Technology Madras
(NIRF) 2019 and Atal University Ranking:
Ranking of Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru
Institutions for
Innovation
Achievements
(ARIIA) 2019 ranking
Forbes World's Best Statista Number 1 bank:
Bank survey 1. HDFC Bank
2. ICICI Bank
3. DBS Bank
Migration and World Bank World’s top 5 recipient of remittances in 2018:
Development Brief 1. India: 79$ billion
2. China: 67$ billion
3. Mexico: 36$ billion
4. Philippines: 34$ billion
5. Egypt: 29$ billion
Most valuable market Bloomberg Top 3 World’s most valuable market
1. US
2. China
3. Hong Kong
World Press Freedom Reporters Without Borders Top 5 countries in World Press Freedom Index
Index 2019 2019:
1. Norway
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2. Finland
3. Sweden
4. Netherlands
5. Denmark. India ranked 140.
Startup Ecosystem StartupBlink Top three countries:
Ranking for 2019 1.United States
2.United Kingdom
3.Canada. India ranked at 17th position.
2019 Index of Cancer Economist Intelligence Unit Top 3 nations:.
Preparedness (ICP) (EIU) 1. Australia
2. Netherlands
3. Germany. India ranked 19th position in the
Index.
QS Executive MBA Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore’s (IIM-
Rankings 2019 B) post-graduate programme in Enterprise
Management (PGPEM)

REPORTS
‘India’s Electric NITI Aayog and Rocky The objective of the FAME II scheme is to enhance
Mobility Mountain Institute (RMI) the government’s commitment to a clean mobility
Transformation: have released a report future with a major focus on electric automobiles.
Progress to Date and
Future Opportunities’
State of Global Air Health Effects Institute Air pollution is the third highest cause of death
2019 report (HEI) among all health risks in India.
2019 Global Report Food Security Information The report prepared by 15 leading global and
on Food Crises Network (FSIN) regional organizations was led by UN Food and
Agriculture Organization (FAO), the World Food
Programme (WFP) and International Food Policy
Research Institute (IFPRI).
Asian Development Asian Development Around 26 trillion dollars from 2016 to 2030 or
Outlook 2019: Bank(ADB) 1.7 trillion dollars investment needed per year to
Strengthening build disaster-resilient infrastructure in Asia.
Disaster Resilience
State of World UN sexual and reproductive India's population grew to 1.36 billion at an
Population Report health agency average annual rate of 1.2% between 2010 and
2019 which stands more than double the annual
growth rate of China.
'Political Leaders Climate Trends List of Top 3 Polluted Cities in the world by
Position and Action WHO & Climate Trends:
on Air Quality in India 1. Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh
2014-2019 2. Faridabad in Haryana
3. Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh
Report on the A Special Counsel Robert A special counsel Robert Mueller was appointed to
Investigation Into Mueller’s investigate the Russian interference in the 2016
Russian Interference US election.
in the 2016 Election
State of the Akamai Technologies Top 3 most targeted nation by hackers in
internet/security 2018:
1. US
2. India

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3. Canada
2019 Global Food International Food Policy Rural areas continue to be in a state of crisis and
Policy Report (GFPR) Research Institute (IFPRI) threatening to slow the progress toward the
Sustainable Development Goals to hunger,
malnutrition, poverty, environmental degradation.
World’s military Stockholm International World's top 4 military spender in 2018:
expenditure Peace Research Institute 1. US
(SIPRI) 2. China
3. Saudi Arabia
4. India
Macro Research Fitch Solutions India is probably going to install 54.7GW of wind
report capacity by 2022 against the 60 GW target set by
the government. This wind capacity installation is
a part of India’s ambitious target of installing 175
GW of renewable energy capacity by the year
2022.
No Time to Wait: UN If no action is taken, by 2050, drug-resistant
Securing the future diseases could cause 10 million deaths every year
from drug-resistant which would in turn cause damage to the
infections economy much like the 2008-2009 global
financial crisis.

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