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2017 List of Organization Reports(Jan – Dec)
| Organization | Report Title | Notes |
| January | ||
| Expat survey 2016 | HSBC | Top 3: 1.Switzerland 2.Hong Kong 3.India |
| Getting over Globalization Report | Credit Suisse Research Institute(CSRI) | Top 3: 1.South Africa
2.India, Brazil and Russia 3.China |
| Global Talent Competitiveness Index | INSEAD, Adecco Group and HCLI | Top 3: 1.Switzerland 2.Singapore
3.United Kingdom 92.India |
| Global Talent Competitiveness Ranking of Cities | INSEAD, Adecco Group and HCLI | Top 3: 1.Switzerland 2.Zurich 3.Helsinki
Mumbai is the only Indian city in the list |
| Inclusive Development Index 2017 | World Economic Forum (WEF) | Top 3:
Developing economies 1.Lithuania 2.Azerbaijan 3.Hungary Advanced Economies 1.Norway 2.Luxembourg 3.Switzerland India – 79 |
| 2017 City Momentum Index | World Economic Forum (WEF) | Top 3:
1.Bangalore (India) 2.Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) 3.Silicon Valley (USA) |
| Passport Index 2017 | Arton Capital passportindex.org | Top 2: 1.Germany
2.Singapore and Sweden 78. India |
| World Employment Social Outlook: Trends 2017 | ILO | Global unemployment is expected to rise by 3.4 million in 2017 and economic growth at 3.4 per cent this year and 3.6 per cent in 2018 |
| An economy for the 99 per cent | Oxfam | The richest 1 percent of the population in India holds 58 percent
of the country’s total wealth which is |
| higher than the global figure of 50 percent | ||
| 2016 Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) | Pratham | Himachal Pradesh was found to be best performing state in India on the education front as compared to the rest of the states. |
| Cashless India Scorecard’ | Walnut app | Top 3:
Gujarat, Telangana and Haryana |
| 2016 Corruption Perception Index | Transparency International (TI). | Top 3 Least Corrupt Nations Denmark, New Zealand and Finland
India – 79th |
| Eight Great Powers of 2017 | American Foreign Policy Magazine | Top 3:
United States, China & Japan (both share same position) and Russia India – 6th |
| Global Go To Think Tank Index Report | Pennsylvania University, US | Indian Think Tank ORF Ranks Highest in Asia category
Top 3: China, India, Japan |
| Organization | Report Title | Notes | ||
| February | ||||
| FT Global MBA Ranking 2017 | Top 3:
1.INSEAD, (France/Singapore) 2.Stanford Graduate School of Business 3.University of Pennsylvania, (Wharton/US) |
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| Global Intellectual Property Center (GIPC) | 5th Annual International Intellectual Property Index –‘The Roots of Innovation’ | India Ranks 43 Among 45 Nations
Top 3: 1.United States 2.United Kingdom 3.Germany |
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| Fortune | 2017 World’s Most Admired Companies List | Top 3: 1.Apple
2.Amazon.com 3.Starbucks Indian Company JLL has placed in this list |
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| The Heritage Foundation | Index of Economic Freedom 2017 | India Ranked 143 out of 186 economies Other countries: China
111th Nepal (125 Sri Lanka (112) Pakistan (141) |
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| Stockholm International Peace | World’s Largest Arms Importer in the | Top 3: | ||
| Research Institute (SIPRI) | Last Four Years | India, China & Pakistan Largest Exporters
USA & Russia |
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| Brand Finance | Top three most-valuable brands in IT | TCS ranked first | ||
| Department of Health and Family Welfare | Infant mortality rate in India | Top 3: Goa
Kerala and Puducherry |
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| New World Wealth | Richest Indian City | Top 3: Mumbai Delhi
Bengaluru |
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| Organization | Report Title | Notes |
| March | ||
| Times Higher Education (THE) | Top 10 global universities | Top 3:
1.California Institute of Technology 2.École Normale Supérieure 3.Pohang University of Science and Technology 8. Indian Institute of Science |
| Times Higher Education (THE) | Asia University Rankings 2017 | National University of Singapore (NUS) – First
Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bengaluru – 27th |
| Health Ministry | National Family Health Survey-4 | 1. Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) saw a decline from 57 to 41 per 1,000 live births between NFHS-3 (2005-06) and NFHS-4
2. The sex ratio at birth (number of females per 1,000 males) improved from 914 to 919 3. Total Fertility Rate (TFR) declined to 2.2 children per woman |
| Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy | Annual Survey of India’s City Systems 2016 | Top 3: Thiruvananthapuram Pune
Kolkata |
| Kerala has achieved the maximum number of enrollment and registrations under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime | ||
| GSM Association | GSMA Intelligence Consumer Survey 2016 | India will lead the world
in Smartphone adoption with a net addition of 350 million connections in 2016-20 |
| Global Corruption Barometer for the Asia Pacific Region | Transparency International | 1.India 2.Vietnam 3.Thailand |
| 2017 Skytrax World Airport Awards | Skytrax | Singapore based Changi Airport – First |
| Mercer | 19th annual Quality of Living survey | Top 3: 1.Vienna 2.Zurich 3.Auckland
Hyderabad emerged as the best city in terms of living standards among Indian cities |
| Sustainable Development Solutions Network | 2017 World Happiness Report | Top 3: 1.Norway 2.Denmark
3.Iceland 122.India |
| UN | Women in Politics 2017 Map | Top 3:
Rwanda, Bolivia, Cuba India ranked 148 |
| WEF | 100 Young Global Leaders List 2017 | Indians in the list : Vijay Shekhar Sharma Shruti Shibulal Ambarish Mitra Hindol Sengupta
Rwitwika Bhattacharya-Agarwal |
| As You Sow | 25 Overpaid CEOs in US | Leslie Moonves – First
Sandeep Matharani(Indian) – Fourth |
| Bloomberg | 2017 Bloomberg Global Health Index | Top 3: Italy Iceland
Switzerland |
| Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation | AMRUT City Rate | AA+ rating are NDMC, Navi Mumbai and Pune followed
by Ahmadabad, Visakhapatnam and Hyderabad with AA rating |
| Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) | 2017 Worldwide Cost of Living Index | Cheapest Cities 1.Almaty (Kazakhstan) 2.Lagos (Nigeria) 3.Bangaluru (India) 5.Chennai (India 5.Mumbai(India) 8.New Delhi (India) Expensive Cities
Singapore, Hong Kong and Zurich (Switzerland) |
| Forbes | ‘World’s Billionaires’ 2017 | Top Three Billionaire Bill Gates
Warren Buffet Jeff Bezos Top 3 Indian Billionaires Mukesh Ambani (33) Lakshmi Mittal (56) Azim Premji (72) Youngest Billionaire: Alexandra |
| Andersen Wealthiest Women
Billionaire: Liliane Bettencourt |
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| UN Development Programme | 2016 Human Development Index (HDI) | Top 3: 1.Norway2.Australia3.Switzerland India – 131 |
| WEF | Energy Architecture Performance Index (EAPI) 2017 | Top 3: 1.Switzerland2.Norway3.Sweden
India – 87th |
| WHO | Global Nutrition Report 2016 | India – 170th |
| Fortune Magazine | World’s 50 Greatest Leaders 2017 | Top 3:
1.Theo Epstein 2.Jack Ma 3.Pope Francis |
| Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA) | Top 3: 1.USA2.China3.India |
| Organization | Report Title | Notes | |
| April | |||
| WEF | Global Travel and Tourism
Competitiveness Report 2017 |
Top 3:Spain, France and Germany
India – 40 |
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| EY (Ernst & Young) Europe, Middle East, India and Africa (EMEIA) Fraud Survey 2017 | India – 9th | ||
| Quality Council of India | Ranking of ports on Sanitation
parameteres |
Haldia and Vizag ports receive the
first and the second rank. |
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| Amnesty International | World execution list 2016 | Iran, Saudi Arabia, China | |
| World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) | Doping violation report | 117 athletes from India have been punished after testing positive for banned substances. | |
| Forbes | 30 Under 30 Asia list | Alia Bhatt ,Sakshi Malik, DeepaKarmakar, Srikanth Bolla, Sharath Gayakwad, Trisha Shetty, Kavin Bharti Mittal are in the lists. | |
| WHO | Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water
(GLAAS) 2017 report |
2-billion people drinking contaminated | |
| World Bank | ‘Youth in India’ | The sex ratio in India falls to 898 girls for 1,000 boys in 2031 from 939
in 2011. |
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| CMS | India Corruption Study 2017 | Top 3: karnataka Andhra Pradesh
Tamil Nadu |
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| TIME | 100 Reader Poll | Rodrigo Duterte, the President of Philippines | |
| A.T. Kearney | FDI Confidence Index | Top 3:
1.US 2.Germany 3. China India – 8th |
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| Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) | world’slargest military spender in year 2016 | Top3:
1.US 2. China 3. Russia India – 5th |
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| Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) | World Press Freedom Index 2017 | Top3:
1.Norway 2. Sweden3. Finland India – 136th |
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| Mastercard | Asia Pacific Destinations Index 2017. | Topped by Singapore
Chennai – 14 and Mumbai -15 |
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| World Travel and Tourism
Council (WTTC) |
world’slargest tourism economy in
terms of GDP |
India – 7th | |
| National Institutional Ranking Framework. | Toppers of India Rankings 2017 (NIRF 2017) | Overall | Indian Institute of Science Bangalore |
| Engineering | Indian Institute of Technology
Madras |
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| Management | Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad | ||
| Universities | Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore |
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| Colleges | Miranda House (Delhi) | ||
| Pharmacy | Jamia Hamdard (Delhi) | ||
| Organization | Report Title | Notes |
| May | ||
| Quality Council of India | Swachh Bharat survey-2017 | Indore in Madhya Pradesh emerged as the cleanest city and Gonda in Uttar Pradesh ranked at the bottom as the dirtiest city |
| Quality Council of India | Swachh Bharat survey-2017 | Visakhapatnam railway station – Cleanest
Darbhanga railway station – driest |
| Global Financial Integrity (GFI) | Illicit Financial Flows to and from Developing Countries: 2005-2014’ | $770 billion in black money entered India while $165 billion exited the country during 2005-2014 |
| Public Affairs Centre (PAC). | Public Affairs Index (PAI) | Kerala has secured first
rank and Bihar has ranked last |
| World Bank | Electricity accessibility ranking | India – 26th |
| World Bank | India Development Report | India ranks 120th among 131 nations in women workforce, says |
| World Bank report | ||
| Savills | Tech Cities 2017 | Bengaluru has been adjudged as the most affordable city |
| Centre for Equity Studies (CES) | Indian Exclusion Report (IXR) | Dalits, Adivasis and
Muslims continue to be the worst-hit communities in terms of exclusion from access to public goods. |
| Sunday Times | United Kingdom annual rich list | Topped by Hinduja Brothers (Srichand Hinduja and Gopichand Hinduja) |
| UNWTO | World Tourism Barometer | India – 24th |
| Ernst and Young (EY) | Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index’ 2017 | Topped by China India – 2nd |
| Lancet medical journal | ‘Global Burden of
Disease’. Performance of countries was assessed for a period of 25 years from 1990-2015 |
India – 154th |
| CRISIL&PFRDA | Financial Security for India’s
Elderly—The Imperatives |
India ageing gradually, every 5th
person to be 60+ by 2050 |
| Forbes | Middle East annual ranking of the top 100 Indian Business Owners | Yusuff Ali, Sanjeev Chadha are placed in top 100 |
| The Lancet | India Spend analysis | Indians 6th biggest private spenders on health among low-middle income
nations |
| Savills | Tech Cities 2017 | Bengaluru ranked world’s most affordable tech city
Top3: 1.Austin, US 2.San Francisco, US 3.New York, US |
| Centre for Equity Studies (CES) | 2016 Indian Exclusion Report (IXR) | Dalits, Adivasis and
Muslims continue to be the worst-hit communities in terms of exclusion from access to public goods |
| Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) | Top 300 global cities | New York has ranked 1st Nine Indian Cities in the list Mumbai,Delhi,Kolkata Bengaluru,Chennai, Pune
Hyderabad, Ahmedabad andSurat |
| Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) of the Norwegian Refugee
Council (NRC) |
Global Report on Internal Displacement (GRID) 2016 | India rabked third |
| International Stainless Steel Forum (ISSF) | Top 3:
China, India & Japan |
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| Deloitte | Asia Pacific Tax Complexity Survey | Top 3:
China, India & Japan |
| WEF | world’s most crowded cities | Topped by Dhaka
Mumbai and Kota are the Indian cities placed in the list |
| Traveller’s Choice | Top 10 Global Landmarks | Topped by Angkor Wat in Siem Reap, Cambodia
TajMahal placed at 5th |
| Top 10 consumer financial services | Topped by American Express RelianceIndustries ranked 1st among Indian firms
HDFC rank is 7thin the list |
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| Forbes | Global Game Changers | Topped by Mukesh Ambani |
| UNICEF | A Child is a Child: Protecting children on the move from violence, abuse and exploitation | At least 300,000 unaccompanied and separated children were recorded in some 80 countries in the combined years of 2015 and 2016, up from 66,000 in 2010 and 2011 |
| Organization | Report Title | Notes |
| June | ||
| The Institute of Economics and Peace | Global Peace Index 2017 | Top 3:
Iceland, New Zealand and Portugal India – 137th |
| Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) | India has 31% of world’s poor kids India stood 37th among 103 countries. | |
| Institute for Management Development’s (IMD) World Competitiveness Center | World competitiveness list | Top 3:
Hong Kong, Switzerland and Singapore India – 45th |
| A.T. Kearney | 2017 Global Retail Development Index (GRDI) | Top 3:
India, China and Malaysia |
| Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) | World University Rankings 2018 | Top 3 in the world: 1.Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 2.Stanford University 3.Harvard University University – India:
IIT-Delhi – 172 IIT-Bombay – 179 IISc Bangalore – 190 |
| United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) | World Investment Report 2017: Investment and the Digital Economy | US, China and India are considered as top prospective destinations for foreign direct investment (FDI) |
| Fortune | America’s top 500 companies | Tesla &Walmart are placed in the list |
| Child Rights and You (CRY) | CRY report | Uttar Pradesh has the highest number of children (250672) engaged in labour |
| Forbes | World’s Highest-Paid Celebrities of 2017 | Topped by American rapper and entrepreneur Sean Combs
SRK ranked 65th Salman is on the 71st spot |
| Cornell University, INSEAD and World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) | Global Innovation Index (GII) 2017 | Top 3:
Switzerland, Sweden and Netherlands India – 60th |
| UN International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) | Sending Money Home: Contributing to the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals), One Family at a Time | India has been the top remittance- receiving country in year 2016 with USD 62.7 billion |
| Environmental impact survey | UK-based Money Super Market | Topped by Mozambique
India – ranked 75th |
| UN Refugee Agency’s | Global Trends study | Developing regions host 84% of the world’s refugees
65.6 million people displaced worldwide |
| Mercer | 23rd Annual Cost of Living Survey | Mumbai is the most expensive city for expatriates in India.
Most Expensive City: 1. Luanda 2.Hong Kong 3.Tokyo world’s least expensive city for expatriates, is Tunis in Tunisia |
| SKYTRAX | World’s Best Airline in 2017 | Qatar Airways |
| UN | World Population Prospects – The 2017 Revision | world’s population will surpass the 8 billion mark in year 2023
India’s population to surpass that of China’s around 2024 |
| United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) | World Drug Report 2017 | 29.5 million people (0.6% of the global adult population) were engaged in problematic use of drugs
and suffered from drug use disorders, including dependence. |
| Social progress Imperative (SPI) with support
from Deloitte |
Social Progress Index 2017 | Top 3:
Denmark, Finland and Iceland India ranked 93rd |
| Organization | Report Title | Notes |
| July | ||
| International Center for Climate
Governance (ICCG) |
World’s climate think tanks | TERI (2nd Place) |
| Swiss National Bank | Money parked by its citizens with
Swiss bank |
UK(1 place )
INDIA(88 place ) |
| Financial Stability Board | G20 on progress in financial regulatory reforms | The report listed India as a ‘compliant’ jurisdiction with regard to the Basel III reforms in area of risk-based capital and as ‘largely compliant’ on liquidity coverage ratio |
| FIFA | FIFA World ranking | India 96th,best in 21 years |
| International Telecommunication Union(ITU) |
Global Cyber security Index |
Singapore (1st Place) India (23rd Place) |
| GQ India magazine | Most Influential Young Indians list | Actor RanveerSingh & Prabhas |
| (OECD) and(FAO) | Agricultural Outlook 2017-2026 | India will be the world’s largest milk producer by 2026 |
| SustainableDevelopment Solutions Network (SDSN)
and the Bertelsmann Stiftung |
Sustainabledevelopmentgoals (SDG) | Sweden(1st place ) India (116th place) |
| International Organisation for Migration(UNMigrationAgency) | GlobalMigration Potential (2010-15) | Indiasecond highest number of adults planning to migrate
Most popular destination planning to migrate is the US |
| Travel+Leisure’(T+L) magazine | The World’s Top 15 Cities | San Miguel de Allende, Mexico( 1st place)
Udaipur in Rajasthan in top 15 |
| Travel+Leisure’(T+L) magazine | World’s best airline | Singapore Airlines(1st place ) Emirates (2nd place ) |
| Organisation for Economic Co- operation and Development (OECD) | International Migration Outlook 2017 report | Indians and Chinese were the top asylum seekers in countries such as New Zealand and Latvia between
2012 and 2016 |
| World Bank | GlobalEconomic Prospects–A fragile recovery | Fastest Growing Economies Estonia (1st place)
India (4th place ) |
| National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and
Responses to Terrorism (NCSTRT) |
Most terror attacks | Iraq(1st place ) Afghanistan (2nd place ) India (3rd place ) |
| Fortune Global 500 list | Ranks companies by their revenues in 2016 | Walmart(1st place) |
| Oxfam &Development finance International | Commitment to Reducing Inequality Index | Sweden (1st place ) India (2nd place) |
| Global Infrastructure hub | Global Infrastructure Outlook | India will need investment of
around 4.5trillion USD till 2040 to develop infrastructure |
| Dell | Women Entrepreneur (WE) Cities Index 2017 | NewYork (1st place ) Bengaluru (40th place) |
| FoodandAgriculture Organisation (FAO) and the Organisation for
Economic Cooperation (OECD) |
Agricultural Outlook 2017-2026 report | India is the world’s third-biggest exporter of beef |
| Fletcher School at Tufts
University with MasterCard |
Digital Evolution Index 2017 | India has been categorised under
the “break out” segment |
| Organization | Report Title | Notes |
| August | ||
| Forbes’ | Annual list of top earners.(Female) | Emma Stone has been named as this year’s highest-paid actress |
| Forbes | World’s 20 highest paid actors(Male ) | Mark Wahlberg – world’s highest- paid actor ,Shahruk khan India’s Highest, Jack Ma
becomes Asia’s richest person |
| BRICS | BRICS Innovative Competitiveness Report 2017 | China is the leading BRICS nation |
| Forbes | Highest paid author | JK Rowling |
| Natixis Global |
Global Retirement Index |
1. Norway
2. Switzerland 3.Iceland 43. India |
| Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation | sanitation survey | Kerala and Haryana tops,
Bihar and Uttar Pradesh has least access to toilets |
| Oxford Economics | Asian Cities & Regions Outlook
2016 |
Delhi India’s largest |
| Forbes | World’s 100 most innovative companies | 1.Salesforce 78.BhartiAirtel |
| Bloomberg | Bloomberg Billionaires Index | Lika-shing is the richest man, Mukesh Ambani becomes Asia’s
2nd richest person |
| Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) | world’s most liveable city | Melbourne topped the Global Liveability Rankings |
| Organization | Report Title | Notes |
| September | ||
| Scimago Institutions | Scimago Institutions ranking World Report 2017. | 1)Chinese Academy of Sciences. 9)CSIR, India. |
| Forbes &Transparency International. | Most corrupt country in Asia | 1.India 2.Vietnam |
| World Economic Forum | Global Human Capital Index | India Ranks 103 |
| China Development Institute (CDI) in Shenzhen and Z/Yen Partners in London | 2017 Global Financial Centres Index | 1.London 2.New York 3.Hong Kong 60.Mumbai |
| Kantar Millward Brown which specialized in brand equity research and brand valuation. |
BrandZ India Top 50 |
HDFC remains top position
The report stated that Airtel, State Bank of India, Asian Paints, ICICI Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Maruti Suzuki, Bajaj Auto, Hero MotoCorp and Axis Bank comprise the rest of |
| the top 10 | ||
| Platts | Top 250 Global Energy Company Rankings | 1.Russian gas firm Gazrpom.
2. German utility E.ON. 3. Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL). RIL has the world’s biggest refinery complex. 7.IOC 11.ONGC |
| World Economic Forum (WEF) | Global Competitiveness Report 2017 | 1.Switzerland 2.US
3.Singapore 40.India |
| HSBC | Best country for expats | 1.Singapore
40 India |
| Knight Frank | Global technology hubs | 1.Bengaluru 2.Gurugram |
| Hurun India Rich List 2017 | India’s Rich List 2017 | 1.Mukesh Ambani
8.Patanjali’sAcharyaBalkrishna |
| October | ||
| Organization | Report Title | Notes |
| Capgemini and LinkedIn | Digital Talent among the countries survey | At 76%, India had the highest proportion of Digital Talent among all the countries that were surveyed. The global average stood at 56%.
64 per cent organisations in India cited that digital talent gap has widened over the past few years |
| Coeus Age Consulting | Digital initiatives | 1.Madhya Pradesh 2.Maharastra |
| CVC | Integrity index’ | Rank govt departments over anti-
corruption |
| International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). | Global Hunger Index | India 100th out of 119 countries |
| Nation Brands 2017 | Most valuable nation brand | 1.US
8th India |
| Economist Intelligence Unit | Safe Cities Index | Top 3 Cities: 1.Tokyo, Japan 2.Singapore
3.Osaka, Japan 43rd Delhi |
| Melbourne Mercer | Global Pension Index | 1.Denmark
28th India |
| GFCI | Global financial centres index | GIFT-IFSC ranks at 10th place |
| Norton & Symantec | Online harassment in Asia Pacific Region | India ranks first in online harassment, in the Asia Pacific region |
| Thomson Reuters Foundation | Worst megacities in the world on the | Delhi along with Sao Paolo |
| parameter of women safety | (Brazil) were adjudged as the worst cities on the sub-parameter of sexual harassment | |
| November | ||
| Organization | Report Title | Notes |
| Central Pollution Control
Board (CPCB) |
Country’s Most Polluted City | Varanasi-1st |
| World Bank | Ease of doing business
‘Doing Business 2018: Reforming to Create Jobs |
1st –New Zealand 2nd-Singapore 3rd-Denmark
130th-India |
| ‘Plan India’ | Gender Vulnerability Index | 1st-Goa 2nd -Kerala |
| Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India(ASSOCHAM) and Ernst & Young (EY) | Malnutrition Index | India has the largest number of malnourished children in the world
.37% of Indian kids, under five years of age are underweight while 39% are stunted |
| IATA | Domestic air passenger traffic | 1st –India
2nd-China |
| World Economic Forum (WEF) | Gender Gap index 2017 | 1st-Iceland 2nd-Norway 3rd Finland 108th-India |
| AirlineRatings.com | Airline of the Year | 1st-Air New Zealand 2nd-Quantas
3rd – Singapore Airlines |
| Grant Thornton’s Survey | Business optimism ranking | 1st-Indonesia 2nd-Finland
3rd – Netherlands 7th-India |
| Economist Intelligence Unit | confidence of its businesses | 1st-Bengaluru
2nd-San Francisco 3rd-Mumbai |
| Euromonitor International | World’s Top City for International Visits | 1st-Hong Kong 2nd-Bangkok 3rd – London |
| Unity Tech | Global gaming installs | India-3rd |
| SBI | Report on oil price hike | The report is authored by Dr. Soumya Kanti Ghosh, Group Chief Economic Adviser of SBI. The report depicts oil price hike and its impact on the Current account deficit (CAD) and inflation |
| Germanwatch | Global Climate Risk Index (CRI) | 1st-Haiti |
| 2nd-Zimbabae 3rd-Fiji
6th-India |
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| Rajyavardhan Rathore | India Youth Development Index and Report 2017 | In India Youth Development Index 2017, the five dimensions of Global Youth Development Index (Global YDI) have been retained. These five dimensions are education, health and well-being, employment and opportunity, political participation and civic participation for young people |
| Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA) | Largest aviation market by departure by 2019 | India will be world’s third largest aviation market for departures by 2019. Currently, India is the fourth largest aviation market in the world with 131 million passengers per annum (for the year 2016). |
| PMBJDY Bank Accounts post Demonetisation | Mobilising Jan Dhan Account | 1st-UP |
| Vice President M.Venkaiah Naidu | ‘India State-level Disease Burden Initiative Report’ | Maternal malnutrition was responsible for 15 per cent of the total disease burden in 2016 across IndiaAmong all Indian states, Kerala had the lowest disease burden from malnutrition. |
| Hotelivate & World Travel & Tourism Council-India Initiative (WTTC-II). | State Ranking Survey for Tourism | 1st-Delhi
As per the finding of the survey, Delhi, Maharashtra, Goa, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat are the top five tourism destination states |
| Germanwatch | Climate Change Performance Index | 1.Unoccupied
2. Unoccupied 3. Unoccupied 4-Sweden India-14th |
| Fortune | World’s Richest Country | 1st-Qatar
2nd- Luxembourg 3rd – Singapore |
| IMD | IMD World Talent rankings | 1st-Switzerland 2nd-Denmark 3rd- Belgium 51st –India |
| IMF | World Economic Outlook report | 1.Qatar 2.Macau
3. Luxembourg 126- India |
| OECD ratings | Exchange of tax info | India has slipped from a rating of ‘compliant’ to an overall rating of ‘largely compliant’ in
meeting international standards for |
| exchange of tax information | ||
| Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) | Government at a Glance 2017 | Modi Government third most trusted in the world after Switzerland and Indonesia |
| Cushman & Wakefield | Most Expensive Retail Location | 1. Upper 5th Avenue in New York
24th -Delhi’s Khan Market |
| UN Women and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) | World’s most violent region for Women | Latin America |
| Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) | Asia University Rankings 2018 | IIT Bombay has ranked 34th IIT Delhi (41st rank),
IIT Madras (48th rank) |
| Cohn & Wolfe | Authentic Brands Study | Google as the most authentic brand. Globally, Amazon occupies the
1st place and Apple the 2nd |
| Arton Capital | Most powerful” passport in the world | Singapore Germany
78. India |
| Employees in the biotechnology, biopharmaceutical, pharmaceutical and related industries | The Science Careers Top 20 Employers Survey 2017 | Biocon has been ranked No.9 |
| Credit Suisse Research Institute | CS Family 1000 | 1.China 2.US
3.India |
| WHO | Global TB Report 2017’ | India tops the list |
| Canalys | Largest smartphone market | 1.China 2.India |
| December | ||
| Organization | Report Title | Notes |
| National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). | ‘Crime in India – 2016’ | State
1.Uttar Pradesh 2.Madhya Pradesh City 1.Delhi 2.Bengaluru |
| Government of India | Death count in India due to Acute
Respiratory Infections (ARI) in 2016 |
1.Uttar Pradesh
2. West Bengal |
| International Labour Organization | World Social Protection Report 2017- 2019 | Report highlights only 29 per cent of global population has access to comprehensive social security and Only 35 per cent of children across the world have access to social
protection. |
| UNESCO | Global Education Monitoring Report | As per the report, just 10% of the |
| 2017-18 | textbooks across the world explicitly teach the need for conflict prevention and resolution. | |
| Cushman & Wakefield | Office Space Across the World 2017 | 1.Hong Kong
84. Delhi 163. Mumbai |
| Ookla | Speedtest Global Index | India ranks 109th in mobile net speed, 76th in Broadband |
| Legatum | Global Prosperity Index | 1.Norway 2.New Zealand
100.India |
| World Inequality Lab | World Inequality Report 2018 | Inequality in India increased to such an extent that top 0.1% of earners have captured more growth than all those in the bottom 50% combined. |
| International Organisation for Migration (IOM) | World Migration Report(2018) | 1.India 2.Mexico 3.Russia |
| Northstar Research Partners | Expedia Vacation Deprivation Report 2017 | 1.South Korea 2.France
3. Malaysia 5.India Norway has emerged as the least vacation deprived country |
| JLL India (a real estate services firm) | Most Expensive office Locations | 1.Hong kong 2.London
7.Delhi |
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