Different index apart from HDI

1. By Ajeet Kumar Pandey
IIPM/ISBE/A/SS/10-12
1) SDI – SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT INDEX
In the report published in the year 2006,Country made a mixed SDI by taking Six major things of Social
Development, which include demographic parameter, Education, economics damaging, health meter,
social dividers for each state and If the state have more than 5 million people than SDI will be calculated
on rural and urban basis.
After that in the SDI report of 2008, they was not considering only those five things they make addition
in two particular way,
1) Capturing differences in development of different social group
2) Considering gender disparity in social development.
There are some Indicators and point consider under SDI which help in understanding the SDI.
Demographic Indicators –
1) Total Fertility Rate (TFR)
2) Infant Mortality Rate (IMR)
3) Contraceptive Prevalence Rate (CPR)
Health Indicators –
1) % of Undernourished Children
2) % of Institutional Delivery
Basic Amenities Indicators
1) % of household living in pucca House
2) % of house hold having safe drinking water
3) % of household with toilet
4) % of household with electricity
Educational Attainment Indicators
1) Literacy Rate of the state
2) Pupil – Teacher Ratio
3) School attendance rate
Economics Deprivation Indicators

2. 1) Unemployement Rate
2) Gini Ratio which indicate per Capita Cunsumption
Social Deprivation Related Indicators
1) Ratio of Literacy between SC population and Avg. Literacy of the population
2) Ratio of Literacy between ST population and Avg. Literacy of the population
3) Ratio of per capita consumption Expenditure of Muslim in the total population in a month.
4) Ration of female population and Avg. Literacy of the population
5) Ratio of Female unemployment rate to total unemployment rate.
6) Child Sex Ratio
ANALYSIS FROM ECONOMICS POINT OF VIEW:
If we see it from the economics point of view it is very helpful in making planning for the expenditure in
the different areas like education, employment, population, sex ratio etc. Problem for any state is that
they cannot give equal amount of contribution in every state and also cannot make equal expenditure
on every state. Its help in understanding that which state is at which place and help in making planning
according to that.
But here are also chances of biasness and corruption. If we take an example of Bihar and Gujarat both
are having capabilities but why only Gujarat is developing and establishing. Think it???
2) GRDI – GLOBAL RETAIL DEVELOPMENT INDEX
A report Published in 2002, Its says that GRDI helps retailers by their global development planning and
ranking the retail expansion based on a set of 25 variables which includes
1) Economic and political risk
2) Retail market attractiveness
3) Retail saturation levels
4) Modern retailing sales area and sales growth.
The GRDI focuses on mass merchant and food retailers, which are typically the leader for modern
retailing trend in a country.
After the recession that held, was effected each and every sector. But the only sector which is retail
came forward and contributes a great share in the development. Which tends to the most a,d fasted
growing sector to lead towards the development of any country.

3. According to GMC (Global Management consultancy) A T Kearney's in their eighth annual
Global Retail Development Index (GRDI) report, which studied the effectiveness of retail
investment among 30 emerging markets, larger, and developing countries 2009 In GRDI as they
are most likely to lead the economic recovery.
These are the some explanations which show the value additions:
Bahrain's retail sector to grow
Byline: Staff Report Dubai: The UAE has made the biggest move, rising 16 places to fourth
position, in the 2009 Global Retail Development Index (GRDI) as its oil-driven economy proved
more resistant to the global downturn than other countries, according to global management
consulting firm A.
UAE jumps to fourth place in retail development index
Byline: Dubai The UAE has risen 16 places to fourth position in retail investment attractiveness,
says global management consulting firm A T Kearney's eighth annual Global Retail
Development Index (GRDI).
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According to this year's Global Retail Development Index India is positioned as the leading
destination for retail investment.
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