Social Progress Initiative India is working towards the vision of measuring success by looking at what people care about. The purpose of this initiative is to measure the country’s basic social landscape at a sub national level The initiative will come up with a set of measurement tools that will map the social and environmental status and needs of Indian states, cities and districts; helpful in delivering better quality of life.
Recent Happenings
News Release: 2018 Social Progress Index: Districts of India Editor’s Notes: The complete 2018 Social Progress Index: Districts of...
Social Progress Index: States of India is cited by The Pioneer. Excerpt: Despite posting a 10-point rise in over a...
Social Progress Index: States of India is cited by Times of India. Excerpt: Is economic progress itself an indicator of...
Last week, the Social Progress Index 2017 for the States of India was released by Social Progress Imperative and...
Articles
Padmavati protests much ado about nothing?
It’s that time of the year again when our sentiments are hurt, and it is acceptable to temporarily suspend liberal democracy because of it. The latest victim of the now-ubiquitous tyranny of hurt sentiments has been Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s “Padmavati”, which has been accused of twisting historical “facts”. After...
Graded measures, not knee-jerk reactions needed against air pollution
“Delhi is a wakeup call for the world on air pollution. It clearly tells us that unless decisive actions are taken to reduce air pollution, the events we are witnessing in Delhi over the past week are likely to be increasingly common.” Unicef released this statement last year when...
