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Figure 3. Dimensions of MPI

1.4. Human Development in India

The Human Development Report of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for 2013, released on Thursday, puts India’s HDI value for the last year at 0.554, placing it in the medium human development category. India has been ranked 136 among 187 countries evaluated for human development index (HDI).