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DevelopmentImproving

Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index

UNDP Human Development Reports · 2023

0.475index

HDI adjusted for inequality in the distribution of each dimension.

Higher values are better.

Improved by 0.007 index since 2022.

GovernanceWorsening

Liberal Democracy Index

V-Dem via Our World in Data · 2025

0.26index

Expert estimate of electoral democracy, civil liberties, rule of law and constraints on executive power.

Higher values are better.

Worsened by 0.02 index since 2024.

GovernanceWorsening

WJP Rule of Law Index

World Justice Project via World Bank Data360 · 2025

0.49index

Overall adherence to the rule of law across eight World Justice Project factors.

Higher values are better.

Worsened by 0.01 index since 2024.

GovernanceWorsening

Freedom in the World score

Freedom House via Our World in Data · 2025

62score

Freedom House assessment of political rights and civil liberties; higher scores indicate greater freedom.

Higher values are better.

Worsened by 1 score since 2024.

GovernanceWorsening

Government Effectiveness

Worldwide Governance Indicators via World Bank Data360 · 2024

0.40estimate

Perceptions of public-service quality, policy formulation and government credibility.

Higher values are better.

Worsened by 0.02 estimate since 2023.

GovernanceWorsening

Corruption Perceptions Index

Transparency International via Our World in Data · 2024

38score

Expert and business perceptions of public-sector corruption; 0 is highly corrupt and 100 is very clean.

Higher values are better.

Worsened by 1 score since 2023.

GovernanceWorsening

World Press Freedom Index score

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) · 2026

31.96score

RSF’s composite assessment of pluralism, independence, legal conditions and journalist safety.

Higher values are better.

Worsened by 1.00 score since 2025.

EnvironmentLatest value

Environmental Performance Index

Environmental Performance Index · 2026

22.5score
176rank

Overall national environmental performance.

Higher values are better.

EconomyImproving

Gini index

World Bank Data360 · 2022

25.5index

Income inequality on a 0–100 scale, where zero represents perfect equality.

Lower values are better.

Improved by 3.3 index since 2011.

HealthcareImproving

Universal Health Coverage Service Index

WHO via Our World in Data · 2023

69index

Coverage of essential health services across reproductive, infectious, noncommunicable and service-capacity measures.

Higher values are better.

Improved by 1 index since 2022.

EducationLatest value

Learning poverty

World Bank World Development Indicators via World Bank Data360 · 2017

56.1% of children at late-primary age

Share of children unable to read and understand an age-appropriate text by late primary age, adjusted for out-of-school children.

Lower values are better.

SocialImproving

Gender Inequality Index

UNDP Human Development Reports · 2023

0.403index

Gender inequality across reproductive health, empowerment and labour markets.

Lower values are better.

Improved by 0.024 index since 2022.

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India’s jobs, hunger and air-quality record is mixed; one ‘everything worsened’ verdict is unsupported

Sachin Pilot’s 2026 remarks raise legitimate questions about jobs, prices, hunger and public services, but the indicators do not move together. Official unemployment measures improved on the comparable PLFS series, GHI shows hunger still serious but lower than in 2016, and many NCAP cities cut particulate pollution, while July 2026 food inflation remained elevated; these…

Open Post: India’s jobs, hunger and air-quality record is mixed; one ‘everything worsened’ verdict is unsupported

12th Fail links education to vote-bank politics; Ambedkar’s 1942 call was about emancipation

12th Fail uses Ambedkar’s authentic 1942 “Educate, Agitate and Organize” call to support a fictional argument that uneducated citizens are easier to manipulate through caste and religion. Ambedkar’s own text frames the slogan as part of a broader struggle for freedom, dignity and emancipation; it does not supply the film’s specific vote-bank claim, showing why…

Open Post: 12th Fail links education to vote-bank politics; Ambedkar’s 1942 call was about emancipation

Communal safety cannot be inferred from religious headcounts; the Modi-Yogi reels compare an anecdote with a sweeping claim

Narendra Modi’s 2024 recollection of Muslim neighbours is a personal anecdote; Yogi Adityanath’s 2025 claim that Hindu safety changes with the religious composition of a locality is a population-wide generalisation not demonstrated by the interview. NCRB-based parliamentary data recorded zero communal/religious-rioting cases in Uttar Pradesh in 2018–2020, supporting a narrower law-and-order point but not the…

Open Post: Communal safety cannot be inferred from religious headcounts; the Modi-Yogi reels compare an anecdote with a sweeping claim

The ₹15 lakh line was not a cash-transfer promise; black-money recovery was a real campaign commitment

Narendra Modi’s 2013 ₹15–20 lakh remark was an illustrative per-person estimate of offshore black money, not a literal promise to credit ₹15 lakh to every account. But bringing black money back was a real campaign commitment, so Amit Shah’s 2015 “jumla” explanation corrects the cash-transfer reading without erasing the broader pledge; intent, voter effect and…

Open Post: The ₹15 lakh line was not a cash-transfer promise; black-money recovery was a real campaign commitment

The viral ‘12 years’ scorecard mixes real changes with mismatched baselines and attribution

Government-school counts fell, petrol later crossed ₹100, the rupee weakened and central liabilities rose during the period highlighted by the reel. But the viral scorecard mixes state-led school consolidation, an imprecise petrol baseline, subsidised versus non-subsidised LPG prices, exchange-rate movement and nominal debt as though they were one comparable measure of one leader’s performance; the…

Open Post: The viral ‘12 years’ scorecard mixes real changes with mismatched baselines and attribution

Modi’s limited press access is documented; Gandhi’s ‘PMO revolt’ claim remains unverified

Rahul Gandhi’s 2026 speech combined claims of very different evidentiary strength. Modi’s limited full-press-conference record is independently documented, and Amit Shah did not enter the Lok Sabha until the final day of a largely disrupted Monsoon Session; but Gandhi’s claims of an internal PMO “revolt,” insider information and Modi’s sleeplessness remain unverified.

Open Post: Modi’s limited press access is documented; Gandhi’s ‘PMO revolt’ claim remains unverified

Haryana cross-voting was documented; ₹25–50 crore BJP inducement claims remain allegations

Haryana’s 2026 Rajya Sabha election produced a documented Congress cross-voting dispute and later suspensions of five MLAs. Birender Singh’s ₹50 crore remark is authentic, and MLA Naresh Selwal separately alleged offers of up to ₹25 crore, but repeated political allegations do not establish that BJP actually paid or offered those sums to a named legislator;…

Open Post: Haryana cross-voting was documented; ₹25–50 crore BJP inducement claims remain allegations

Saayoni Ghosh joined NCPI, not BJP; that distinction now matters in a live defection dispute

Saayoni Ghosh did leave the TMC camp and align with the BJP-led NDA, but the evidence identifies her as joining the NCPI bloc rather than formally becoming a BJP member. That distinction later became part of a Lok Sabha/Supreme Court anti-defection dispute, while the reel also overstates a separate 2015 Shivling controversy by treating disputed…

Open Post: Saayoni Ghosh joined NCPI, not BJP; that distinction now matters in a live defection dispute

Duplicate draft: Yogi Adityanath’s 2026 slogan-attribution controversy is already documented

This draft duplicates published IndiaFiles Post 85641, which already archives the same @its_____your_____khushi reel and the April 2026 Yogi Adityanath slogan controversy. Reprocessing confirms a real initial misattribution to Swami Vivekananda followed by a near-immediate reference to Netaji; the durable issue is selective clipping, not a separate publishable event.

Open Post: Duplicate draft: Yogi Adityanath’s 2026 slogan-attribution controversy is already documented

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Split-screen reel graphic from INC Bihar contrasting a Rahul Gandhi birthday job fair with Narendra Modi birthday celebrations.
INC Bihar’s birthday comparison contrasts Rahul Gandhi’s job fair with Modi celebrations, but the events do not establish a like-for-like record on jobs