Quality of life? India beats China, Russia

[RPK]

Quality of life? India beats China, Russia : Rediff.com Business

Image: Akshardham Temple in New Delhi.


India has moved up 35 places to become the 88th best country in the world to live in, leaving behind nations like Russia and China, according to a survey.

The rise has made India the second best place after Bhutan to live in the sub-continent, according to the 2010 Quality of Life Index, published by travel magazine International Living.

Sweden has been dubbed as the costliest country in the world to live in by the index.

In 2009, India was the fourth best country in South Asia after Bhutan, Maldives and Sri Lanka.

The index, published for the 30th year, ranks 194 nations in nine categories: cost of living, culture and leisure, economy, environment, freedom, health, infrastructure, safety and risk, and climate.

India has not only improved its overall position in the tally, but has also gained around 25 points in the cost of living category. This year the country got 65 points compared to 40 last year.

"The figure relates to how much it will cost one to live in style comparable to, or better than, the standard of living you're likely enjoying in the United States," the magazine says.

Iraq tops the cost of living category, securing 100 per cent. This makes it the worst country to live in. The second-worst place to settle down in is Afghanistan, which got 88 points. For the record, Sweden scored a zero in the category. Click on NEXT to find out the top 10 countries to live in...

 

[mjnaushad]

Isn't rediff an indian company???

 

[Red Dwarf]

88th rank is not a good position for me to proud as an Indian. Whats the use in this rank if India can't even gain first place in South Asia.

 

[hembo]

^^^ Already discussed, flamed & trolled to its death in another thread. Please merge with the original thread to avoid more of the same line of discussions.

 

[RPK]

The Hindu : News / National : India only 88th best country to live in: Survey

India has moved up 35 places to become the 88th best country in the world to live, leaving behind nations like Russia and China, according to a survey.

The rise has made India the second best place after Bhutan to live in the sub-continent, according to the 2010 Quality of Life Index, published by travel magazine International Living.

Overall, France topped the poll for the fifth consecutive year, followed by Australia, Switzerland, and Germany. The U.S. lost four positions to end at seventh.

Sweden has been dubbed as the costliest country in the world to live by the index.

In 2009, India was the fourth best country in South Asia after Bhutan, Maldives and Sri Lanka.

The index, published for the 30th year, ranks 194 nations in nine categories: cost of living, culture and leisure, economy, environment, freedom, health, infrastructure, safety and risk, and climate.

India has not only improved its overall position in the tally, but has also gained around 25 points in the cost of living category. This year the country got 65 points compared to 40 last year.

“The figure relates to how much it will cost one to live in a style comparable to — or better than — the standard of living you’re likely enjoying in the U.S.,” the magazine says.

Iraq tops the cost of living category by securing 100 per cent. It was followed by Afghanistan which got 88 points.

Sweden scored a zero in the category.

The U.S., which is the base for the category, got 56 points, 9 less than India.

Other countries of the sub-continent, Bhutan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Maldives and Burma got 80, 56, 65, 73, 64, 63 and 75 points respectively in the category.

In the risk and safety field, there were many winners — around 55 countries, including Bhutan and Maldives from the sub-continent, secured 100 points.

Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan were the most unsafe nations, according to the index, which gave these countries zero points in the category.

In the sub-continent, India and Nepal got 64, Sri Lanka 71, Burma and Bangladesh 57 each and Pakistan secured a mere 7 points on the risk and safety front.

“For the fifth year running, France takes first in our annual Quality of Life Index. No surprise. Its tiresome bureaucracy and high taxes are outweighed by an unsurpassable quality of life, including the world’s best health care,” the magazine said.

The survey is compiled using official government statistics, data from WHO and views of the magazine’s editors around the globe

 

[Awesome]

There is a saying in Urdu, "Aa bail mujhe maar" (Come and hit, bull). We've struggled so hard to remove threads discussing Indian slums in every other thread and here you're provoking the very same level of discussion. How else can a Chinese or Russian respond to this except by posting about Indian mediocrity wherever possible and then it becomes a mudslinging war. Be sensible, and READ the damn million plus warnings against posting anything but Indian defence topics. Indian DEFENCE is related to Pakistan, this is Pakistan Defence, we prefer things related to Pakistan as the makers of this forum were not interested in either proving India is a slum land or proving that it is heaven on Earth. We are only interested in relevancy.

There's only so many times we can spend this much energy to explain the basics, apart from that we'll be forced to take administrative actions.