SL ranked 73 at Human Development Index

[kobiraaz]

in 2011 - in 2014
Sri Lanka 97 73
India 134 135
Bhutan 141 136
Pakistan 145 146
Bangladesh 146 142
Nepal 147 146


Huge improvement from Lanka . Gratz. We have improved a lot in some social indicators, but lag behind in Per capita and literacy I guess.

 

[Gibbs]

Nice to see some in at least some one in South Asia is doing good


Hopefully with the Advent of this new govt things will improve

Tks man.. And i'm sure under the Modi govt.. India will see growth in all sectors not just the economy.. Such a big mandate by the people give's it a carte blanche for decisions for the betterment of the country over petty politics

Most importantly hope it will not find petty excuses for the lack of development

in 2011 - in 2014
Sri Lanka 97 73
India 134 135
Bhutan 141 136
Pakistan 145 146
Bangladesh 146 142
Nepal 147 146


Huge improvement from Lanka . Gratz. We have improved a lot in some social indicators, but lag behind in Per capita and literacy I guess.

Thats what peace brings to a nation.. SL lagged behind for 30 years.. Now there is no obstacle in front to reach their potential.. Hopefully Bangladesh will too. With the political stability you're experiencing wont be long that the Bengali people will reap the benefits

Sad to see Pakistan actually regressing.. A strong nation with huge potential.. I cant see them solving the rigmarole of ethno religious turmoil they are in at the moment in the near future.. Strong decisive action needs to be taken by strong leadership

 

[Saradiel]

Since I donot know you yet nor your attitude as to whether you are trolling or not, I will reply as rationally as I can. Else wise your question deserves a harsher response.

No one is leaving out the two backward parts of the country. What part of the phrase 'apportioning blame' are you finding hard to comprehend?

why do you get panicked? I questioned the rationality of your argument. In a countrywise study it is commonsense you cannot leave certian parts of your country. That is what you did initially. There was no apportioning of blame there.

Again you cannot leave out areas which you consider as backward in a countrywise study. And remember 1/3 of SL has been subject to war for 30 years. In our statistics, malnutrition data and mortality rates of war affected areas have negatively affected. If I go on saying if not for North SL would have ranked much higher that would be stupid. That is what you are doing. Because in a 'country' wise study you cannot pick and choose.

NO ! NO ! No other country has income and human development inequality as India. That is our point.

Did you read the link I posted ??

here

How UP and Bihar are skewing India's poverty estimates - Firstbiz

And Congratulations. You are like NORWAY !!

yeah if we leave out backward areas in SL , we too can say we are like norway but thankfully none of SLns have been that stupid.

Man, one third of SL faced a war for 30 years. what else is there that can have a negative impact than a war? not even inequality of income distribution.

The problem of income distribution is in SL as well. And i am not happy with what SL has achieved at all.

indians here, dont be irrational!

 

[Gibbs]

why do you get panicked? I questioned the rationality of your argument. In a countrywise study it is commonsense you cannot leave certian parts of your country. That is what you did initially. There was no apportioning of blame there.

Again you cannot leave out areas which you consider as backward in a countrywise study. And remember 1/3 of SL has been subject to war for 30 years. In our statistics, malnutrition data and mortality rates of war affected areas have negatively affected. If I go on saying if not for North SL would have ranked much higher that would be stupid. That is what you are doing. Because in a 'country' wise study you cannot pick and choose.


yeah if we leave out backward areas in SL , we too can say we are like norway but thankfully none of SLns have been that stupid.

Man, one third of SL faced a war for 30 years. what else is there that can have a negative impact than a war? not even inequality of income distribution.

The problem of income distribution is in SL as well. And i am not happy with what SL has achieved at all.

indians here, dont be irrational!

Exactly if going by that logic.. If SL takes out Uva and Northern provinces it will easily be in the top 20

Funny thing is in the same vain whats propping up India atleast in the mid HDI category is Kerala, Delhi and Goa.. If not for those three states it will lag in the low develoment catogary in HDI

 

[Contrarian]

why do you get panicked? I questioned the rationality of your argument. In a countrywise study it is commonsense you cannot leave certian parts of your country. That is what you did initially. There was no apportioning of blame there.

Again you cannot leave out areas which you consider as backward in a countrywise study. And remember 1/3 of SL has been subject to war for 30 years. In our statistics, malnutrition data and mortality rates of war affected areas have negatively affected. If I go on saying if not for North SL would have ranked much higher that would be stupid. That is what you are doing. Because in a 'country' wise study you cannot pick and choose.

I can see you are a troll. You chose not to respond to the answer and instead focus on the semantics. My response - in decent terms - for the last time.

No one is leaving out the two backward parts of the country. What part of the phrase 'apportioning blame' are you finding hard to comprehend?

 

[Gibbs]

@Saradiel

Plus your right.. What SL has archived is nothing much to crow about.. After nearly 70 years of independence being 73 in the world is a joke.. And to think so many of our people are still living in under developed conditions

I can see you are a troll. You chose not to respond to the answer and instead focus on the semantics. My response - in decent terms - for the last time.

But bro.. That argument just comes out as a vain excuse, For the lack of progress in India over 5 years

 

[damiendehorn]

I think this is just the start for Sri Lanka, they have a very well managed economy, highly educated and innovative work force that don't flick their nose up at hard work. Now that the civil war is over, your going to see Sri Lanka grow leaps and bounds, in fact it won't be too long they achieve 5 figures in their per capita GDP.

Well done, Sri Lanka and Sri Lankan's. Hope we too can emulate your achievements.

 

[Contrarian]

But bro.. That argument just comes out as a vain excuse, For the lack of progress in India over 5 years

How is anything an excuse when no one is saying that these states ought to be discounted when calculating India's score.
Secondly, how is anything an excuse when the elections are fought in the name of development and a new govt overwhelmingly voted in by Indians precisely because the last one failed in its mandate?

I simply stated the term 'apportioning blame'. Which means recognizing where you are most vulnerable, where it is hardest to make progress. Something that not just us on PDF have said, but also GoI has recognized.

 

[Gibbs]

How is anything an excuse when no one is saying that these states ought to be discounted when calculating India's score.
Secondly, how is anything an excuse when the elections are fought in the name of development and a new govt overwhelmingly voted in by Indians precisely because the last one failed in its mandate?

I simply stated the term 'apportioning blame'. Which means recognizing where you are most vulnerable, where it is hardest to make progress. Something that not just us on PDF have said, but also GoI has recognized.

A lofty claim was made by your fellow Indian poster that if you take two states out India will automatically will be a high HDI developed nation.. And you seem have validated that point by your post.. Well may be that it was not your intention.. but it sure looked so to any neutral observer as a petty and more so a bitter response

 

[Saradiel]

I can see you are a troll. You chose not to respond to the answer and instead focus on the semantics. My response - in decent terms - for the last time.

keep your threats to yourself, in an internet forum threats are useless.
Please point out where have i not responded and what i have ignored. It seems you do not understand the irrationality of what you said earlier and what i am saying.

@Contrarian
Our initial argument was against what IndoCarib said, because what he said was irrational.

"No one is leaving out the two backward parts of the country. What part of the phrase 'apportioning blame' are you finding hard to comprehend?"

If this is what you said. Then i have no problem because what you are doing here is analysing the rank. But remember analysis is a different thing. We have no problem with the analysis or blaming what is wrong but with the initial post which said without these parts India would rank higher. Please read the content

 

[IndoCarib]

Exactly if going by that logic.. If SL takes out Uva and Northern provinces it will easily be in the top 20

Funny thing is in the same vain whats propping up India atleast in the mid HDI category is Kerala, Delhi and Goa.. If not for those three states it will lag in the low develoment catogary in HDI

Kerala has high HDI. Delhi and Goa has medium HDI as does 10 other states in India.

Kerala HDI is 0.854, Punjab 0.782 and the 7 north-eastern States each have 0.768 each

Sri Lanka HDI is 0.715


that should deflate your arrogance !

 

[Gibbs]

Kerala has high HDI. Delhi and Goa has medium HDI as does 10 other states in India.

Kerala HDI is 0.854, Punjab 0.782 and the 7 north-eastern States each have 0.768 each

Sri Lanka HDI is 0.715


that should deflate your arrogance !

Pffft.. You accusing us of arrogance ? The whole forum could see who is arrogant with that butt hurt comment.. Sorry to burst your bubble.. That figure is for the whole of Sri Lanka.. If we go regionally by your escapist notions Western Province of Sri Lanka will be a first world nation.. So you go on pick and choosing stats to satisfy your dent ego.. Pathetic really

Btw the reason for the thread to share information not to boast about it, cos as far as SL being 73 is nothing to boast about and we dont need to pick and choose stats to make us feel happy either

 

[Contrarian]

keep your threats to yourself, in an internet forum threats are useless.

Threat was limited to responding to trolls in a language they understand.
Simply the way serious posters who add content to a discussion are replied to in a mature way.

Please point out where have i not responded and what i have ignored. It seems you do not understand the irrationality of what you said earlier and what i am saying.

Our initial argument was against what IndoCarib said, because what he said was irrational.

"No one is leaving out the two backward parts of the country. What part of the phrase 'apportioning blame' are you finding hard to comprehend?"

If this is what you said. Then i have no problem because what you are doing here is analysing the rank. But remember analysis is a different thing. We have no problem with the analysis or blaming what is wrong but with the initial post which said without these parts India would rank higher. Please read the content

It is a fact that without these 2 laggard provinces India would rank much higher. I dont see anything factually wrong with this statement. My last post to Gibbs should also says the same thing. Analysis of our failures and correction upon them are a pre-requisite to improvement.

 

[IndoCarib]

Pffft.. You accusing us of arrogance ? The whole forum could see who is arrogant with that butt hurt comment.. Sorry to burst your bubble.. That figure is for the whole of Sri Lanka.. If we go regionally by your escapist notions Western Province of Sri Lanka will be a first world nation.. So you go on pick and choosing stats to satisfy your dent ego.. Pathetic really

Btw the reason for the thread to share information not to boast about it, cos as far as SL being 73 is nothing to boast about and we dont need to pick and choose stats to make us feel happy either

please give the HDI for Western Province of Sri Lanka !!

you said in post no 19:

"Funny thing is in the same vain whats propping up India atleast in the mid HDI category is Kerala, Delhi and Goa.. If not for those three states it will lag in the low develoment catogary in HDI "

I showed you 9 states in India have HDI more than SL.

 

[he-man]

why do you get panicked? I questioned the rationality of your argument. In a countrywise study it is commonsense you cannot leave certian parts of your country. That is what you did initially. There was no apportioning of blame there.

Again you cannot leave out areas which you consider as backward in a countrywise study. And remember 1/3 of SL has been subject to war for 30 years. In our statistics, malnutrition data and mortality rates of war affected areas have negatively affected. If I go on saying if not for North SL would have ranked much higher that would be stupid. That is what you are doing. Because in a 'country' wise study you cannot pick and choose.


yeah if we leave out backward areas in SL , we too can say we are like norway but thankfully none of SLns have been that stupid.

Man, one third of SL faced a war for 30 years. what else is there that can have a negative impact than a war? not even inequality of income distribution.

The problem of income distribution is in SL as well. And i am not happy with what SL has achieved at all.

indians here, dont be irrational!

Dude just calm down.
Even after this hdi,,,sri lanka will still remain ,well sri lanka.

We have a 1.3 billion population so it will take another 15-20 years for us to move up the ladder,nothing to be ashamed about here