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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
Bindu Shajan Perappadan

India looks at devising its own standards to assess socio-economic progress

Health activists are divided about the Central Government’s move to discard what it calls the one-size-fit-all international data parameters used to measure the socio-economic progress of the country.

While some activists say that international norms must be seen as aspirational standards others have welcomed the change.

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