Corruption Perceptions Index 2020

• 02 Feb 2021

• India’s rank has slipped six places to 86th among 180 countries in the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) in 2020.
• India was ranked at 80th position out of 180 countries in 2019.
• New Zealand and Denmark were ranked at first position while Somalia and South Sudan were ranked lowest at 179th position.
• Berlin, Germany based organization - Transparency International – publishes this annual report.

India Justice Report 2020

• The 2nd Edition of India Justice Report (IJR) 2020 has been released by the Tata Trusts with the support of Centre for Social Justice, Common Cause, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, DAKSH, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) – Prayas & Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy.
• Maharashtra (5.77 points) regained the top spot for better justice delivery among 18 large and mid-sized states (population over one crore each), it was followed by Tamil Nadu (5.73) & Telangana (5.64).
• In the category of 7 small states (population less than one crore each), Tripura topped the list followed by Sikkim & Goa.
• The IJR ranks states on the basis of three pillars – Police, Prisons, Judiciary and Legal Aid.

Asia-Pacific Personalised Health Index

• India ranked 10th out of 11 Asia Pacific countries in a newly-launched health index to measure the progress towards personalised healthcare.
• The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) report 'Asia-Pacific Personalised Health Index' measures the readiness of 11 health systems across the region — Australia, China, Japan, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and New Zealand — in adopting personalised healthcare, enabling the right care to be tailored to the right person at the right time.
• The findings further indicated that Singapore performed highest overall of the geographies measured. Taiwan (2nd), Japan (3rd) and Australia (4th) also performed well in overall readiness. Indonesia ranked 11th in the index.