Current Affairs Dec 2015 - Reports

News 1 - ILO released Global Estimates on Migrant Workers.

United Nations International Labour Organisation (ILO) on 16 December 2015 released a report titled Global Estimates on Migrant Workers. Migrant workers population account for 150.3 million of the world’s approximately 232 million international migrants.

Among migrant workers, 83.7 million are men and 66.6 million are women, corresponding to 55.7 per cent and 44.3 per cent of the total respectively.
Migrants constitute 3.9 percent of the total global population (aged 15 years and over), however, migrant workers constitute a higher proportion (4.4 percent) of all workers.

News 2 - United Nations Human Development Report 2015 released.

The United Nations Human Development Report 2015 was released on 14 December 2015 with the title Work for Human Development in Ethiopia. In the report, India with a score of 0.609 has been ranked 130 out of 188 countries in terms of Human Development Index (HDI). In the 2014 report, India was ranked 135 out of 187 countries.

Human Development Index (HDI) in Tables.

Top Five Countries

Country	HDI in 2014	Rank
Norway	0.944	1
Australia	0.935	2
Switzerland	0.930	3
Denmark	0.923	4
Netherlands	0.922	5

India’s HDI vis-a-vis BRIC

Country	HDI (2014)	Rank	Category of Human Development
Russia Federation	0.798	50	High
Brazil	0.755	75	High
China	0.727	90	High
South Africa	0.666	116	Medium
India	0.609	130	Medium

India’s HDI vis-a-vis SAARC countries.

Country	HDI (2014)	Rank	Category of Human Development
Sri Lanka	0.757	73	High
Maldives	0.706	104	High
India	0.609	130	Medium
Bhutan	0.605	132	Medium
Bangladesh	0.570	142	Medium
Nepal	0.548	145	Low
Pakistan	0.538	147	Low
Afghanistan	0.465	171	Low

News 3 - Green Peace India released report on National Air Quality Index of 17 cities.

Green Peace India on 15 December 2015 released a report on National Air Quality Index (NAQI) of 17 cities. The report is the first analysis of air pollution levels in Indian cities carried out by Green Peace using the NAQI system.

As per the report, Delhi was listed as the most polluted city in the world, while 13 Indian cities were figured in the list of 20 most polluted cities on the planet. The 13 cities were among the 17 countries surveyed by the Green Peace.

List of 20 most Polluted cities in World: WHO.

Rank	City	Country	PM2.5 Annual Average (µg/m3)
1	Delhi	India	153
2	Patna	India	149
3	Gwalior	India	144
4	Raipur	India	134
5	Karachi	Pakistan	117
6	Peshawar	Pakistan	111
7	Rawalpindi	Pakistan	107
8	Khoramabad	Iran	102
9	Ahmedabad	India	100
10	Lucknow	India	96
11	Firozabad	India	96
12	Doha	Qatar	93
13	Kanpur	India	93
14	Amritsar	India	92
15	Ludhiana	India	90
16	Igdir	Turkey	90
17	Narayonganj	Bangladesh	89
18	Allahabad	India	88
19	Agra	India	88
20	Khanna	India	88

News 4 - Global Financial Integrity released the Global Illicit Financial Flows Report 2015.

Among the 149 countries surveyed, India stood at the 4th position in terms of illicit financial flows between 2004 and 2013 with 51 billion US dollar.
The top 5 countries with highest illicit financial flows- China (1), Russia (2), Mexico (3), India (4) and Malaysia (5).
While illicit out flows from China, during 2004-13, was pegged at 139 billion US dollars, in case of Russia it was 104 billion US dollars.
1.1 trillion US dollars flowed illicitly out of developing and emerging economies in 2013 due to tax evasion, crime, corruption, and other illicit activity.