India Ranks 100th on human capital Index

India ranked at 100th position on a global Human Capital Index, compiled by World Economic Forum (WEF), which measures the countries in terms of the economies leveraging their human capital. Finland is on the top among 124-nation list.
Other emerging economies such as Russia, China, Brazil and South Africa are ranked ahead of India.

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  1. List has been compiled on the basis of 46 indicators.
  2. The top 10 Countries are:
    1. Finland
    2. Norway
    3. Switzerland
    4. Canada
    5. Japan
    6. Sweden
    7. Denmark
    8. Netherlands
    9. New Zealand
    10.  Belgium.
  3. About World Economic Forum (WEF)
    1. The World Economic Forum (WEF) is a Swiss nonprofit foundation, based in Cologny, Geneva.
    2. Committed to improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic, and other leaders of society to shape global, regional, and industry agendas.
    3. The forum was founded in 1971.
    4. The foundation is funded by its 1,000 member companies
  4. Questions
    1.  What was the previous name of World Economic Forum (WEF)? (European Management Forum)
    2. In which Year the name was changed? (1987)
    3. Who founded the WEF? (Klaus Schwab)

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