GUWAHATI: Assam ranks third in the rate of progress in Human Development Index (HDI) among all the major states in the country achieving 32.1 per cent progress for the period 1999-2008, an official release said here on Monday.
India Human Development Report 2011 brought out by the Institute of Applied Manpower Research, Planning Commission, Government of India based on the data of 1999-2008 reflecting the three main components of human development vis-à-vis education, health and per-capita income, it said. (PTI)