Well-being index to be included in Assam Human Development Report 2014

GUWAHATI: Assam will include well being index in the Assam Human Development Report which is under preparation.

Wellbeing Index will be combined with the United Nations Development Program’s Human Development Index (HDI) in the preparation of the 2014 Assam Human Development Report.

A team of researchers from Flinders University’s School of the Environment, Australia is assisting the Government of Assam to measure the wellbeing of its people.

According to the state government members of the Technical Working Group of the Wellbeing Survey, Dr. Udoy Saikia, Dr. James Chalmers and Associate Professor Gour Dasvarma are working in close tandem with development experts from the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati.

The Wellbeing Index covers nine dimensions vis-a-vis standard of living, physical health, psychological and emotional health, education, culture, use of time, community vitality, environmental concern and governance.