Current Affairs February 2019 - Reports


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1 - Mukesh Ambani Ranked at Top in Hurun India Philanthropy List 2018

Mukesh Ambani

The Chairman of Reliance Industries and the richest person of India as well as Asia, Mukesh Ambani is ranked at the top in Hurun India Philanthropy List 2018. In the list, the second rank is given to Ajay Piramal, the Piramal Group.

As per the report prepared by Hurun Research Institute, India, Mr. Mukesh Ambani and family donated Rs. 437 crore from the month of October 2017 to September 2018. Whereas, in the same period, Ajay Piramal donated Rs 200 crore.

The following table illustrates the top ten philanthropists:

Rank Name Donations (INR Cr.) Company
1 Mukesh Ambani & Family 437 Reliance Industries
2 Ajay Piramal & Family 200 Piramal Group
3 Azim Premji & Family 113 Wipro
4 Adi Godrej & Family 96 Godrej
5 Yusuff Ali MA 70 Lulu
6 Shiv Nadar 56 HCL
7 Savji Dholakia 40 Hari Krishna Exports
8 Shapoor Pallonji Mistry 36 Shapoorji Pallonji (Monaco)
9 Cyrus Pallonji Mistry 36 Shapoorji Pallonji (Mumbai)
10 Gautam Adani 30 Ahmedabad

2 - India Placed at 47th Rank in the Facebook Inclusive Internet Index 2019

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As per the Inclusive Internet Index (3i) 2019, prepared by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) for Facebook, India has been placed at 47th rank out of 100 participants. Sweden is placed at the top in the list. Based on the scores of availability, affordability, relevance, and readiness categories, the “Inclusive Internet” score has been prepared.

As per this report, men have more access than women globally; however, lower middle income countries narrowed the gender gap in 2018. Inclusion for women along with the disabilities has improved with low income and lower middle income countries driving progress.

Though the percentage of households having the internet facility globally increased, on average from 53.1 percent to 54.8 percent, but the rate of growth related to internet connections slowed to 2.9% in 2019 from 7.7% in 2018.

The following table illustrates top ten countries:

Rank Country Score (100)
1 Sweden 89.5
2 Singapore 87.3
3 United States 86.3
4 Denmark 85.9
5 United Kingdom 85.4
6 Canada 85.3
7 Finland 85.3
8 Spain 85.2
9 South Korea 85.1
10 France 84.9
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