Development Test - 2

Development of a country can generally be determined by its per capita income, its average literacy level and health status of its people.

Because Sri Lanka has better percapita income, life expectancy at birth and high literacy rate for 15+ years population.

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Calculation is done on the basis of the Per Capita Income Formula.
Per Capita Income/Average Income = Total Income of a Country/(divided by)Total Population  of the country

Per capita income or average income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year. It is calculated by dividing the area's total income by its total population. Per capita income is often used to measure a country's standard of living. 

Among the given states, Kerala has the least IMR i.e. 12. Kerala has low IMR because it has very high literacy rate and literate people take care of their children better as compared to illiterate.

Kerala has low IMR because It has very high literacy rate and literate people take care of their children better as compared to illiterate. Literate people also have high earning capacity so they can afford basic necessities for their children. In short we can say that kerela has low IMR because it mainly concentrates on human resource development.

Development goals of different sections can only be achieved with the efforts of the government because private authorities always think of their own profit whereas government always takes steps by taking into account the citizens of the country. 

The Human Development Index (HDI) is a statistical tool used to measure a country's overall achievement in its social and economic dimensions The social and economic dimensions of a country are based on the health of people, their level of education attainment and their standard of living. It was created to emphasize that people and their capabilities should be the ultimate criteria for assessing the development of a country, not economic growth alone. 

Infant mortality rate for a given region is the number of children dying under one year of age, divided by the number of live births during the year, multiplied by 1,000.

Money can buy materialistic goods and services only. Pollution free environment is a non -materialistic thing and money cannot buy it.It can only be attained by the awareness of the population.