Read the following carefully with reference to Human Development in India:

A. Kerala is at the top in human development index.
B. States showing higher total literacy rates have huge gaps between male-female literacy.
C. Odisha is among the top five states in human development category.
D. India has been among the medium HDI category.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

A and D Only

India with a population of over 1.20 billion is ranked 130 among 189 countries of the world in terms of the Human Development Index (HDI 2018). With the composite HDI value of 0.640 India finds herself grouped with countries showing medium human development.

Kerala with the composite index value of 0.790 is placed at the top rankin HDI in India  followed by Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Goa and Punjab while states like Bihar, Odisha and Chhattisgarh are at the bottom among the 23 major states in India.

States showing higher total literacy rates have less gaps between the male and female literacy rates.