Which of the following is NOT related to United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Gross National Happiness
Option (1) Human Development Report — Related. Since 1990 the UNDP has been publishing the Human Development Report every year, with a rank-wise list of member countries by their level of human development.
Option (2) Human Development Index — Related. It is one of the two indices used by the UNDP. It ranks countries on health, education and access to resources, with a score between 0 and 1.
Option (3) Human Poverty Index — Related. It is the other UNDP index. It measures the shortfall in human development and is a non-income measure.
Option (4) Gross National Happiness — Not related. Bhutan is the only country to officially proclaim Gross National Happiness as the measure of its progress, so that material progress does not come at the cost of happiness. It is Bhutan’s own measure, not a UNDP report or index.
NCERT: Fundamentals of Human Geography — Chapter 3: Human Development, boxes: Gross National Happiness; Human Development Report (2025-26)
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