District Human Development Report
Preface
The UNDP initiative of ranking countries on the basis of their human
development indices has been accepted universally as an effective method
to bring into focus deficiencies in health, education and access to
other essential facilities for a good living. From a simple measure of
per capita income as indicator of development, we have moved into a much
more holistic concept of ‘well being’ of the population. The notion of
well-being has shifted away from just material attainments, or the means
for development, to outcomes that are either desirable in themselves or
desirable because of their role in supporting better opportunities for
people. Preparation of State Human Development Reports (HDRs) has also
been gaining ground in India. These HDR’s have emerged as the principal
advocacy platform for sustainable human development. To translate this
advocacy into action plans the need was felt to prepare such report at a
more disaggregated level.
The District Human Development Report- Tonk is an attempt to map the
state of human development in the district. The quality of life and the
level of human well-being have been ranked across panchayat samities.
The choice of indicators has been governed by the overall impact on the
quality of life and the standard of living of people. There has been, in
recent years, a conceptual broadening in the notions of human well-being
and deprivation.
The Report has seven chapters. Chapter 1 outlines the concept,
methodology and State of Human Development and the Chapter 2 deals with
the Profile of Tonk District. Chapter 3 discusses economy of the
district and the status of livelihood is discussed in Chapter 4. This is
followed by indicators on educational attainments in Chapter 5. Health
attainments and demographic concerns are covered in Chapter 6. The
annexure include Profile of the Panchayat Samities at a glance and the
methodology used for building the composite indices The assumptions that
have been made to fill gaps in the database used for the Report have
also been discussed. A detailed Statistical Annex is presented at the
end.
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