10% growth not possible without improving HDI: Niti Aayog CEO
Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant has said India needs to improve its Human Development Index (HDI) to achieve a growth of around 10%. Kant said such growth was not possible if the infant, maternal mortality rates were very high and one in three children was stunted. Notably, India slipped one place to rank 131st among 188 countries in 2016 HDI.