National Productivity Council (NPC)

Recently, the National Productivity Council has signed an agreement with the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), under which NPC will function as the Environment Audit Designated Agency (EADA).

🔹 About National Productivity Council

• It was established in 1958 as an autonomous organization.
• It functions under the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
• It is a multipartite, non-profit organization with equal representation from:
  • Employers’ organizations
  • Workers’ organizations
  • Government
  • Technical and professional institutions
• Headquarters: New Delhi
• It is a member of the Tokyo-based Asian Productivity Organisation (APO), of which India is a founding member.
• NPC has professionals from diverse fields who provide:
  • Consultancy
  • Capacity Building
  • Project Monitoring Unit (PMU) services
    to various organizations, including Central and State Governments.

🔹 Objectives

• To increase awareness of productivity concepts and techniques
• To strengthen the microeconomic foundations of economic development
• To function as a think tank for the Government
• To provide high-quality productivity consultancy and training services
• To enhance focus on productivity

🔹 Functions

• Providing consultancy to organizations for productivity improvement
• Training personnel at different levels
• Disseminating information through seminars, workshops, and conferences
• Conducting productivity research and maintaining databases

Publishing productivity-related reports and materials

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Global Terrorism Index 2026

Recently, the Global Terrorism Index 2026 has been published by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP), an independent, non-profit think tank based in Sydney.

• It is a comprehensive study analyzing the impact of terrorism in 163 countries, covering about 99.7% of the world’s population.

🔹 Methodology

• The GTI assigns each country a score on a scale of 0 to 10:
  • 0 = No impact of terrorism
  • 10 = Highest measurable impact of terrorism
• It produces a composite score, on the basis of which countries are ranked.

🔹 Key Highlights of Global Terrorism Index 2026

• Deaths due to terrorism have decreased by 28%.
• Terrorist incidents have declined by 22%.
• Six out of the ten most affected countries are in Sub-Saharan Africa, indicating that the region remains the epicenter of terrorism.
• For the first time, Pakistan ranks as the most affected country in the index.
• India is placed at 13th position in the list.

🔹 Deadliest Terrorist Organizations in 2025

• Islamic State (IS)
• Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen (JNIM)
• Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)
• Al-Shabaab

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