India has been voted among top 10 Most Positive Countries of the World. In a latest ranking released by Daily Positive (D+), Â India features at #9 spot in the list of top 10 Most Positive Countries of the World.
The World’s Most Positive Countries initiative recognizes the positive achievements, initiatives and actions accomplished by each country of the world. Based on the accomplishments,Daily Positive (D+) publishes an annual list of 10 most positive countries.
Last year India was at the 10th spot in the list and due to its significant economic growth it flied a rank above.  United States  features on the top of the last in contrast to the position #2 occupied last year.
India’s successful fight against polio stood out. Apart from that India has been creating positive image with their consistent economic growth despite alleged widespread corruptions.
The top 10 World’s Most Positive Countries 2012 along with respective ranking points are as follows:
| Country Name | Total Points |
| United States of America | 905 |
| Australia | 831 |
| England | 778 |
| China | 734 |
| Japan | 648 |
| Germany | 602 |
| Canada | 593 |
| France | 575 |
| India | 541 |
| Sweden | 520 |
The points were calculated based on a global expert panel rating, D+ journalists-volunteers rating, a global social media survey, and the number of positive news entries in 2012 in the D+ website. This multifaceted positive news publications, analysis and global survey feedback of 2012 generated some great reviews for the winners.
The USA maintained strong sense of innovation throughout the year, such as the Nobel Prize wins to Mars Rover of NASA. It has shown some positive signs of economic recovery. The presidential election campaigns attracted positive attitude towards the USA, which also demonstrated the great and stable political system of the USA amid fierce contest between the President and his opponent.
Positive Developments in India in 2012
On 4 January 2012 India’s first anti-poaching tiger force of 54 members began work after a three-month course in order to protect endangered tigers in India’s Bandipur and Nagarhole national parks
On 13 January 2012, India celebrated a major milestone in the global battle against polio, recording a full year without a single new case of the disease in the country
Vandana Suryawanshi, a teacher from India’s Maharashtra state, became the first foreigner to be chosen for the US Space Foundation’s elite 2012 Flight of Teacher Liaisons programme in its 10-year history for her twenty years of dedication in teaching biology, earth science and general science
The World Health Organisation removed India from a list of polio endemic countries on 25 February 2012, marking a massive victory for health workers battling the crippling diseas
Scientists at faculty of veterinary sciences and animal husbandry of Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agriculture Sciences and Technology successfully cloned the world’s first Pashmina goat, Noorie, using the advanced reproductive techniques under the leadership of Dr. Riaz Ahmad Shah. Noorie was born on March 9, 2012
On 13 March 2012, official at the Apollo Hospital, India announced Bariatric Surgery for obesity has entered the robotics era in India which is intended to provide efficient results than laparoscopy
Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar scored his 100th international hundred in a one-day match against Bangladesh on March 16, 2012. It was Tendulkar’s 49th one-day hundred along with his 51 test-match hundreds
India’s largest solar power plant to date, located in western Rajasthan with an installed capacity of 40 MW started producing electricity from 31 March 2012
Anil Agarwal, founder and executive chairman of the Vedanta Resources Corporation in India, was announced as the winner of the prestigious 2012 Oslo Business for Peace Award for his commitment to sustainable development and philanthropic activities
India conducted a successful test-fire of its first-ever natively developed nuclear capable Agni-V ballistic missile with a strike range of over 5,000 km from a test range off India’s east coast on 19 April 2012
India’s Viswanathan Anand retained his world chess title by outgunning his Israeli challenger Boris Gelfand in a quick-fire shootout on 30 May 2012 after their 12-game epic was drawn, giving Anand a fifth world title and his fourth in a row
Shashwat a grassroots initiative from India was honored with the 2012 Equator Prize by the United Nations for their helps to local indigenous tribal communities develop small-scale fishing activities in the dam reservoir, and improve agricultural production
India’s  court banned tourism in tiger reserves across the country on 24 July 2012 in a ruling that aims to protect the endangered big cats
Kulandwi Francis from India was announced as of one of the recipients of the prestigious 2012 Ramon Magsaysay Award for his visionary zeal and profound faith in community energies, and his sustained programs in pursuing the holistic economic empowerment of thousands of women and their families in rural India. The Ramon Magsaysay Award is often considered Asia’s Nobel Prize.
In an attempt to tap renewable energy sources, State Bank of India, Tiruchi, has installed solar power systems to provide back-up power supply to five automated teller machines (ATMs) in the city. The ‘Green ATMs’ in the city was formally inaugurated at a brief ceremony on 26 July 2012.
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) celebrated its 100th mission with the successful launch of a French Satellite SPOT 6 and a Japanese Satellite PROITERES via Indian space vehicle on 9 September 2012
India’s heaviest communication satellite GSAT-10 was successfully launched by an Ariane-5 rocket from Kourou launchpad in French Guiana on 29 September 2012. It will directly boost telecommunications and direct-to-home broadcasting among other