The classification as "developing" depends on what is being tracked. If measuring human development is a criteria to be evaluated, the UNDP tracks and computes

The classification as "developing" depends on what is being tracked. If measuring human development is a criteria to be evaluated, the UNDP tracks and computes since 1990 [0] the Human Development Index (HDI)[1] for several countries including India. India's HDI [2] is low relative to a country like Brazil [3]. [0] http://hdr.undp.org/en/data http://hdr.undp.org/en/data [1] http://hdr.undp.org/en/content/human-development-index-hdi http://hdr.undp.org/en/content/human-development-index-hdi [2] http://hdr.undp.org/en/countries/profiles/IND http://hdr.undp.org/en/countries/profiles/IND [3] http://hdr.undp.org/en/countries/profiles/BRA http://hdr.undp.org/en/countries/profiles/BRA