Kerala has retained its high rank in Niti Aayog’s SDG Index for 2020-21
Kerala has retained the highest rank in Niti Aayog’s sustainable improvement targets (SDG) India Index 2020-21, whereas Bihar has been adjudged because the worst performer.
The SDG index was launched by Niti Aayog vice chairman Rajiv Kumar on Thursday.
The index evaluates progress of states and union territories on social, financial and environmental parameters.
Kerala retained its rank as the highest state with a rating of 75. Both Himachal Pradesh and Tamil Nadu took the second spot with a rating of 74.
Bihar, Jharkhand and Assam had been the worst performing states on this yr’s India index.
“Our effort of monitoring SDGs by the SDG India Index and Dashboard continues to be extensively observed and applauded all over the world. It stays a uncommon data-driven initiative to rank our states and union territories by computing a composite index on the SDGs,” Mr Kumar stated.
First launched in December 2018, the index has grow to be the first software for monitoring progress on the SDGs within the nation and has concurrently fostered competitors among the many states and union territories by rating them on the worldwide targets.
The index, developed in collaboration with the United Nations in India, measures the progress on the nationwide and sub-national stage within the nation’s journey in direction of assembly the worldwide targets and targets and has been profitable as an advocacy software to propagate the messages of sustainability, resilience, and partnerships, as properly.
The SDGs, constituted by an unprecedented consultative course of, have 17 targets and 169 associated targets to be achieved by 2030.
