Himachal Pradesh among top performers in social progress index,2022.

December 21, 2022

Himachal Pradesh has emerged among the nine best-performing states and UTs in the Social Progress Index (SPI),2022 for remarkable performance across components like personal freedom and choice, shelter, water and sanitation.
Aizawl, Solan and Shimla are the top three social progress districts.
The categorisation is part of the SPI for states and districts prepared by the Institute for Competitiveness and Social Progress Imperative.
It was released by Bibek Debroy, Chairman, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister.
The SPI assesses states and districts based on 12 components across three critical dimensions of social progress — basic human needs, foundations of wellbeing and opportunity.
According to the report, Puducherry has the highest SPI score of 65.99, followed by Lakshadweep (65.89), Goa (65.53), Sikkim (65.10), Mizoram (64.19), Tamil Nadu (63.33), Himachal (63.28), Chandigarh (62.37) and Kerala (62.05). Jharkhand and Bihar scored the lowest, 43.95 and 44.47, respectively.
Himachal Pradesh has been ranked 7th in the List.
Mizoram, HP, Ladakh, and Goa emerged top performers for the foundations of wellbeing.