NITI Aayog Sustainable Development Index

June 5, 2021

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NITI Aayog released third edition of Sustainable Development Index for 2020-2021, evaluating progress of states and Union Territories with respect to social, economic and environmental parameters.

Sustainable Development Index 2021

In the index, Kerala has retained the top rank with score of 75.
Bihar, Jharkhand and Assam were worst performers.
Himachal Pradesh and Tamil Nadu retained second spot with score of 74.
Chandigarh retained top spot among UTs with a score of 79. It is followed by Delhi with score 68.
In terms of score improvement, Mizoram, Haryana and Uttarakhand are the top gainers in 2020-21 who have gained 12, 10 and 8 points, respectively as compared to index of 2019-2020.