🔘SDG INDIA INDEX 2019🔘

🔆SDG India Index-

☑️ NITI Aayog has developed the SDG India Index in collaboration with the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation (MoSPI),
Global Green Growth Institute and United Nations.

☑️ It comprehensively documents the progress made by India’s States and Union Territories towards achieving the 2030 SDG targets.

☑️ It functions as a tool for focused policy dialogue, formulation and implementation, and moving towards development action pegged to globally recognizable metrics.

☑️ It also helps in highlighting crucial gaps related to monitoring SDGs and the need for improving statistical systems at the National/State/UT levels.

☑️ UN has developed 232 indicators to measure compliance by member nations while NITI Aayog has adapted the monitoring approach to the Indian context, with 100 indicators of its own for the Index which are drawn from MoSPI’s National Indicator Framework (NIF).

🔆NIF consists of 306 indicators for
monitoring the progress of SDGs.

☑️ SDG India Index 2019 is more robust than the first edition as the Index spans 16 out of 17 SDGs with a qualitative assessment on Goal 17,
while 2018 Index covered only 13 goals.

☑️ A composite score was computed in the range of 0–100 for each State/UT based on its aggregate performance across 16 SDGs.

☑️ The higher the score of a State/UT, the closer it is towards achieving the targets.

🔆Highlights of the Index

☑️ India’s composite score has improved from 57 in 2018 to 60 in 2019. All the States/UTs are
either in Performer or Front Runner category.

☑️ Kerala achieved the first rank with a score of 70, followed by Himachal Pradesh.

☑️ Bihar with a score of 50 is the worst
performer.

☑️ The biggest improvers since 2018 are UP, Odisha, and Sikkim.

☑️ The maximum gains been made in Goals 6 (clean water and sanitation), 9 (industry, innovation, and infrastructure) and 7 (affordable and clean energy)

☑️ However, nutrition and gender equality continue to be problem areas for India, requiring a more focused approach from the government.

☑️ All three states that were in the ‘Aspirant’ category - Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Assam - have graduated to the ‘Performer’ category.

☑️ Five states - Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Goa, and Sikkim - moved up from the ‘Performer’ category to the ‘Front Runner’ category.

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