Q. Consider the following statements:
1.India has the highest digital transactions globally.
2.India has seen improvement in all the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the recently released SDG India Index for 2023-24.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
Answer: A
Notes:
Explanation –
Statement 1 is correct. India leads the world in digital payments, accounting for 46% of global real-time digital transactions in 2022. India is far ahead in terms of digitisation and with UPI being used from street vendors to large shopping malls, the country has the highest digital transactions globally.
Statement 2 is incorrect. SDG India Index 2023-24 reports a positive trend in the performance of States and UTs on many SDGs. However, not all goals have seen improvement. For example, there has been a decline in scores related to income and gender inequality (Goal 10).
Source: AIR
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