{"id":87090,"date":"2019-12-31T15:37:42","date_gmt":"2019-12-31T10:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=12647"},"modified":"2019-12-31T15:37:42","modified_gmt":"2019-12-31T10:07:42","slug":"india-improves-sustainable-development-goals-index-score-by-three-positions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/india-improves-sustainable-development-goals-index-score-by-three-positions\/","title":{"rendered":"India improves Sustainable Development Goals Index score by three positions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>Niti Aayog has released the sustainable development goals index 2019-20.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About SDG India Index:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>SDG India Index and Dashboard has been developed by NITI Aayog in collaboration with the Ministry of Statistics &amp; Programme Implementation (MoSPI), Global Green Growth Institute and the United Nations.<\/li><li>The index indicates where the country and its States and UTs currently are on SDG implementation.It also charts the distance to be travelled to reach the SDG targets.<\/li><li>The 2019 Index covers 16 out of 17 SDGs and a qualitative assessment on Goal 17.<\/li><li>As per the Index, the composite score for each state\/UT is computed by aggregating their performance across the goals and then by taking the arithmetic mean of individual goal scores.&nbsp;<\/li><li>A score of 100 implies that the State\/ UT has achieved the targets set for 2030 and a score of 0 implies that the particular State\/UT is at the bottom of the table.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key takeaways from the Index:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>India&#8217;s composite score has improved from 57 in 2018 to 60 in 2019-20 with major success in water and sanitation, power and industry.\u00a0<\/li><li>However, nutrition and gender equality continue to be problem areas for India requiring more focused approach from the government.<\/li><li>Kerala has topped the index.It was followed by Himachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Telangana.<\/li><li>Amongst Union territories,Chandigarh topped the list, while Puducherry is ranked second.Dadra and Nagar Haveli has been ranked third among Union territories.<\/li><li>Uttar Pradesh has shown maximum improvement followed by Odisha and Sikkim.<\/li><li>Bihar is the worst performer on the SDG India index.The states like Gujarat have also not shown any improvement vis-a-vis first ranking in 2018.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/hWgecA4SpDPCVoVosjSnm8iCGt600oxP6PfT4mhiy6vpzwBGoZckueHCeRUwVR7f5bm75jWFsZk944qtpT-0R5Uw5mVfGSkIjYt1cVwi3lVbps8rQMkwRlpiCo5lmDQhxR-xawWY\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News:Niti Aayog has released the sustainable development goals index 2019-20. Facts: About SDG India Index: SDG India Index and Dashboard has been developed by NITI Aayog in collaboration with the Ministry of Statistics &amp; Programme Implementation (MoSPI), Global Green Growth Institute and the United Nations. The index indicates where the country and its States and&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/india-improves-sustainable-development-goals-index-score-by-three-positions\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">India improves Sustainable Development Goals Index score by three positions<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4182],"tags":[1944,4834],"class_list":["post-87090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","tag-niti-aayog","tag-sdg-index","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87090\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}