NITI Aayog launches the 2nd edition of the SDG India Index

NITI Aayog launches the second edition of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) India Index 2019-20. This has been achieved due to better works in water and sanitation, power and industry. While Kerala, Himachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Telangana have topped the list of states on the SDGs Index-2019-20.

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This was revealed the second edition of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) India Index. NITI Aayog also launched the Dashboard 2019-20. The SDG India Index and Dashboard tracks the progress of States and ranks all States and Union Territories on 100 indicators drawn from the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation’s National Indicator Framework, comprising 306 indicators. It 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. The Index covers 16 out of 17 SDGs and a qualitative assessment on Goal 17.