NITI Aayog under Indo-German Cooperation has released Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Urban Index and Dashboard 2021–22.
The SDG Urban Index and Dashboard ranks 56 urban areason 77 SDG indicators across 46 targets of the SDG framework. Shimla tops the Index followed by Coimbatore, Chandigarh, Thiruvananthapuram
Worst performers: Patna, Guwahati, Itanagar, Meerut, Dhanbad
Urban areas have been classified as:
Aspirant: 0–49
Performer: 50–64
Front-Runner: 65–99
Achiever: 100