The third edition of the SDG India Index and Dashboard 2020–21 was released by NITI Aayog on June 3, 2021.
Since its inaugural launch in 2018, the index has been comprehensively documenting and ranking the progress made by States and Union Territories towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
The country’s overall SDG score improved by 6 points—from 60 in 2019 to 66 in 2020–21. This positive stride towards achieving the targets is largely driven by exemplary country-wide performance in Goal 6 (Clean Water and Sanitation) and Goal 7(Affordable and Clean Energy), where the composite Goal scoresare 83 and 92, respectively.
The top-performing states and UTs as per the report are:
- Kerala with a score of 75
- Himachal Pradesh and Tamil Nadu with a score of 74
- Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka and Uttarakhand scored 72
- Sikkim scored 71
- Maharashtra with a Goal score of 70
The worst-performing states and UTs include:
- Chhattisgarh, Nagaland and Odisha with a score of 61
- Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh at a score of 60
- Assam scored 57
- Jharkhand scored 56
- Bihar at 52
About SDG India Index
- The SDG India Index 2020–21, developed in collaboration with the United Nations in India, tracks progress of all States and UTs on 115 indicators that are aligned to MoSPI’s National Indicator Framework (NIF).
- The SDG India Index computes goal-wise scores on the 16 SDGs for each State and Union Territory.
- Overall State and UT scores are generated from goal-wise scores to measure aggregate performance of the sub-national unit based on its performance across the 16 SDGs.
- These scores range between 0–100, and if a State/UT achieves a score of 100, it signifies it has achieved the 2030 targets. The higher the score of a State/UT, the greater the distance to target achieved.
