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Pradeep Kumar

04/06/21 12:20 PM IST

SDG India Index

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The third edition of the SDG India Index and Dashboard 2020–21 was released by NITI Aayog.

Highlights
  • 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. 
  • With one-third of the journey towards achieving the 2030 Agenda behind us, this edition of the index report focuses on the significance of partnerships as its theme. 
  • From covering 13 Goals with 62 indicators in its first edition in 2018, the third edition covers 16 Goals on 115 quantitative indicators, with a qualitative assessment on Goal 17, reflecting continuous efforts towards refining this important tool.
SDG India Index andDashboard 2020–21
  • 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 2020–21 is more robust than the previous editions on account of wider coverage of targets and indicators with greater alignment with the NIF.
  • The SDG India Index computes goal-wise scores onthe 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.

Source: PIB

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