According to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) released by the Niti Aayog a few days ago, Uttarakhand is one of the worst performing states in terms of sex ratio at birth. The state’s sex ratio is 840, compared to 899 nationally, according to the SDG.
The best performer in this category was Chhattisgarh, with a male-to-female ratio of 958 at birth, well above the national average, according to the Niti Aayog report. With a sex ratio of 957, Kerala is in second place.
States with low sex ratios, such as Punjab and Haryana, have improved their standing. In Haryana, there were 843 females born per 1000 males, while in Punjab, the figure was 890.
Overall, Kerala was the best-performing state in the Niti Aayog index, with a score of 75, while Bihar was the worst-performing state, with a score of 52.
Overall, the country’s SDG score increased by 6 points, from 60 in 2019 to 66 in 2020-21.
The Niti Aayog said in a statement that exemplary countrywide performance in clean water and sanitation, as well as affordable and clean energy, is driving the progress toward the targets.
The SDG index measures how far states and UTs have progressed in terms of social, economic, and environmental indicators.
Since its inception in December 2018, the index has grown to become the country’s primary tool for tracking progress toward the SDGs, while also encouraging competition among states and union territories by ranking them against global goals.
The index, which was created in collaboration with the United Nations in India, assesses the country’s progress toward achieving global goals and targets at the national and subnational levels.
It covered 13 goals, 39 targets, and 62 indicators in the first edition. The SDG index measured 17 goals, 54 targets, and 100 indicators in the second edition. The third edition covered 17 goals, 70 targets, and 115 indicators this year.
