Nov 24, 2021
By: BI India BureauNiti Aayog, the public policy think tank of the Indian government, has released its first Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Urban India Index.
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The index highlights the strengths and gaps of urban local body-level data, monitoring, and reporting systems.
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Shimla in Himachal Pradesh, Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu and Chandigarh have topped Niti Aayog’s first SDG Urban India Index.
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The urban areas were ranked on a scale of 0-100. A score of 100 implies that the urban area has achieved the target set for 2030, while a score of 0 implies the farthest from the target. The data on these indicators have been sourced from official data sources.
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"The index and dashboard will further strengthen SDG localisation and institute robust SDG monitoring at the city level," Niti Aayog said.
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Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala, Kochi in Kerala and Panaji in Goa were positioned at fourth, fifth and sixth ranks, respectively.
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Pune in Maharashtra was listed at 7th rank, whereas Tiruchirapalli in Tamil Nadu was positioned at 8th. Ahmedabad in Gujarat and Nagpur in Maharashtra were at 9th and 10th position, respectively.
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The index has ranked 56 urban areas, of which 44 had a population above one million. Twelve of these are state capitals and have a population of less than a million.
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The bottom 10 urban areas in SDG Urban Index and Dashboard of 2022 are Dhanbad, Meerut, Itanagar, Guwahati, Patna, Jodhpur, Kohima, Agra, Kolakata and Faridabad.
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