NITI Aayog launched the inaugural SDG Urban Index & Dashboard 2021-22, to further strengthen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) localization and institute robust SDG monitoring at the city level. The index is an SDG progress monitoring tool at the ULB level to highlight the strengths and gaps of ULB-level data, monitoring, and reporting systems. Shimla has topped among the 56 urban areas while Dhanbad in Jharkhand is at the bottom.
Buy Prime Test Series for all Banking, SSC, Insurance & other exams
Top 5 Urban Areas with the score
Bottom 5 Urban Areas with the score
About the SDG Urban Index and Dashboard 2021-22:
The SDG Urban Index and Dashboard 2021-22 ranks 56 urban areas on 77 SDG indicators across 46 targets of the SDG framework. These include 44 cities with a population above one million and 12 State capitals with a population of less than a million. The Index has been developed by Niti Aayog in collaboration with GIZ and BMZ under the umbrella of Indo-German Development Cooperation.
Based on the composite score, urban areas have been classified as below:
The Home Rule Movement in India (1916-1918) is another notable stage in the process of…
According to the Reserve Bank of India’s 101st Survey of Professional Forecasters (SPF), there has…
The Government of Karnataka has filed its case with the Supreme Court challenging the High…
Noted oceanographer and scientist Dr Srinivasa Kumar Tummala has taken charge as the Secretary of…
The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre of 1919 is one of the most infamous events that happened…
Union Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has launched a new scholarship and…