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 Assam and other states/UT in Ranking & Index

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(From Nov 2017 – Nov 2018)

 Assam, Bihar and J&K at bottom of Logistics Ease Across Different States (LEADS)

• Assam, Bihar and Jammu & Kashmir featured on the bottom of the new Logistics Ease Across Different States (LEADS) index due to the lack of good transport facilities, scarcity of logistics services and bad track record in timeliness.
• Best Performer – Gujarat, Punjab, Andhra Pradesh
• The LEADS index is developed by the Commerce and Industry Ministry and Deloitte – ranks states in terms of the logistical support they provided to promote goods trade.

 

 Assam and Uttar Pradesh – worst performers in Healthcare Access and Quality Index  

• The index is created by the Global Burden of Disease study and published in the medical journal The Lancet.
• Best Performer – Goa and Kerala

 Assam, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh are the laggards in UN’s India SDG index

• Assam, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh are the laggards in the sustainable development goals (SDG) Index
• Best Performer – Himachal Pradesh, Kerala and Tamil Nadu
• Ranking of states released by federal policy think tank NITI Aayog and the UN.

 

 The SDG India Index Ranking

India as a whole has a score of 58, showing the country has reached a little beyond the halfway mark in meeting the sustainable development goals adopted by India and 192 other nations in 2015.

• Tamil Nadu topped the states in poverty reduction
• Kerala topped in providing quality education
• Kerala and Tamil Nadu also topped in facilitating good health and well-being.
• Sikkim topped in Gender equality

 National Annual Rural Sanitation Survey (NARSS) 2017-18

• To check the progress in sanitation outcomes, including the open defecation free (ODF) status under Swacch Bharat Abhiyan.
• Kerala and Mizoram are the best performing States, with 100% of open defecation free households

 Kerala topped the Public Affairs Index 2018 by Public Affairs Centre (PAC)

• Top 5 states – Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Karnataka and Gujarat
• Bottom states – Bihar, Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh

 Andhra Pradesh topped Ease Of Doing Business Ranking by DIPP & WB

• Top 10 states – Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Haryana, Jharkhand, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Rajasthan and West Bengal.

 Pune led the Ease of Living Index of Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

• Top 10 cities – 1. Pune 2. Navi Mumbai 3. Greater Mumbai 4. Tirupati 5. Chandigarh 6. Thane 7. Raipur 8. Indore 9. Vijayawada 10. Bhopal
• Bottom 10 cities – 102. Silvassa 103. Saharanpur 104. Kavaratti 105. Pasighat 106. Itanagar 107. Bhagalpur 108. Bihar Sharif 109. Patna 110. Kohima 111. Rampur

Kolkata best among Megacities in Commute-Related Pollution: CSE report

• Bhopal leads the list on the lowest overall emission

 Assam and Kerala ranked at top for the burden of cancer in ‘India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative’ report

• Punjab topped for the burden of ischemic heart disease, followed by Tamil Nadu
• West Bengal topped with the largest number of stroke cases followed by Odisha.

 Swachh Survekshan Grameen Awards 2018

• Top 3 States-1) Haryana, 2) Gujarat 3) Maharashtra
• Top 3 Districts 1) Satara, Maharashtra 2) Rewari, Haryana 3) Pedapalli, Telangana

• Jodhpur ranked cleanliest rail stations in Third Party Survey Report on Station Cleanliness.

• Gujarat ranked number one in Composite Water Management Index by NITI Aayog

• IIT Bombay tops in QS Rankings of India University Rankings

Other Important Rankings

 Rank List of Indian states and union territories by Nominal GDP

1. Maharashtra ₹96 lakh crore ($430 billion)
2. Tamil Nadu ₹78 lakh crore ($256 billion)
3. Gujarat ₹96 lakh crore ($230 billion)
4. Uttar Pradesh ₹89 lakh crore ($230 billion)
5. Karnataka ₹08 lakh crore ($217 billion)

 Rank List of Indian states and union territories by total fertility rate

• Lower TFR
  1. Sikkim – 1.2
  2. Manipur – 1.4
  3. Lakshadweep, Goa & Andaman & Nicobar – 1.5

• Highest TFR
  1. Bihar – 3.9
  2. Uttar Pradesh – 3.1
  3. Meghalaya – 2.9

• India’s overall TFR at 2.2 as of 2017
• Assam – 2.3

 Rank List of Indian states and union territories by forest cover (in sq km)

1. Madhya Pradesh 77,414
2. Arunachal Pradesh 66,964
3. Chhattisgarh 55,547

 Rank List of Indian states and union territories by % of forested area

1. Lakshadweep 90.33%
2. Mizoram 86.27%
3. Andaman & Nicobar Islands 81.73%
4. Arunachal Pradesh 79.96%
5. Manipur 77.69%

 Rank List of Indian states and union territories by Human Development Index

1. Kerala 0.784
2. Chandigarh 0.774
3. Goa 0.764
4. Lakshadweep 0.749
5. Delhi 0.744

• India’s overall HDI 0.639
• Assam’s 0.605

 

Rank List of Indian states and union territories by life expectancy at birth

• In life expectancy at birth for years 2010-14

1. Kerala 74.9
2. Delhi 73.2
3. Jammu and Kashmir 72.6

• Assam had the lowest = 63.9 years

 Rank List of Indian states and union territories by literacy rate

1. Kerala 93.91
2. Lakshadweep 92.28
3. Mizoram 91.58
4. Tripura 87.75
5. Goa 87.40

 Rank List of Indian states and union territories by sex ratio

• By Highest Sex Ratio
  1. Kerala 1084
  2. Puducherry 1037
  3. Tamil Nadu 996

• By Lowest Sex Ratio

1. Daman and Diu 618
2. Dadra and Nagar Haveli 774
3. Chandigarh 818

• Assam’s Sex Ratio 958
• India’s Sex Ratio 943

 

• By Highest Child Sex Ratio

1. Arunachal Pradesh 972
2. Meghalaya 970
3. Mizoram 970

• By Lowest Child Sex Ratio

1. Haryana 834
2. Punjab 846
3. Jammu and Kashmir 862

• Assam’s Child Sex Ratio 962
• India’s Child Sex Ratio 919

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