Lok Sabha Question No. 2568 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-08-07
Subject: SDG India  Index 2023-24
Ministry: PLANNING
Asked by: Dr. T Sumathy Alias Thamizhachi Thangapandian

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PLANNING

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2568 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.08.2024

## SDG INDIA INDEX 2023-24

## 2568  Dr. T Sumathy Alias Thamizhachi Thangapandian:

Will the Minister of Planning be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is true that Tamil Nadu stands third in the SDG India Index 2023-24;

- (b) the performance of States in attaining SDGs, State-wise; and

- (c) whether it is fact that Tamil Nadu's score has increased from last year and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF STATISTICS & PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION; MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE

## (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

- (a) Yes Sir.

- (b) The State/UT-wise SDG score is annexed.

- (c) Tamil Nadu's SDG score has increased from 74 in 2020-21 to 78 in 2023-24. The details are in public domain and can be accessed at https://www.niti.gov.in/sites/default/files/2024-07/SDG\_India\_Index\_2023-24.pdf

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## Annexure

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (B) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO. 2568 FOR  07.08.2024 BY Dr. T Sumathy Alias Thamizhachi Thangapandian : REGARDING SDG INDIA INDEX 2023-24

## (b) State/UT-wise SDG scores

|   S.No. | States           |   SDG score |
|---------|------------------|-------------|
|       1 | Uttarakhand      |          79 |
|       2 | Kerala           |          79 |
|       3 | Tamil Nadu       |          78 |
|       4 | Goa              |          77 |
|       5 | Himachal Pradesh |          77 |
|       6 | Punjab           |          76 |
|       7 | Sikkim           |          76 |
|       8 | Karnataka        |          75 |
|       9 | Gujarat          |          74 |
|      10 | Andhra Pradesh   |          74 |
|      11 | Telangana        |          74 |
|      12 | Maharashtra      |          73 |
|      13 | Mizoram          |          72 |
|      14 | Haryana          |          72 |
|      15 | Manipur          |          72 |
|      16 | Tripura          |          71 |
|      17 | West Bengal      |          70 |
|      18 | Rajasthan        |          67 |
|      19 | Madhya Pradesh   |          67 |

|   20. | Uttar Pradesh     |   67 |
|-------|-------------------|------|
|    21 | Chhattisgarh      |   67 |
|    22 | Odisha            |   66 |
|    23 | Assam             |   65 |
|    24 | Arunachal Pradesh |   65 |
|    25 | Meghalaya         |   63 |
|    26 | Nagaland          |   63 |
|    27 | Jharkhand         |   62 |
|    28 | Bihar             |   57 |

|   S.No. | UTs                                |   SDG score |
|---------|------------------------------------|-------------|
|       1 | Chandigarh                         |          77 |
|       2 | Jammu &Kashmir                     |          74 |
|       3 | Puducherry                         |          74 |
|       4 | Andaman &Nicobar Islands           |          70 |
|       5 | Delhi                              |          70 |
|       6 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu |          66 |
|       7 | Lakshdweep                         |          66 |
|       8 | Ladakh                             |          65 |

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