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By admin: Jan. 26, 2022

1. Padma Awards 2022

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Ahead of Republic Day 2022, the Government of India on 25th January 2022 announced the Padma Awards. Padma Awards are one of the highest civilian awards of the country which is conferred in three categories, i.e. Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri.

  • A total of 4 Padma Vibhushans, 17 Padma Bhushans and 107 Padma Shri awards have been conferred this year. 34 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 10 persons from the category of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI and 13 Posthumous awardees.
  • These awards are conferred by the President of India at the ceremonial functions which are held at the Rashtrapati Bhawan usually around March / April every year.

Padma Vibhushan (4):

This award is awarded for exceptional and distinguished services.

  • Former Uttar Pradesh’s Chief Minister Kalyan Singh, India’s first CDS General Bipin Rawat, Hindustani Classical vocalist Prabha Atre and Radheshyam Khemka of Gita Press have been named for the Padma Vibhushan.
  • Apart from Gen. Rawat, Singh and Khemka have been conferred the award posthumously.

Padma Bhushan (17):

This award is awarded for distinguished service of a high order.

Name

Field - State/Country

Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad

Public Affairs - Jammu and Kashmir

Shri Victor Banerjee

Art - West Bengal

Ms. Gurmeet Bawa (Posthumous)

Art - Punjab

Shri Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee

Public Affairs - West Bengal

Shri Natarajan Chandrasekaran 

Trade and Industry - Maharashtra

Shri Krishna Ella and Smt. Suchitra Ella* (Duo) 

Trade and Industry - Telangana 

Ms. Madhur Jaffery

Others-Culinary - United States of America

Shri Devendra Jhajharia

Sports - Rajasthan 

Shri Rashid Khan 

Art - Uttar Pradesh

Shri Rajiv Mehrishi

Civil Service - Rajasthan 

Shri Satya Narayana Nadella 

Trade and Industry - United States of America

Shri Sundararajan Pichai

Trade and Industry - United States of America

Shri Cyrus Poonawalla

Trade and Industry -Maharashtra

Shri Sanjaya Rajaram (Posthumous)

Science and Engineering - Mexico

Ms. Pratibha Ray 

Literature and Education - Odisha

Swami Sachidanand

Literature and Education - Gujarat

Shri Vashishth Tripathi

Literature and Education - Uttar Pradesh

Padma Shri (107):

This award is awarded for distinguished service in any field.

Name

Field - State/Country

Shri Prahlad Rai Agarwala

Trade and Industry - West Bengal

Prof. Najma Akhtar

Literature and Education - Delhi

Shri Sumit Antil

Sports - Haryana 

Shri T Senka Ao

Literature and Education - Nagaland

Ms. Kamalini Asthana and Ms. Nalini Asthana* (Duo)

Art - Uttar Pradesh 

Shri Subbanna Ayyappan

Science and Engineering - Karnataka 

Shri J K Bajaj

Literature and Education - Delhi

Shri Sirpi Balasubramaniam

Literature and Education - Tamil Nadu 

Srimad Baba Balia

Social Work - Odisha 

Ms. Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay

Science and Engineering - West Bengal

Ms. Madhuri Barthwal

Art - Uttarakhand 

Shri Akhone Asgar Ali Basharat

Literature and Education - Ladakh

Dr. Himmatrao Bawaskar

Medicine - Maharashtra

Shri Harmohinder Singh Bedi

Literature and Education - Punjab

Shri Pramod Bhagat

Sports - Odisha

Shri S Ballesh Bhajantri

Art - Tamil Nadu 

Shri Khandu Wangchuk Bhutia 

Art - Sikkim 

Shri Maria Christopher Byrski

Literature and Education - Poland 

Acharya Chandanaji

Social Work - Bihar

Ms. Sulochana Chavan

Art - Maharashtra 

Shri Neeraj Chopra

Sports - Haryana

Ms. Shakuntala Choudhary

Social Work - Assam 

Shri Sankaranarayana Menon Chundayil

Sports - Kerala

Shri S Damodaran 

Social Work - Tamil Nadu 

Shri Faisal Ali Dar

Sports - Jammu and Kashmir

Shri Jagjit Singh Dardi

Trade and Industry - Chandigarh

Dr. Prokar Dasgupta

Medicine - United Kingdom

Shri Aditya Prasad Dash

Science and Engineering - Odisha

Dr. Lata Desai

Medicine - Gujarat

Shri Malji bhai Desai

Public Affairs - Gujarat

Ms. Basanti Devi

Social Work - Uttarakhand 

Ms. Lourembam Bino Devi

Art - Manipur

Ms. Muktamani Devi 

Trade and Industry - Manipur

Ms. Shyamamani Devi

Art - Odisha

Shri Khalil Dhantejvi (Posthumous)

Literature and Education - Gujarat

Shri Savaji Bhai Dholakia

Social Work - Gujarat

Shri Arjun Singh Dhurve

Art - Madhya Pradesh

Dr. Vijaykumar Vinayak Dongre

Medicine - Maharashtra

Shri Chandraprakash Dwivedi

Art - Rajasthan

Shri Dhaneswar Engti

Literature and Education - Assam

Shri Om Prakash Gandhi

Social Work - Haryana

Shri Narasimha Rao Garikapati

Literature and Education - Andhra Pradesh

Shri Girdhari Ram Ghonju (Posthumous)

Literature and Education - Jharkhand

Shri Shaibal Gupta (Posthumous)

Literature and Education - Bihar

Shri Narasingha Prasad Guru

Literature and Education - Odisha

Shri Gosaveedu Shaik Hassan (Posthumous)

Art - Andhra Pradesh 

Shri Ryuko Hira

Trade and Industry - Japan 

Ms. Sosamma Iype

Others - Animal Husbandry - Kerala

Shri Avadh Kishore Jadia

Literature and Education - Madhya Pradesh

Ms. Sowcar Janaki

Art - Tamil Nadu

Ms. Tara Jauhar

Literature and Education - Delhi

Ms. Vandana Kataria

Sports - Uttarakhand

Shri H R Keshavamurthy

Art - Karnataka

Shri Rutger Kortenhorst

Literature and Education - Ireland

Shri P Narayana Kurup

Literature and Education - Kerala

Ms. Avani Lekhara

Sports - Rajasthan

Shri Moti Lal Madan

Science and Engineering - Haryana

Shri Shivnath Mishra

Art - Uttar Pradesh

Dr. Narendra Prasad Misra (Posthumous)

Medicine - Madhya Pradesh

Shri Darshanam Mogilaiah

Art - Telangana 

Shri Guruprasad Mohapatra (Posthumous)

Civil Service - Delhi

Shri Thavil Kongampattu A V Murugaiyan

Art - Puducherry

Ms. R Muthukannammal 

Art - Tamil Nadu 

Shri Abdul Khader Nadakattin

Others - Grassroots Innovation - Karnataka

Shri Amai Mahalinga Naik

Others - Agriculture - Karnataka

Shri Tsering Namgyal

Art - Ladakh

Shri A K C Natarajan

Art - Tamil Nadu

Shri V L Nghaka

Literature and Education - Mizoram 

Shri Sonu Nigam

Art - Maharashtra

Shri Ram Sahay Panday 

Art - Madhya Pradesh

Shri Chirapat Prapandavidya 

Literature and Education - Thailand

Ms. K V Rabiya

Social Work - Kerala

Shri Anil Kumar Rajvanshi

Science and Engineering - Maharashtra

Shri Sheesh Ram

Art - Uttar Pradesh

Shri Ramachandraiah 

Art - Telangana

Dr. Sunkara Venkata Adinarayana Rao

Medicine - Andhra Pradesh

Ms. Gamit Ramilaben Raysingbhai

Social Work - Gujarat

Ms. Padmaja Reddy 

Art - Telangana 

Guru Tulku Rinpoche

Others - Spiritualism - Arunachal Pradesh 

Shri Brahmanand Sankhwalkar

Sports - Goa

Shri Vidyanand Sarek

Literature and Education - Himachal Pradesh

Shri Kali Pada Saren

Literature and Education - West Bengal

Dr. Veeraswamy Seshiah

Medicine - Tamil Nadu

Ms. Prabhaben Shah

Social Work - Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu

Shri Dilip Shahani

Literature and Education - Delhi

Shri Ram Dayal Sharma 

Art - Rajasthan 

Shri Vishwamurti Shastri

Literature and Education Jammu and Kashmir

Ms. Tatiana Lvovna Shaumyan

Literature and Education - Russia

Shri Siddhalingaiah (Posthumous)

Literature and Education Karnataka

Shri Kaajee Singh

Art - West Bengal

Shri Konsam Ibomcha Singh

Art - Manipur

Shri Prem Singh

Social Work - Punjab

Shri Seth Pal Singh

Others - Agriculture - Uttar Pradesh 

Ms. Vidya Vindu Singh

Literature and Education - Uttar Pradesh

Baba Iqbal Singh Ji

Social Work - Punjab

Dr. Bhimsen Singhal

Medicine - Maharashtra

Shri Sivananda

Others - Yoga - Uttar Pradesh

Shri Ajay Kumar Sonkar

Science and Engineering - Uttar Pradesh 

Ms. Ajita Srivastava 

Art - Uttar Pradesh

Sadguru Brahmeshanand Acharya Swami

Others - Spiritualism - Goa

Dr. Balaji Tambe (Posthumous)

Medicine - Maharashtra 

Shri Raghuvendra Tanwar

Literature and Education - Haryana

Dr. Kamlakar Tripathi

Medicine - Uttar Pradesh

Ms. Lalita Vakil

Art - Himachal Pradesh

Ms. Durga Bai Vyam

Art - Madhya Pradesh

Shri Jyantkumar Maganlal Vyas

Science and Engineering - Gujarat

Ms. Badaplin War

Literature and Education - Meghalaya

Note:

  • Former West Bengal Chief Minister buddhadeb Bhattacharjee turned down the Padma Bhushan.
  • Veteran singer Sandhya Mukherjee refused to accept the Padma Shri.

By admin: Jan. 21, 2022

2. Manipur, Meghalaya, and Tripura celebrate their 50th Statehood Day

Tags: State News

All three states received their full statehood on 21st January 1972 as per the provisions of the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971.

From November 1956 till January 1972, Manipur and Tripura were Union Territories whereas Meghalaya was an autonomous part of the state of Assam.

The North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971, also created separate High Courts for Meghalaya, Manipur, and Tripura.

Meghalaya

Manipur

Tripura

  • Capital - Shillong
  • Governor - Satya Pal Malik
  • CM - Conrad Sangma
  • Unicameral Legislature
  • Anthem - Meghalaya Geet
  • State Mammal - Clouded leopard 
  • State Bird - Hill myna
  • State Flower - Lady's Slipper Orchid
  • State Tree - Gamhar
  • Capital - Imphal
  • Governor - La Ganesan
  • CM - N Biren Singh
  • Unicameral Legislature
  • Anthem - Sana Leibak Manipur
  • State Mammal - Sangai 
  • State Bird - Nongyeen
  • State Flower - Shirui Lily
  • State Tree - Uningthou
  • Capital - Agartala
  • Governor - Satyadev Narayan Arya
  • CM - Biplab Kumar Deb
  • Unicameral Legislature
  • State Mammal - Phayre's Langur
  • State Bird - Green Imperial Pigeon
  • State Flower - Nageshwar
  • State Tree - Agar 

By admin: Jan. 17, 2022

3. Birju Maharaj, the legendary Kathak dancer, dies at 83

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Pandit Birju Maharaj, the torchbearer of Lucknow's Kalka-Bindadin Gharana of Kathak, passed away at the age of 83.

  • He was a descendant of the Maharaj family of Kathak dancers, which includes his two uncles, Shambhu Maharaj and Lachhu Maharaj, and his father and guru, Acchan Maharaj, who served as court dancer in Raigarh princely state. 
  • He also practiced Hindustani classical music and was a vocalist
  • In 1964, he received the honorary Sangeet Natak Akademi Award and in 1986 he received Padma Vibhushan, the country’s second-highest civilian honor.
  • He has choreographed for several films like Shatranj Ke Khiladi by Satyajit Ray till Gadar: Ek Prem Katha, Devdas, Bajirao Mastani, and many others.

Classical Dance form of India 

According to the government of India there are Eight classical dance form in India 

Dance  Origin /State 

Bharatnatyam:  Tamil Nadu 

Manipuri Dance : Manipur 

Kathak: North India, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan Delhi, Madhya Pradesh.

Odissi : Odisha 

Kathakali : Kerala 

Mohiniattam : Kerala 

Kuchipudi: Mainly Andhra Pradesh 

Sattriya : Assam 

By admin: Jan. 15, 2022

4. Election Commission double the broadcast time for Parties

Tags: National News

Election Commission of India has decided to double the broadcast  time allotted to each National Party and recognized State Parties in poll bound states.

  • The election commission order states that a base time of 90 minutes will be given to each national party and recognized state party of Goa, Punjab, Manipur, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh. The facilities will be available from the regional kendras of All India Radio and Doordarshan.
  • The earlier allotted time was 45 minutes.
  • The time allotted to the recognized political parties in these states has been increased as due to the corona pandemic the emphasis is on avoiding rallies and maintaining  non physical contacts for campaigning

By admin: Jan. 15, 2022

5. Election Commission has reduced the Notice period for Political parties registration

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The Election Commission of India has  reduced the notice period for registering new political parties in the five election bound states of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Goa and Punjab  from 30 days to 7 days due to the prevailing coronavirus  pandemic.

  • According to the Election commission a party seeking registration with the election commission has to publish its proposed names in two national newspapers and two local newspapers before applying to the election commission for registration.
  • The election commission has clarified that the notice period was also reduced last year when elections were held in Bihar, Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal during the corona pandemic.

Registration of Political parties is governed by the provisions of Section 29A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951

  • Chief Election Commissioner : Mr. Sushil Chandra 

By admin: Jan. 13, 2022

6. Forest Survey report 2021 released by the Government

Tags: National News

Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Bhupender Yadav, today released the ‘India State of Forest Report 2021’ prepared by the Forest Survey of India (FSI).

Forest Survey report 2021 released by the Government

  • Forest Survey of India  releases “ Indian State of Report “ after every 2 years and the last report was released in 2019.
  • FSI uses satellite data of the Indian Remote sensing satellite of ISRO, Resourcesat-2  to asses the forest cover in India .

Highlights of the report 

  • The total forest and tree cover of the country is 80.9 million hectare which is 24.62 percent of the geographical area of the country. As compared to the assessment of 2019, there is an increase of 2,261 sq km in the total forest and tree cover of the country. Out of this, the increase in the forest cover has been observed as 1,540 sq km and that in tree cover is 721 sq km.
  • Increase in forest cover has been observed in open forest followed by very dense forest. Top three states showing increase in forest cover are Andhra Pradesh (647 sq km) followed by Telangana (632 sq km) and Odisha (537 sq km).
  • Area-wise Madhya Pradesh has the largest forest cover in the country followed by Arunachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Maharashtra.
  • In terms of forest cover as percentage of total geographical area, the top five States are Mizoram (84.53%), Arunachal Pradesh (79.33%), Meghalaya (76.00%), Manipur (74.34%) and Nagaland (73.90%).
  • 17 states/UT’s have above 33 percent of the geographical area under forest cover. Out of these states and UT’s, five states/UTs namely Lakshadweep, Mizoram, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya have more than 75 percent forest cover while 12 states/UTs namely Manipur, Nagaland, Tripura, Goa, Kerala, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh, Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu, Assam, Odisha, have forest cover between 33 percent to 75 percent.
  • Total mangrove cover in the country is 4,992 sq km. An increase of 17 sq Km in mangrove cover has been observed as compared to the previous assessment of 2019. Top three states showing mangrove cover increase are Odisha (8 sq km) followed by Maharashtra (4 sq km) and Karnataka (3 sq km).
  • Total carbon stock in the country's forest is estimated to be 7,204 million tonnes and there is an increase of 79.4 million tonnes in the carbon stock of the country as compared to the last assessment of 2019. The annual increase in the carbon stock is 39.7 million tonnes.

By admin: Jan. 8, 2022

7. The Election Commission of India has announced the schedule for the assembly election in Goa, Punjab, Manipur, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh.

Tags: National News

Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra said for the 690 Legislative Assembly seats of the five states all elections will be completed in seven phases.

  • For 403 seats of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly whose term is ending in May, election will be completed in seven phases i.e. first phase on February 10th, second phase on February 14th, third phase on February 20th, forth phase on February 23rd, fifth phase on February 27th, sixth phase on March 3rd and seventh phase on March 7th respectively.
  • For 117 seats of the Punjab Legislative Assembly whose term is ending in March, election will be completed in single phase on February 14.
  • For 70 seats of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly whose term is ending in March, election will be completed in single phase on February 14.
  • For 60 seats of the Manipur Legislative Assembly whose term is ending in March, election will be completed in two phases on February 27 and March 3 respectively.
  • For 40 seats of the Goa Legislative Assembly whose term is ending in March, election will be completed in single phase on February 14.
  • The results of all five states will be announced on March 10.
  • Basic preparations will be taken to ensure Covid-19 safe election, hassle-free voter experience and maximum voters participation
  • A total of 18.34 crore electors including service voters will take part in this election. Out of this, 8.55 crore are women electors.
  • EVMs and VVPATs will be utilized in all the polling stations. Election Commission has already made arrangements to ensure an adequate number of EVMs and VVPATs for the smooth conduct of elections. In case of Senior citizens above 80 years of age, persons with disabilities and Covid-19 patients vote by postal ballot can be cast.
  •  No yatra, procession, road show, cycle bike, padyatras or vehicle rally or physical rally by political parties will be allowed up to 15 January. The situation will be reviewed and fresh instructions to be issued later.

            No victory processions will be allowed after declaration of the results.

By admin: Jan. 4, 2022

8. PM Modi’s visit to Manipur and Tripura, to launch several development projects worth over 4,800 crore rupees

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Manipur and Tripura on 4th January 2022.

Highlights of PM’s visit to Manipur:

  • The PM inaugurated 13 projects worth around 1,850 crore rupees and laid foundation stone of 9 projects around 2,950 crore rupees.
  • These projects are related to diverse sectors such as:
    • Road Infrastructure
    • Drinking Water Supply
    • Health
    • Urban Development
    • Housing
    • Information Technology
    • Skill Development, among others
  • The inaugural and foundation laying program was held at Hatta Kangjeibung in Imphal where he also addressed a public gathering.

Highlights of PM’s visit to Agartala (Tripura):

  • The PM inaugurated the New Integrated Terminal Building of Maharaja Bir Bikram (MBB) Airport built at a cost of about 450 crore rupees, and
  • Launched Key Initiatives:-
    • Mukhyamantri Tripura Gram Samriddhi Yojana- which aims to achieve the benchmark standards for service delivery in core development sectors at the village level.
    • Project Mission 100 of Vidyajyoti Schools- which aims to improve the quality of education in the state by converting 100 existing High/Higher secondary schools to Vidyajyoti Schools with state of art facilities and quality education. The project will cover about 1.2 Lakh students from Nursery to class XII and will cost around 500 crore rupees in the next three years.

The Prime Minister also laid the foundation stone for various projects which include Manipur Institute of Performing Arts at Gurgaon, 72 projects to be taken up under the PM Jan Vikas Karyakram, 13 projects related to diverse sectors, five National Highway Projects with a cumulative length of more than one hundred ten kilometers, a Cancer Hospital along with a Covid Hospital.

By admin: Jan. 3, 2022

9. Good Governance Index

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What is Good Governance

  • Governance is defined as the use of power and authority by those in government to provide goods and services to the people to uphold the common good and fulfill the aspirations and needs of the common man. People expect their government to proceed with its tasks in a way that maximum results follow with minimum cost or investment. 
  • Governance becomes good when the decisions and actions of the government are based on peoples’ consent, legitimacy, and accountability. It is a concept that is inclusive and positive in nature.

What are the features of Good Governance

As per World Bank reports of 1989 and 1992, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Commission on Global Governance (1995), and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) 1997, the attributes of good governance refers to

  • people’s participation in governance,
  • accountability of the decision-makers,
  • women’s participation in decision making, 
  • meeting the needs of disadvantaged groups, 
  • guarantee of human rights,
  • keeping the needs of the future generation in mind while decision making and whether the people own their structures of governance or not.

What is Good Governance Index

  • To emphasize the government’s commitment towards good governance ,the Government of India declared 25 December as the Good Governance Day.  It is the birth date of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. It was started in 2014 .
  • To encourage and assess the performance of the State government in Good governance and to promote citizen centric development in the country, the Government of India launched the Good governance Index. 
  • The objective of GGI is to create a tool that can be used uniformly across the States to assess the impact of various schemes and programs of the Central and State Governments including UTs on the people.
  • Another significant contribution of the GGI would be contributing in tracking the progress of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the state level. The identified sectors and indicators are directly linked to some of the critical SDG indicators from an overall governance point of view.  
  • It is released on Good Governance Day (25th December)

Who publishes the Good Governance Index

  • The Index is published by the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG) under the Union  Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions.
  • The framework for assessing the quality of governance is prepared by the Centre for Good Governance, Hyderabad in collaboration with AC Nielsen

When was it first published 

It was first published in 2019 and and it is released after every two years. The latest edition is released on 25th December 2021. 

What is included in the Good Governance Index 

The GGI 2020-21 encompassed 10 Governance Sectors and 58 Governance Indicators

  • Agriculture and Allied Sector
  • Commerce & Industries
  • Human Resource Development
  • Public Health
  • Public Infrastructure & Utilities
  • Economic Governance
  • Social Welfare & Development
  • Judicial & Public Security
  • Environment,
  • Citizen-Centric Governance.

Change as compared to the 2019 Index

The 2019 index included 10 governance sectors and 50 governance indicators . In the 2021 index the governance sectors are 10 but the governance indicators have been increased to 58.

Highlights of the 2021 Index

The GGI 2020-21 categorizes States and UTs into four categories

  • Group A - It includes Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Haryana, Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh
  •  Group B - It includes Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Odisha, and West Bengal
  • North-East and Hill States - It includes Himachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Uttarakhand, Tripura, Sikkim, Jammu & Kashmir, Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, Meghalaya, and Arunachal Pradesh
  • Union Territories - It includes Delhi, Puducherry, Daman & Diu, Chandigarh, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Dadra &Nagar Haveli, and Lakshadweep

Gujarat, Maharashtra and Goa top the composite rank score covering 10 sectors.

Ranking of the  States group wise 

  •  Group A:
  • Gujarat has topped the composite ranking (12.3% increase over the GGI 2019 indicators), followed by Maharashtra and Goa.
  • Group B:
  • Madhya Pradesh tops the list followed by Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh.
  • North-East and Hill States:
  • Himachal Pradesh topped the list followed by Mizoram and Uttarakhand.
  • Union Territories:
  • Delhi topped the list.

UP has secured top position in Commerce & Industry sector

The GGI 2021 says that 20 States have improved their composite GGI scores over the GGI 2019 index scores. This indicates that overall governance in the states of India is moving in a positive direction.


Written by Shankha Shubhra Dutta

By admin: Dec. 30, 2021

10. NITI Aayog releases North Eastern Region District SDG Index and Dashboard 2021-22

Tags: National News

  • It is released by the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (MDONER) in collaboration with NITI Aayog
  • The United Nations Development Programme(UNDP) has provided technical support for this index.
  • The index measures the performance of the District of the eight NE States ( Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura, and Sikkim)
  • The Index will be prepared and published annually.
  • The top 5 districts of the SDG NER Index are
  • Rank 1 - East Sikkim, Sikkim  with a score of  75.87

    Rank 2 - Gomati, Tripura & North Tripura, Tripura with a score of 75.73,

    Rank 4 - West Tripura, Tripura with a score of 75.67 

    Rank 5 - Serchhip, Mizoram with a score of 74.87

    The Index offers insights into the social, economic, and environmental status of the region and the districts in their march towards achieving the Social Development Goals(SDG) 2030.