⇒ India’s rank has slipped by two places from last year to 117 on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted as a part of the 2030 agenda by 193 United Nations member states in 2015.
The overall SDG score of India is 61.9 out of 100. India ranks below four South Asian countries which include Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
The State of India’s Environment Report 2021 revealed that India’s rank was 115 last year and dropped by two places primarily because major challenges like ending hunger and achieving food security (SDG 2), achieving gender equality (SDG 5) and building resilient infrastructure, promoting inclusive and sustainable industrialisation and fostering innovation (SDG 9) remain in the country.
In the state-wise preparedness of report, Jharkhand and Bihar are the least prepared to meet the SDGs by 2030, which is the target year. While Jharkhand lags in five of the SDGs, Bihar lags in seven.
State/UTs- Kerala, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh are on the path to achieving the SDGs with the best overall score.