North-Eastern Region (NER) District SDG Index and Dashboard 2021-22

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NER District SDG Index and Dashboard 2021-22- Relevance for UPSC Exam

GS Paper 2: Governance, Administration and Challenges- Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation.

Recently, NITI Aayog in collaboration with the Ministry of Development of the North Eastern Region (M/DoNER) has released the first edition of the North Eastern Region (NER) District SDG Index Report and Dashboard 2021–22.
NER District SDG Index and Dashboard is based on NITI Aayog’s SDG India Index.

About: NER District SDG Index and Dashboard is a collaborative effort by NITI Aayog and the Ministry of DoNER, with technical support from UNDP.
- It is the first of its kind in the country as it focuses on the North Eastern Region, which is of critical significance to the country’s development trajectory.
Eight NER states included in the Index: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, and Tripura
Ranking Procedure: NER District SDG Index and Dashboard measures the performance of the districts of NER states on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and their corresponding targets and ranks the districts based on the same.
Classification: Districts have been classified as below based on their NER District SDG Index score-
- Aspirant: 0–49
- Performer: 50–64
- Front-Runner: 65–99
- Achiever: 100

Performance: Out of the 103 districts considered for ranking-
- 64 districts belonged to the Front Runner category
- 39 districts were in the Performer category.
- No districts in the Aspirant or Achiever categories.
East Sikkim has topped and Nagaland’s Kiphire is featured at the bottom of the Index.
All districts in Sikkim and Tripura fall in the Front Runner category.

The index offers insights into the social, economic, and environmental status of the region and its districts in their march towards achieving the SDGs.
It is a unique policy tool that has immense potential to measure district-level progress, highlight critical gaps, and facilitate resource allocation.