SDG Urban Index and Dashboard 2021-22

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SDG Urban Index and Dashboard- Relevance for UPSC Exam

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SDG Urban Index and Dashboard- Context

Recently, the NITI Aayog has launched the first edition of the SDG Urban Index and Dashboard 2021-22.

SDG Urban Index and Dashboard- Key Findings

Top Performers: Shimla, Coimbatore, Chandigarh, Thiruvananthapuram and Kochi have topped the NITI Aayog’s Sustainable Development Goals Urban India Index 2021-22.
Worst Performers: Dhanbad, Meerut, Itanagar, Guwahati and Patna are the worst performers in the NITI Aayog’s first SDG Urban Index.

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SDG Urban Index and Dashboard– Key Points

About: SDG Urban Index and Dashboard has been developed by the NITI Aayog in collaboration with GIZ and BMZ under the umbrella of Indo-German Development Cooperation.
Objective: SDG Urban Index aims at localizing the sustainable development goals (SDGs) and instituting robust SDG progress monitoring systems at the national, state/UT, and local levels.
Ranking of Urban Areas: SDG Urban Index and Dashboard 2021-22 ranks 56 urban areas on 77 SDG indicators across 46 targets of the SDG framework.
- Out of 56 urban areas ranked in the index, 44 are with a population of above one million. 12 are state capitals with a population of less than a million.
- While for some indicators, “urban area” implies ULBs, in other cases, it refers to all urban areas within a district collectively.
Ranking Scale: In SDG Urban Index and Dashboard, for each SDG, the urban areas are ranked on a scale of 0-100.
- A score of 100 implies that the urban area has achieved the targets set for 2030;
- A score of 0 implies that it is the farthest from achieving the targets among the selected urban areas.
Categorization:
- Aspirants Category: The areas with rankings between 0 and 49 have been ranked as aspirants.
- Performer Category: Urban Areas with 50-64 are termed as performers.
- Front-runners: Urban areas with 65-99 are called front-runners and
- Achievers Category: Urban areas with a perfect score (100) are called achievers. However, not a single area has a perfect score in the SDG Urban Index and Dashboard 2021-22.

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SDG Urban Index and Dashboard- Key Significance

SDG Urban Index and Dashboard will further strengthen SDG localization and institute robust SDG monitoring at the city level.
- SDG Urban Index and Dashboard highlights the strengths and gaps of ULB-level data, monitoring and reporting systems.
Tools used in the SDG Urban index and dashboard will contribute to the creation of an ecosystem in which all stakeholders will be equipped to adopt and implement data-driven decision-making.

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