On health index, India ranks 143 out of 188 countries. Find out which country tops the list
8 years, 6 months ago

On health index, India ranks 143 out of 188 countries. Find out which country tops the list

India TV News  

India stands at the 143rd position among 188 countries in the first annual assessment of Sustainable Development Goals health performance published in The Lancet. "Despite rapid economic growth, India was ranked 143rd, below Comoros and Ghana," the first annual assessment of Sustainable Development Goals health performance published in the Lancet said. "With more than 1,870 individual collaborators in 124 countries and three territories, our independent analysis identifies high and low-performing countries to help guide national policies and donor investments and provides a strong basis for monitoring progress towards the health-related SDGs for 188 countries over the next 15 years," Lim said. The study said cross the world good progress has been made towards some of the health-related SDGs since 2000, particularly in reducing under-five and neonatal mortality, family planning, and in the rollout of universal health care.

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India’s Global Indices Rankings 2024: From poverty to happiness, here’s how the country is ranked for the current year
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The Hindu  

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The Hindu  

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Firstpost  

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India’s statistical performance on the global stage

The Hindu  

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1 year, 9 months ago

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Op India  

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India not on-target in many women-related development goals

The Hindu  

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The Hindu  

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The Hindu  

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India Today  

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Niti Aayog Health Index: Kerala tops in overall performance, UP shows best incremental change

India Today  

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India Slips Two Spots to Rank 117 on 17 Sustainable Development Goals Adopted as 2030 Agenda: Report
3 years, 9 months ago

India Slips Two Spots to Rank 117 on 17 Sustainable Development Goals Adopted as 2030 Agenda: Report

News 18  

India’s rank has slipped by two places from last year to 117 on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals adopted as a part of the 2030 agenda by 193 United Nations member states in 2015, a new report has said. The State of India’s Environment Report 2021 revealed that India’s rank was 115 last year and dropped by two places primarily …

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3 years, 9 months ago

Niti Aayog's SDG index ranks Andhra Pradesh 3rd, Telangana 11th

Hindustan Times  

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3 years, 9 months ago

Kerala Retains Top Rank in Niti Aayog's SDG India Index 2020-21; Bihar Worst Performer

News 18  

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3 years, 9 months ago

SDG India Index 2020-21 released. Know top-performing states, UTs

Hindustan Times  

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Kerala retains top rank, Bihar at bottom in NITI Aayog's SDG Index 2021
3 years, 9 months ago

Kerala retains top rank, Bihar at bottom in NITI Aayog's SDG Index 2021

India TV News  

Kerala has retained the top rank in Niti Aayog's SDG India Index 2020-21, while Bihar has been adjudged as the worst performer, as per a report released on Thursday. The third rendition of India's SDG Index was launched by Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar on Thursday. First launched in December 2018, the index has become the primary tool for …

Kerala Tops Niti Aayog’s SDG Index, Bihar Worst Performer
5 years, 2 months ago

Kerala Tops Niti Aayog’s SDG Index, Bihar Worst Performer

The Quint  

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Kerala retains top position in NITI Aayog's health index, but makes no improvement; Bihar, Uttar Pradesh among worst performers
5 years, 9 months ago

Kerala retains top position in NITI Aayog's health index, but makes no improvement; Bihar, Uttar Pradesh among worst performers

Firstpost  

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Himachal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu lead performers in NITI Aayog's sustainable development goals index

Firstpost  

The index took into account 13 out of 17 goals specified by United Nation’s as SDGs and left out four goals because of lack of data at the state level. New Delhi: Himachal Pradesh, Kerala and Tamil Nadu have emerged as top performing states in NITI Aayog’s Sustainable Development Goals India Index 2018, which evaluates progress in social, economic and …

WHO commends India for achieving maternal mortality goal; but health ministry statistics differ from UNDP targets
6 years, 9 months ago

WHO commends India for achieving maternal mortality goal; but health ministry statistics differ from UNDP targets

Firstpost  

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India ranks among the last 5 countries in handling environmental problems
7 years, 2 months ago

India ranks among the last 5 countries in handling environmental problems

India Today  

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Maternal mortality rate declining, will achieve MDG soon: Health ministry
8 years, 10 months ago

Maternal mortality rate declining, will achieve MDG soon: Health ministry

Firstpost  

Maternal Mortality Ratio in the country has registered a 5.7 percent decline and if it continues to fall at this rate, India will achieve its MDG target. Based on the UN Inter–Agency Expert Group’s MMR estimates in the publication ‘Trends in Maternal Mortality: 1990 to 2015’, the target for MMR is estimated to be 139 per 1,00,000 live births by …

India ranks 130 among 188 countries in Human Development Index in latest UNDP report
9 years, 3 months ago

India ranks 130 among 188 countries in Human Development Index in latest UNDP report

Firstpost  

India continued to rank low in the Human Development Index, climbing just one notch to the 130th rank in the latest UNDP report. New Delhi: India continued to rank low in the Human Development Index, climbing just one notch to the 130th rank in the latest UNDP report on account of rise in life expectancy and per capita income. India …

India yet to achieve U.N. Millennium Development Goals
9 years, 6 months ago

India yet to achieve U.N. Millennium Development Goals

The Hindu  

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India will meet under-five mortality rate target of 2015: Govt
10 years, 3 months ago

India will meet under-five mortality rate target of 2015: Govt

India TV News  

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India ranks 135 in Human Development Index: Report
10 years, 8 months ago

India ranks 135 in Human Development Index: Report

India TV News  

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U.N.: India likely to miss MDG on maternal health
12 years, 8 months ago

U.N.: India likely to miss MDG on maternal health

The Hindu  

With one maternal death reported every 10 minutes, India is likely to miss the Millennium Development Goal related to maternal health, a latest United Nations report says. At present, the Maternal Mortality Rate of India is 212 per one lakh live births, whereas the country’s target is 109 per one lakh live births by 2015. India has reduced MMR significantly …

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