Odisha Drops Four Places In NITI Aayog’s SDG Ranking

Bhubaneswar: Though Odisha has improved its composite score towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), it has dropped four places in the latest nationwide rankings released on Thursday.

As per the NITI Aayog’s SDG India Index and Dashboard 2020–21, Odisha was ranked 19th with a composite score of 61. This is a drop from the 15^th position from that in 2019. However, the state’s score was 58 in that year.

Since its inaugural launch in 2018, the index has been comprehensively documenting and ranking the progress made by States and Union Territories towards achieving the SDG.

The latest index was launched by NITI Aayog Vice Chairperson Dr Rajiv Kumar in New Delhi.

As per the report, here’s how Odisha has fared in various sectors:

Percentage of population living below the national poverty line

32.59

Head count ratio as per the Multidimensional Poverty Index

35.90

Percentage of households with any usual member covered by a health scheme or health insurance

47.70

Persons provided employment as a percentage of persons who demanded employment under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA)

85.51

Percentage of the population (out of total eligible population) receiving social protection benefits under Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY)

Nil

Percentage of households living in kutchcha houses

14.20

Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are underweight

29.20.

Maternal Mortality Ratio (per 1,00,000 live births):

150.

Suicide rate (per 1,00,000 population)

10.50.

Death rate due to road accidents per 1,00,000 population

11.82.

Doctors, nurses and midwives per 10,000 population

39.

Percentage of persons (>15 years) who are literate

72.50.

Percentage of schools with access to electricity and drinking water

68.71.

Percentage of schools with separate toilet facilities for girls

98.04.

Crimes against women per 1,00,000 female population

103.50.

Sex ratio at birth

933.

Women in managerial positions in listed companies (per 1,000 persons)

206.

Percentage of rural population getting drinking water within premises through piped water supply

51.73.

Percentage of LPG+PNG connections against number of households

79.52.

Annual growth rate of GDP (constant prices) per capita

5.49.

Functioning of commercial bank branches per 1,00,000 population

11.92.

ATMs per 1,00,000 population

15.72.

Mobile phone connections per 100 persons

75.09.

Internet subscribers per 100 population

44.87.

Percentage of urban households living in kutchcha houses

2.80.

Percentage of urban households with drainage facility

65.70.

Lives lost due to extreme weather events (per 1 crore population)

22.78.

Percentage of forest cover

33.15.

Murders per 1,00,000 population

3.10.

Cognizable crimes against children per 1,00,000 population

49.90.

Victims of human trafficking per 10 lakh population

20.03.

Courts per 1,00,000 population

2.16.

Percentage of population covered under Aadhaar

97.