NITI Aayog's State Energy and Climate Index-Round-1, April 2022: Gujarat, Kerala and Punjab are the top 3 among larger states
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NITI Aayog released the State Energy and Climate Index-Round 1 on 11 April 2022. The index was released by NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Dr Rajiv Kumar, in the presence of NITI Aayog Member Dr VK Saraswat and CEO Amitabh Kant, secretaries of various government departments and stakeholders from the energy sector. Which is aimed at ranking states and Union territories (UTs) on six parameters including discoms’ performance, energy efficiency and environmental sustainability. The states of Gujarat, Kerala and Punjab are the top 3 among larger states. States like Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand were placed at the bottom. Among the smaller states, Goa topped the Aayog’s index, followed by Tripura and Manipur. Among union territories (UTs), Chandigarh topped the index, followed by Delhi and Daman & Diu/Dadra & Nagar Haveli (D&D and D&N). The index is based on 2019-20 data.
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