Minute-A-Day 05: How Sustainable Is India's Development?
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The NITI Aayog has put out its annual report detailing India’s progress in achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs. This Report, however, is of particular importance, not just because its one of the rare occasions in recent times when the central government has put out comprehensive data, but it also acknowledges that we only have a decade left until things get really bad. The report basically compares the different Indian states and their performance against each other in achieving various SDG, such  as No Poverty, Zero Hunger, and Climate Action. Guess which Indian State performs the best! Hint: its kerala. Since the government has been generous with the data, I’m going to be as detailed in analyzing the report. Watch this space through the next week.
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Published 06/21/21