Kerala, Nadu and Telangana emerged as the top three states in terms of overall performance according to theNITI Aayogs Health index, while Uttar Pradesh topped the table on incremental performance despite being at the bottom.
For the fourth consecutive round, Kerala emerged as the best performer in terms of overall performance. Among the smaller states,Mizoramemerged as the best performer in overall performance as well as incremental outcome.
Among Union territories (UTs), Delhi and Jammu & Kashmir ranked at the bottom in terms of overall performance but emerged as the leading performer in terms of incremental performance. Pollbound UP showed a marked improvement in its performance in most indicators. Among the larger states, UP registered the highest incremental change of 5.5 points from the Base Year (2018-19) to reference year (2019-20).