Which of the following sets of States is at the bottom of the Composit

Which of the following sets of States is at the bottom of the Composite SDG India Index, 2020-2021 as per the NITI Aayog?

Assam, Jharkhand, Bihar
Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Bihar
Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Assam
Odisha, Bihar, Jharkhand
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UPSC CDS-1 – 2023
According to the NITI Aayog’s SDG India Index and Dashboard 2020-2021 (released in June 2021), the states at the bottom (lowest performers) in terms of their composite score across all Sustainable Development Goals were Bihar, Jharkhand, and Assam.
– The SDG India Index tracks the progress of States and Union Territories on a set of national indicators aligned with the SDGs.
– The index is published annually by NITI Aayog.
– States are ranked based on their composite score.
In the SDG India Index 2020-2021, Kerala, Himachal Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu were the top-performing states. The performance varies across individual goals, but the composite score provides an overall ranking.