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What is the news :

NITI Aayog has launched the State Energy & Climate Index-Round I on 11^thApril 2022 at an event chaired by Dr. Rajiv Kumar, Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog.

Parameters: The State Energy and Climate Index (SECI) ranks states and UTs on six parameters:
- Discoms’ (Power distribution companies) Performance,
- Access Affordability And Reliability Of Energy,
- Clean Energy Initiatives,
- Energy Efficiency,
- Environmental Sustainability,
- New Initiatives.

The parameters are further divided into 27 indicators. Based on the composite SECI Round I score, the states and UTs are categorized into three groups: Front Runners, Achievers, and Aspirants.
The states have been categorized based on size and geographical differences as larger states, smaller states, and UTs.
Gujarat, Kerala, and Punjab have been ranked as the top three performers in the category of larger states.
Goa, emerged as the top-performing state in the smaller states category, followed by Tripura, and Manipur.
Among UTs, Chandigarh, Delhi, and Daman & Diu/Dadra & Nagar Haveli are the top performers.

The objectives of the index are:

Ranking the States based on their efforts towards improving energy access, energy consumption, energy efficiency, and safeguarding environment.
Helping drive the agenda of affordable, accessible, efficient and clean energy transition at the State level.
Encouraging healthy competition among the states on different dimensions of energy and climate.

Top Three States among Larger States Category:

Top Three States among Smaller States Category:

Top Three UTs:

Need:

India is a resource-rich and diverse country.Many of its states are comparable to countries in the European Union in terms of area, population, and diversity of resources.
- Thus, a one-size-fits-all approach will not be appropriate as each state and Union Territory (UT) differ in terms of culture, geography, and use of energy resources.
- It is imperative for each state and UT to have its own policy to harness its potential and capability.

About NITI Aayog :

The NITI Aayog(National Institution for Transforming India) is a public policy think tank of the Government of India,.
The aim of the NITI Aayog is to achieve sustainable development goals with cooperative federalism by fostering the involvement of State Governments of India in the economic policy-making process using a bottom-up approach.
Founded on 1 January 2015
Chairman: Narendra Modi
Vice Chairman: Dr. Rajiv kumar

NITI Aayog launches state energy and climate index