Developmental Indices of UP in Various Fields

What the official syllabus says

UPPCS Main Examination, General Studies VI.

Developmental Indices of UP in various fields.

Topics in detail

An index condenses many indicators into one number for comparing states over time. Learn what each index measures, who publishes it and how it is built, then note UP's latest position from the publishing body; ranks change with each edition, so they are not listed here.

Basics of indices

• Indicator, index and composite index; normalisation and weighting
• Ranking and scoring; frontrunner, performer and aspirant categories
• Strengths and limits of indices: data quality, the time lag and the choice of indicators

Human development and poverty

• Human Development Index (health, education, standard of living) and the UNDP method
• Gender Development Index and Gender Inequality Index
• National Multidimensional Poverty Index (NITI Aayog): health, education and standard of living, and the fall in multidimensional poverty in UP
• District-level human development reports of UP

Sustainable development

• SDG India Index (NITI Aayog): goal-wise scores for states
• UP's own SDG monitoring at district level

Sector indices

• Health: the State Health Index of NITI Aayog
• Education: the Performance Grading Index for school education
• Economy and business: Business Reform Action Plan rankings for ease of doing business, Export Preparedness Index, Fiscal Health Index
• Logistics: LEADS (Logistics Ease Across Different States)
• Energy: State Energy Efficiency Index; climate and energy indices
• Innovation: India Innovation Index; start-up rankings of states
• Governance: Good Governance Index
• Food: State Food Safety Index
• Water: Composite Water Management Index

Development indicators to know

• Per capita income, poverty ratio, unemployment rate
• Infant mortality, maternal mortality, life expectancy, institutional deliveries, immunisation
• Literacy, enrolment, dropout and learning levels
• Access to electricity, tap water, sanitation, roads, banking
• Regional variation of indicators within UP: east, west, central and Bundelkhand

How some indices are built

• Human Development Index: three dimensions with fixed minimum and maximum goalposts, combined by a geometric mean
• National Multidimensional Poverty Index: 12 indicators across health, education and standard of living; a person deprived in a third or more of the weighted indicators is counted as poor
• SDG India Index: indicators for each goal scaled from 0 to 100 against national targets
• Aspirational districts: monthly ranking on improvement (delta ranking) in health and nutrition, education, agriculture and water resources, financial inclusion and skill development, and basic infrastructure

Data sources behind the indices

• Census and the Sample Registration System
• National Family Health Survey (NFHS)
• Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS)
• UDISE+ for school education
• Reserve Bank of India's Handbook of Statistics on Indian States
• State budget documents and the state's own statistical publications

Overlaps

Planning, NITI Aayog and the Sustainable Development Goals for India are in General Studies III.