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Category-wise parameter of SoSĮCONOMY:Net per capita Income % of population above poverty line ratio of capital expenditure to population GSVA for tertiary sector/ population GSVA for secondary sector/ population Consumer Price Index unemployment rate no. Parameter level weights were used to determine the best performing and most improved states overall.Ī large MDRA team, led by executive director Abhishek Agrawal, project director Abnish Jha, assistant research manager Rajan Chauhan, executive-EDP Manveer Singh, research executive Somendra Shahi, and assisted by statisticians and econometricians, worked on this voluminous project from July to November 2021. Based on the weights determined for each attribute, sectoral rankings were derived. To ensure no state got undue advantage or vice versa, data based on population or geographical size, as the case required, was normalised. The relative weights of the parameters were finalised in consultation with the experts, INDIA TODAY editors and the MDRA team. Based on inputs from experts-academics, policymakers and policy influencers such as NITI Aayog representatives, think-tanks, policy research organisations, sociologists and economists-123 parameters were finalised for evaluating the best performing states and 88 for the most improved ones. Several parameters were fixed in each category. Twelve categories were identified for comparison, and a new category-Happiness Index-was added.
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Jammu & Kashmir was not considered due to the change in its status. km and population of over 5 million were clubbed as big, the rest small. Big states have their own advantages and disadvantages vis-à-vis the small ones. States were further divided into big and small on the basis of geographical area and population. Based on positive changes (outcome- based) in the past 5 years.Measuring a state’s improvement in the past 5 years.Based on most recent data across multiple parameters.Based on a state’s latest performance in a category.The states have been ranked under two broad groups: Best-performing states The robust methodology is designed to rank the states on the basis of most relevant and exhaustive data, covering aspects crucial to foster inter-state competition and uphold the true spirit of India’s federal structure. The India Today State of the States 2021 study was conducted by Delhi-based premier research agency Marketing and Development Research Associates (MDRA). Who, after all, minds being in a permanent state of happiness?Īlso Read | Best performing big and small states on Happiness Index: Kerala and Goa Methodology: How the states were ranked
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Measuring this ease of living across the country is the objective of our survey. Happiness, thus, comes from the ease of living. Though there is no universal definition or indicator of citizens’ happiness, the experts INDIA TODAY consulted agreed that a state’s performance across a given set of categories-prosperity, education, health, governance, infrastructure, law and order, environment and cleanliness-could determine how happy its people are. In the 19th edition of our survey, we have added a new category-the happiness index.