State Energy and Climate Index List

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• NITI Aayog has launched the State Energy & Climate Index-Round I.

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• The State Energy & Climate Index (SECI) Round I ranks the states’ performance on 6 parameters, namely
  •  DISCOM’s 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 categorised into three groups: Front Runners, Achievers, and Aspirants.
• The States have been categorised based on size and geographical differences as larger and smaller States and UTs. The index is based on 2019–20 data
• Top Performers 
  •  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.
• It  is the first index that aims to track the efforts made by States and UTs in the climate and energy sector.

• Suggestions: 
  • This edition of the report reveals that some of the important data is not available at the state level.
    • There is a need to develop a robust mechanism for capturing such data so that it can be incorporated in future editions of the report.
  • Synergy and partnership among the Centre and the States will be critical for achieving energy and climate-related goals and making the country self-reliant in the energy sector. 
  • Achieving the ambitious climate targets would require a conducive policy environment to encourage investment. 
  • The best practices of the States should be regularly documented and disseminated through mediums such as SECI to promote peer–to–peer learning.
    • For instance, each State can learn from the best performing States/UTs.

Source:TH