Reports and Indices
NITI Aayog Export Preparedness Index 2022
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- The Export Preparedness Index was released by Niti Aayog in New Delhi.
- Tamil Nadu has been ranked the number one State in Export Preparedness Index (EPI) for 2022.
- It is followed by Maharashtra and Karnataka.
- Gujarat has been pushed to the fourth slot.
- Tamil Nadu has been in the top 5 list among Large/Coastal States categories in the past two years.
- The objective of EPI, is to evaluate the export performance and pending potential of the Indian States and Union Territories.
- Additionally, the index investigates the direct and indirect factors that promote and support the export environment throughout the region.
Key highlights of Tamil Nadu
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- Tamil Nadu has long been an export leader in sectors. Such as automotive, leather and textiles, and we recently became the number one exporter of electronic goods.
- According to the report, the top three exporting districts of Tamil Nadu are Kanchipuram, Chennai, and Tiruppur.
- Other than its top export which is engineering goods, Kanchipuram is the leading exporter of silk, and its finished products. Chennai’s primary exports include petroleum products, engineering goods, and drugs and pharmaceuticals. Tiruppur stands 22nd in the country, in terms of value of exports, on the back of its textile exports which include raw material exports, cotton products and handloom products.
- The report also mentioned that Karnataka and Tamil Nadu have the highest number of geographical indication (GI) Products being exported.
- Tamil Nadu’s performance across four pillars ensured that it occupied the top slot among overall rankings.
NITI Aayog report on Poverty Index
- “National multidimensional poverty index: a progress review, 2023”, was released by NITI Aayog.
- India has registered a significant decline of 9.89 percentage points in the number of multidimensionally poor, from 24.85% in 2015-16 to 14.96% in 2019-2021.
Key Highlights
- The study says nearly 13.5 crore people came out of multidimensional poverty during the period, assessed by identifying “acute deprivations in health, education and standard of living” using United Nations-approved parameters.
- Rural areas witnessed the fastest decline in poverty from 32.59% to 19.28%, mainly due to a decrease in number of multidimensionally poor in States such as Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, and Rajasthan.
- Delhi, Kerala, Goa, and Tamil Nadu have the least number of people facing multidimensional poverty, along with the Union Territories.
- Bihar, Jharkhand, Meghalaya, Uttar Pradesh, and Madhya Pradesh top the chart where the percentage of population which is multi-dimensionally poor is high.
- Multidimensional poverty in urban areas, during the same period, saw a decrease from 8.65% to 5.27%.
- Uttar Pradesh registered the largest decline in number of poor with 3.43 crore people escaping multidimensional poverty.
- The report has been prepared based on the latest National Family Health Survey of 2019-21 and is the second edition of the National Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI).
- 12 parameters of health, education, and standard of living are examined in the report.
- These include nutrition, child and adolescent mortality, maternal health, years of schooling, school attendance, cooking fuel, sanitation, drinking water, electricity, housing, assets, and bank accounts.
