Bhubaneswar: Odisha has ranked 14 in the annual Health Index Round IV 2019-20 report published by the National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog). The rank has dipped by two points as the State had been ranked 12 in 2018-19.
The report titled ‘Healthy States, Progressive India’ is developed by NITI Aayog, with technical assistance from the World Bank, and in close consultation with the Union Health Ministry.
It ranks states and Union Territories on their year-on-year incremental performance in health outcomes as well as their overall status.
The fourth round of the report focuses on measuring and highlighting the overall performance and incremental improvement of states and UTs over the period 2018-19 to 2019-20.
The report was released jointly by Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant, Vice Chairman Dr Rajiv Kumar, Additional Secretary Dr Rakesh Sarwal, and World Bank Senior Health Specialist Sheena Chhabra.
To ensure comparison among similar entities, the ranking in the report has been categorized as ‘Larger States’, ‘Smaller States’ and ‘Union Territories’.
Among the ‘Larger States’, in terms of annual incremental performance, Uttar Pradesh, Assam and Telangana are the top three ranking states. Mizoram and Meghalaya registered the maximum annual incremental progress among ‘Smaller States’. Delhi, followed by Jammu and Kashmir among UTs showed the best incremental performance.