The Environmental Sustainable Index (ESI) 2011 released on 14 June
2012, appraised five northeastern states (Tripura, Sikkim, Manipur,
Mijoram, Arunachal Pradesh) and Himachal Pradesh as the most
environmentally sustainable states in the country. The index was
released by Centre for Development Finance (CDF), affiliated to
Institute for Financial Management and Research.
Among larger
states, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal performed poorly on
maximum of environmental indicators while Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra,
Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka received high ratings. States with rich
natural resources like Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh
and Bihar were rated moderate in the chart.
To gauge the environmental quality of the various states, ESI had
referred to 41 key environmental indicators which were classified into
nine thematic sub indices with respect to policy formulation. The sub
indices included air quality and pollution, water quality and
availability, land use and agriculture, forests and biodiversity, waste
management, energy management, health impact, population pressure and
environmental budget.
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