New Delhi (Kalinga Voice) : NITI Aayog releases the fourth edition of the State Health Index today . Among the ‘Larger States’, in terms of annual incremental performance, Uttar Pradesh, Assam, and Telangana are the top three ranking states. Among ‘Smaller States’, Mizoram and Meghalaya registered the maximum annual incremental progress. Among UTs, Delhi, followed by Jammu and Kashmir, showed the best incremental performance, .
On overall ranking based on the composite index score in 2019–20, the top-ranking states were Kerala and Tamil Nadu among the ‘Larger States’, Mizoram and Tripura among the ‘Smaller States’, and DH&DD and Chandigarh among the UTs
Among the Larger States, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana emerged among the best three performers in terms of Overall Performance. Uttar Pradesh with the lowest Overall Reference Year (2019-20) Index Score ranked at the bottom (Rank 19) in Overall Performance, however, it ranked at the top in terms of Incremental Performance by registering the highest incremental change from the Base Year (2018-19) to Reference Year (2019-20). On the other hand, Kerala and Tamil Nadu were top two performers in terms of Overall Performance with the highest Reference Year (2019-20) Index Scores but ranked twelfth and eight respectively in terms of Incremental Performance. Telangana performed well both in terms Overall Performance as well as Incremental Performance and secured the third position inboth instances. For the fourth consecutive round Kerala emerged as the best performer in terms of Overall Performance. Among the Smaller States, Mizoram emerged as the best performer in Overall Performance as well as Incremental Performance while among UTs, Delhi and Jammu & Kashmir ranked among the bottom UTs in terms of Overall Performance but emerged as the leading performer in terms Incremental Performance.
Among the Larger States, Telangana is the only state that demonstrated strong Overall Performance as well as Incremental Performance while Rajasthan reported weak performance on both counts. Telangana emerged as strong performer on both Overall and Incremental Performance as for several indicators it had attained the best possible performance. For example, it attained universal full immunisation of children and total case notification of tuberculosis; had fully functional First Referral Units (FRUs) and all Primary Health Centres (PHCs) and urban PHCs functional as Health and Wellness Centres (HWCs); operation theatres and labour rooms of
all district hospitals certified under LaQshya and Kayakalp scores more than 70 percent; and no vacancies of ANMs in Sub Centres and Medical Officers in PHCs. In terms of Incremental Performance, Telangana made major gains in the Key Inputs and Processes domain with nearly half the indicators in the Fully Achieved or Most Improved or Improved category; against 19 percent for Rajasthan.
