State Energy & Climate Index: Niti

State Energy & Climate Index: Niti

Subject: Governance

Section: Reports & indices

Context- Gujarat has topped the list for larger States in the NITI Aayog’s State Energy and Climate Index–Round 1 that has ranked States and Union Territories (UTs) on certain parameters.

Concept-

Performance by the states:

• Gujarat, Kerala and Punjab have been ranked as the top three performers in the category of larger States, while Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh were the bottom three States.
• Goa emerged as the top performer in the smaller States category followed by Tripura and Manipur.
• Among UTs, Chandigarh, Delhi and Daman & Diu/Dadra & Nagar Haveli are the top performers.
• Punjab was the best performer in discom performance, while Kerala topped in access, affordability and reliability category.
• Haryana was the best performer in clean energy initiative among larger States and Tamil Nadu in the energy efficiency category.

State Energy and Climate Index:

• The States have been categorized based on size and geographical differences as larger and smaller States and UTs.
• The index is based on 2019-20 data.
• It ranks the states’ performance on 6 parameters, namely
  • DISCOM’s Performance
  • Access, Affordability and Reliability of Energy
  • Clean Energy Initiatives
  • Energy Efficiency
  • Environmental Sustainability; and
  • New Initiatives
• The parameters are further divided into 27 indicators. Based on the composite SECI Round I score.
• The states and UTs are categorized into three groups:
  • Front Runners,
  • Achievers, and
  • Aspirants

India’s performance on other indices

At an international level, India’s ranking indices varied depending on assessment parameters.

1. World Energy Trilemma Index :In the World Energy Trilemma Index, which looked at energy security, energy equity, environmental sustainability and country context dimension (macroeconomics, governance and institutional conditions), India ranked 75th out of 127 countries.
2. World Economic Forum’s Energy Transition Index:India stood at 87th rank among 115 countries in the World Economic Forum’s Energy Transition Index, which focused on sector performance and energy transition.
3. Ernest and Young Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index:India was placed in the third position. It has also remained among the top 10 countries in the Climate Change Performance Index, which assesses climate protection performance.

However, India is among the most vulnerable countries to climate change, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.