Environment Performance Index

  • June 8, 2020
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
  • Category: DPN Topics
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Subject: Environment

Context:

India has improved its place in Environment Performance Index but still poorly ranked

Concept:

  • India secured 168 rank in the 12th edition of the biennial Environment Performance Index (EPI Index 2020) that measured the environmental performance of 180 countries
  • It was released by the Yale University on June 4, 2020.
  • India’s rank was 177 (with a score of 27.6 out of 100) in 2018.
  • All South Asian countries, except Afghanistan, were ahead of India in the ranking.
Environment