As per SDG India Index and Dashboard 2020-21 published by the NITI Aayog, which one of the following States was NOT among the top five States in their performance regarding SDGs in the country ?

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Correct — A, Gujarat. In NITI Aayog's SDG India Index 2020-21 (the third edition, released in June 2021), Kerala retained the top rank, and the leading group of best-performing States included Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Goa. Gujarat — though a strong industrial economy — was NOT among the top five performers on the composite SDG score. Since the question asks which State was NOT in the top five, the answer is Gujarat. (Exact position ordering varies slightly across summaries; the reliably checkable point is that Gujarat fell outside the top five while Andhra Pradesh, Goa and Tamil Nadu were inside it.)

Why the other options are wrong — (b) Andhra Pradesh was among the top-five 'Front Runner' performers in the 2020-21 index, so it cannot be the State that was NOT in the top five.  (c) Goa featured among the top-five best-performing States in the 2020-21 index, so it is not the correct answer to a 'NOT among the top five' question.  (d) Tamil Nadu was one of the leading States in the 2020-21 index, placing within the top five — hence not the answer.

Concept: The SDG India Index, developed by NITI Aayog, is India's principal tool for measuring the progress of States and Union Territories against the UN Sustainable Development Goals (the 17 SDGs). It scores each State/UT from 0 to 100 and sorts them into four categories: Aspirant (0–49), Performer (50–64), Front Runner (65–99) and Achiever (100). The 2020-21 report was the third edition; the earlier editions were 2018-19 (baseline) and 2019-20.

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