As per Social Progress Index, released in December, 2022, which of the following are on top three positions in very high social progress in Tier-I?

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Correct — A, Pondicherry, Lakshadweep and Goa. The Social Progress Index (States and Districts of India), released in December 2022 by the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) with the Institute for Competitiveness, grouped states/UTs into tiers. In Tier-1 (‘Very High Social Progress’), the top three scorers were Puducherry (Pondicherry) 65.99, Lakshadweep 65.89 and Goa 65.53. So the top three are Pondicherry, Lakshadweep and Goa.

Why the other options are wrong — (b) These are strong social-progress performers in India, but they were not the top three of Tier-1 in the December 2022 index — Puducherry, Lakshadweep and Goa led the list.  (c) Kerala scores highly on social indicators, but this trio was not the top-three combination in Tier-1 of the December 2022 Social Progress Index.  (d) Incorrect — option (a) exactly matches the top three Tier-1 states/UTs, so ‘None of the above’ cannot be right.

Concept: The Social Progress Index (SPI) measures a country’s or region’s social and environmental performance independent of economic (GDP) indicators, across three broad dimensions — Basic Human Needs, Foundations of Wellbeing and Opportunity. India’s state-and-district SPI was published in December 2022 by the EAC-PM and the Institute for Competitiveness, ranking states/UTs into tiers from Tier-1 (Very High) downward.

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