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In a biting swipe at the BJP-led Assam government, Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) President Gaurav Gogoi mocked the state's top leadership, saying the BJP govt is all “big talk, no transformation,” after no district from Assam ranked in the top ten of the North Eastern Region District SDG Index 2023–24.
“The report by NITI Aayog & Ministry of DoNER exposes the BJP-led Assam government's failure on health, education, gender, and basic services,” Gogoi wrote in a pointed post on 'X'.
Not a single district from Assam features in the top ten of the Northeast on the latest Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Index. The report by NITI Aayog & Ministry of DoNER exposes the BJP-led Assam government's failure on health, education, gender, and basic services. Big… pic.twitter.com/TrrrYgvh7c
— Gaurav Gogoi (@GauravGogoiAsm) July 10, 2025
The second edition of the North Eastern Region (NER) District Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Index Report (2023-24) was released on July 10 by NITI Aayog. The Index is developed by NITI Aayog and the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (MoDoNER), with technical support from UNDP. The Index, which builds upon the momentum of the first edition released on 26 August 2021, measures the performance of districts across eight North Eastern States on the SDGs.
As per the report, Hnahthial district in south Mizoram has emerged as the highest-scoring district in the entire northeast region in the North Eastern Region District Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Index 2023–24, released by NITI Aayog on Monday.
With a composite score of 81.43, Hnahthial outperformed 120 other districts across the eight north-eastern states. Mizoram also saw all its districts placed in the 'Front Runner' category, indicating substantial progress towards achieving the SDGs. The second edition of the NER District SDG Index was jointly developed by NITI Aayog and the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), with technical support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
The index assesses district-level progress on sustainable development goals across social, economic, and environmental sectors. All districts in Mizoram, Sikkim, and Tripura achieved 'Front Runner' status, with none falling in the 'aspirant' or 'achiever' categories.