Thursday, September 1, 2011

Sikkim tops ‘State Sustainable Competitiveness Report 2011’

GANGTOK, 30 Aug [IPR]: RICS India and the Institute for Competitiveness released the 'Sustainable Competitiveness Report 2011' for Indian states today at the RICS International conference on 'Planning and Delivering Urban Infrastructure in Indian Cities'. The report was released by Executive Director, Developing Markets, RICS, Marcus Potter, and ranks Indian states in terms of the sustainability of their growth story.
The states have been divided into three categories based on the density of population and Sikkim tops the Sustainable Competitiveness Index in the low density states. Delhi and Goa top the list for the high and medium population density states, respectively.
In the overall ranking, the top 3 winners are Sikkim, Delhi and Goa followed by Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Mizoram, Kerala, Gujarat and Arunachal Pradesh.
State Sustainability Competitiveness is assessed on four basic pillars- Social Inclusion, Environment and Climate Change, Economic Development, Resource Availability and Utilisation.

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