Rankings · Pillar of the Unnati Index

Environment

Clean air, forests, clean energy, water security and waste management.

< 51.0
51.0 – 56.6
56.6 – 66.8
66.8 – 71.5
≥ 71.5
Not available

Score out of 100. Darker means a higher score.

Boundaries as per Survey of India; not an authenticated map. Circles mark small states and UTs.

What goes into it

The pillar score is the average of these indicators' scores. Each indicator is scaled from 0 to 100 between fixed goalposts, so a score rises only when the state's own figure improves. A state needs data for at least 60% of the indicators to get a pillar score.

Annual PM2.5 concentrationLower is better · 0 at 82 µg/m³, 100 at 40 µg/m³
Change in forest coverHigher is better · 0 at -3.13%, 100 at 4.70%
Groundwater extraction stageLower is better · 0 at 155.0%, 100 at 70.0%
Renewable share of power capacityHigher is better · 0 at 0.8%, 100 at 55.7%
Urban solid waste processedHigher is better · 0 at 13.4%, 100 at 100.0%

Environment 2026

36 of 36 states and UTs have data

Rank	State / UT	Score out of 100	Rank in group
1	Gujarat	85.3Front Runner	1 · Large states
2	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	77.0Front Runner	1 · Union Territories
3	Karnataka	74.9Front Runner	2 · Large states
4	Maharashtra	73.6Front Runner	3 · Large states
5	Mizoram	73.0Front Runner	1 · North-East & Himalayan states
6	Tamil Nadu	72.7Front Runner	4 · Large states
7	Madhya Pradesh	72.6Front Runner	5 · Large states
8	Keralam	71.5Front Runner	6 · Large states
9	Chhattisgarh	71.3Front Runner	7 · Large states
10	Telangana	71.1Front Runner	8 · Large states
11	Himachal Pradesh	70.4Front Runner	2 · North-East & Himalayan states
12	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	70.1Front Runner	2 · Union Territories
13	Jammu and Kashmir	68.7Front Runner	3 · Union Territories
14	Goa	68.6Front Runner	9 · Large states
15	Lakshadweep	66.8Front Runner	4 · Union Territories
16	Andhra Pradesh	61.1Performer	10 · Large states
17	Chandigarh	60.4Performer	5 · Union Territories
18	Uttar Pradesh	59.8Performer	11 · Large states
19	Odisha	59.3Performer	12 · Large states
20	Uttarakhand	57.7Performer	3 · North-East & Himalayan states
21	Ladakh	57.6Performer	6 · Union Territories
22	Manipur	56.6Performer	4 · North-East & Himalayan states
23	Arunachal Pradesh	54.2Performer	5 · North-East & Himalayan states
24	Sikkim	54.1Performer	6 · North-East & Himalayan states
25	Nagaland	53.9Performer	7 · North-East & Himalayan states
26	Meghalaya	52.0Performer	8 · North-East & Himalayan states
27	Assam	51.6Performer	9 · North-East & Himalayan states
28	West Bengal	51.3Performer	13 · Large states
29	Puducherry	51.0Performer	7 · Union Territories
30	Bihar	46.7Aspirant	14 · Large states
31	Rajasthan	45.5Aspirant	15 · Large states
32	Jharkhand	42.2Aspirant	16 · Large states
33	Tripura	41.4Aspirant	10 · North-East & Himalayan states
34	Haryana	32.7Aspirant	17 · Large states
35	Punjab	31.5Aspirant	18 · Large states
36	Delhi	30.1Aspirant	8 · Union Territories

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