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Arunachal Pradesh tops in preservation and conservation of environment, Uttarakhand at the bottom

Arunachal Pradesh is right at the top in keeping pollution levels in check and making least number of environmental violations, maintaining forest cover, and using renewable sources of energy. The other states in the top five are Tamil Nadu, Mizoram, Karnataka and Nagaland

GN Bureau | May 14, 2016

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The Public Affairs Centre, a not for profit organisation, assessed states and union territories using data available in the public domain in key areas of governance and came out with ‘Public Affairs Index’, presenting an inter-state comparison. The states were compared on 10 areas each and were given scores between 0 and 1, with 0 being the lowest score and 1 being the highest. Here’s a look at:

Environment

It comprised of three focus subjects (and their indicators):

1. Pollution & environmental violations

Suspended particulate matter
SO2 Emissions
NO2 Emissions
Number of environmental violations in the state (per capita)

2. Forest cover

Increase/decrease in forest cover

3. Renewable energy

Renewable energy as a percentage of total energy generated

Here are the rankings:

State/Union territory	PAI Index	Ranking
Arunachal Pradesh	0.72	1
Tamil Nadu	0.682	2
Mizoram	0.641	3
Karnataka	0.625	4
Nagaland	0.57	5
West Bengal	0.529	6
Sikkim	0.527	7
Gujarat	0.497	8
Himachal Pradesh	0.497	9
Maharashtra	0.484	10
Kerala	0.482	11
Odisha	0.481	12
Andhra Pradesh	0.475	13
Assam	0.473	14
Punjab	0.472	15
Jammu and Kashmir	0.462	16
Tripura	0.448	17
Meghalaya	0.445	18
Manipur	0.442	19
Rajasthan	0.436	20
Madhya Pradesh	0.433	21
Haryana	0.416	22
Uttar Pradesh	0.397	23
Bihar	0.391	24
Goa	0.377	25
Chhattisgarh	0.356	26
Jharkhand	0.343	27
Delhi	0.341	28
Uttarakhand	0.331	29

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