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Jharkhand tops in ‘healthy States’ list

PNS

Jharkhand topped the list in the second edition of the Health Index 'Healthy States-Progressive India' released by the NITI Aayog on Tuesday based on annual incremental performance in various areas. Haryana and Rajasthan are also equivalent to Jharkhand. Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra have emerged as the top ranking states on the basis of overall performance in health indicators. In the report published in 2018, in the case of incremental performance in the field of Health, Jharkhand was in the top three ranking.