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Context: NITI Aayog’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Index. Background: The SDGs are a set of 17 broad-based global goals adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2015 and intended to be achieved by 2030. The UN has developed 232 indicators to measure compliance by member nations. More on the Sustainable Development Goals. India: India, being home to about one-sixth of the world’s population, is key to the achievement of the SDGs. The NITI Aayog is the coordinating agency for SDG in India. To monitor the progress made by the states in terms of the SDG indicators, NITI Aayog has come up with the India SDG index. The SDG index considers 100 indicators. Compared to the last year’s baseline index the current edition considers a higher number of indicators which would give a more comprehensive view of the progress made by India. Details: Kerala is ranked first in terms of the progress made towards SDG. The four southern states are among the front-runners along ...

Context: Madhya Pradesh’s first elephant colony. Details: Elephants are generally migratory in nature  and often travel hundreds of miles to look for newer habitats with enough food and water. They generally tend to return to their habitats at the end of the migratory period. However, a new pattern has been observed in the  forests of Bandhavgarh in Madhya Pradesh . An elephant herd which had moved from the withering forests of north Chhattisgarh into the forests of Bandhavgarh looking for food and water has stayed back for the first time over seasons and even bred two new calves. The herd has found plenty of space, food and water within the core area of the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, and that might be the primary reason for their not returning to the forests of north Chattisgarh. Consequences: The ‘Tiger State’ of Madhya Pradesh,  which in the 2019 census recorded the most number of estimated tigers at 526, thus securing the title, presently has no know-ho...