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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF PLANNING
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4118
TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.08.2026
ANALYTICAL INDICATORS AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC METRICS
4118. SHRI ADITYA YADAV:
Will the Minister of PLANNING be pleased to state:
(a) the details of specific analytical indicators and socio-economic
metrics developed by NITI Aayog to measure, monitor and address
the widening regional economic and per-capita income disparities
between highly industrialised States and lagging States;
(b) the nature of planning assistance or policy recommendations
provided to the Ministry of Finance to correct fiscal imbalances faced
by heavily indebted or low-resource States;
(c) whether NITI Aayog's cooperative federalism indices such as
the State Health Index or Innovation Index take into weightage the
structural historical disadvantages of backward regions and if so, the
details thereof; and
(d) the details of concrete policy models proposed to revive
agrarian economies and prevent large-scale unorganised distress
migration to urban conglomerates?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY
OF STATISTICS & PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION; MINISTER OF
STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING
AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE
(RAO INDERJIT SINGH)
Page 1 of 2(a) & (b) NITI Aayog released the second edition of “Fiscal Health
Index (FHI)” on 11th March, 2026. The FHI provides a comprehensive,
data driven assessment of the fiscal health of States and to support
evidence based fiscal policymaking. It highlights policy priorities
such as strengthening state’s own revenue mobilisation, improving
the quality of expenditure, rationalising committed expenditure,
adopting medium term fiscal planning frameworks, enhancing public
financial management systems, improving fiscal transparency, and
monitoring off budget borrowings. The detailed methodology, state
wise ranking and analysis can be seen at
https://niti.gov.in/sites/default/files/2026-03/Fiscal-Health-Index-2026.pdf.
(c) NITI Aayog has developed various indices, including State
Health Index and India Innovation Index, to support evidence-based
policymaking and foster cooperative and competitive federalism.
These indices are based on clearly defined methodologies and
indicators drawn from official data sources. The methodologies of
these indices are designed to facilitate objective comparison across
States/UTs by using standardized indicators and transparent
frameworks, while taking into account relevant structural and
contextual factors, such as geographical size, governance and fiscal
characteristics, as appropriate to the respective index.
(d) Government of India is implementing several schemes/
programmes viz. Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN),
Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maan Dhan Yojana (PM-KMY), Pradhan Mantri
Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), Modified Interest Subvention Scheme
(MISS), Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF), Formation and
Promotion of 10,000 new Farmer Producers Organizations (FPOs),
Namo Drone Didi, National Mission on Natural Farming (NMNF),
Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay SanraksHan Abhiyan (PM-AASHA), Agri
Fund for Start-Ups & Rural Enterprises’ (AgriSURE), Paramparagat
Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY), Soil Health & Fertility (SH&F) etc. for the
welfare of farmers.
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