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Gender Vulnerability Index (GVI) 2017: Goa ranks top while Bihar at bottom
Child development NGO Plan India Gender Vulnerability Index (GVI) 2017 ranks Goa on top while Bihar at bottom
Goa ranked top and Bihar featured at the lowest in the Gender Vulnerability Index (GVI) prepared by Child development NGO Plan India has ranked the state of Goa at the top and Bihar ranked 30 at the bottom.
The other two states include Kerala and Mizoram to occupy the top positions, which were ranked 2nd and 3rd respectively. Bihar was joined by Uttar Pradesh at the bottom, while Delhi was placed near bottom at the 24th place
The composite index has been developed after analyzing the situation of girls and women in the country on the basis of four important dimensions includes Health, Education, Protection and Poverty.
Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Sikkim were ranked top three as far health of women is concerned and Bihar was ranked the worst.
Delhi was ranked as the worst performing state in terms of education for women while Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, and Punjab took up the top three positions.
Manipur and Mizoram were placed in the top two positions followed by Tamil Nadu while Bihar again was placed at the bottom, in terms of poverty.
In terms of protection and safety, Goa was deemed to be the safest state followed by Himachal Pradesh, and Jammu and Kashmir. Uttar Pradesh was positioned at the last rank.
