Kerala best State on health parameters, Uttar Pradesh worst: NITI Aayog

However, Uttar Pradesh has topped in terms of incremental performance by registering the highest incremental change from the base year to reference year.

Kerala has again emerged as the top performer in terms of overall health performance among larger States, while Uttar Pradesh is the worst, according to the fourth Health Index launched by NITI Aayog.

The fourth round of the Health Index took into account the period 2019-20 (reference year).

The report by the government think tank said Tamil Nadu and Telangana have emerged as the second and third best performers, respectively, on health parameters. Bihar and Madhya Pradesh were the second and third worst performers respectively.