Andhra Pradesh ranks seventh in the Best Performing Big States in State of the States study

The coronavirus epidemic not only claimed the lives of the people but also devastated the global economy. Despite such adverse conditions, Andhra Pradesh is on the brink of economic growth. This was revealed in the India Today State of the States 2020 study. Not just in the financial sector, the study said that Andhra Pradesh is also performing better in the tourism sector.

India Today, in association with Marketing and Development Research Associates (MDRA), conducted a study on the progress of countries and states in various fields from June to October. The association examined the progress made by the states in over 12 areas (economy, tourism, infrastructure, integrated development, governance, security, entrepreneurship, sanitation, environment, education, health, agriculture) with data collected in various ways and divided the states into the categories of Best Performance, Best Improved and Overall and gave them a score accordingly. The best states in the respective categories were named the winners.

As part of this study, 20 states with a geographical area of ​​35,000 sq km or a population of more than 5 million were classified as large states, and states with a smaller area and population as smaller states and ranks were given accordingly.

Andhra Pradesh, which stood at eighth position last year back has stormed into seventh place this year in the category best performing big states. If our state ranks eighth in 2018 in the category of Most Improved Large States, it achieved the second rank last year. The India Today study reveals that it is moving towards sustainable development while maintaining the same rank this year.

Here are the highlights of the study

Andhra Pradesh topped the list of 'Most Improved' major states in terms of economy and tourism.

Andhra Pradesh came in second with 1,194.8 marks out of 2,000 marks in the overall ‌ in most improved ‌ Large States category.

While the state has finished seventh in the overall Best Performance category with 1,147.7 marks out of 2,000 marks.

The state came in third with 65.8 marks per hundred in the containment of coronavirus.