Himachal minister approaches speaker invoking anti-defection law against 3 MLAs
The three MLAs' petition is pending in the high court against the Speaker for not approving their resignation from the State Legislative Assembly.
Himachal Pradesh slips to rank fifth in terms of the overall performance from the base year (2014-15) to the reference year (2015-16) among the 21 larger states in the country. Slipping one rank as compared to the previous year (fourth rank), it has dipped to 61.20 from 62.28 in comparison to the base year with the reference year.
This is revealed in the recently released Healthy States, Progress India Report on the Ranks of States and Union Territories of NITI Aayog. Kerela ranks on top, followed by Punjab, Tamil Naidu and Gujrat.
Meanwhile, the annual incremental performance in the Index score from the base to the reference year of Himachal Pradesh negative, as it stood at a dismal 17th rank, with dip by -0.92 points and had failed to show any significant level of improvement of Neo Natal Mortality Rate (NMR) and Under-Five Mortality Rate (U5MR) and replacement level of fertility, limiting space for improvement.
Ahead of Himachal Pradesh is Jarkhand (up 6.87 points) that was at the top amongst annual incremental performance in Index scores from base to the reference year, followed by Jammu and Kashmir (up 6.83 points), Uttar Pradesh (up 5.55 points), Bihar (up 3.76 points), Chahattisgarh (up 3.39 points), Punjab (up 3.19 points), Andhara Pradesh (up 2.41 points), Rajasthan (up 2.24 points), Madhaya Pradesh(up 1.10 points), Maharashtra (up 0.98 points), Assam (up 0.60 points), Telangana (up 0.45 points), West Bengal (up 0.38 points), Odisha (up 0.20 points) and Tamila Naidu (up 0.10 points) , Uttrakhand ( dowen by 0.10 points).
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The report maintains that Himachal Pradesh falls amongst the one-third of the states that have registered a decline in their Health Indices in the reference year as compared to the Base year despite being among the top ten in overall performance, which is a matter of concern and should nudge states into reviewing and revitalizing their programmatic efforts.
The most progressive decline in NMR was observed in Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir, where the decline was approximately 23 to 24 %.
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