{"id":92290,"date":"2026-03-12T12:39:43","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T07:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=92290"},"modified":"2026-03-12T15:19:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T09:49:08","slug":"fiscal-health-index","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/fiscal-health-index\/","title":{"rendered":"Fiscal Health Index"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Fiscal Health Index Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the NITI Aayog released the second annual edition of the \u201cFiscal Health Index 2026\u201d in New Delhi.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Fiscal Health Index<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was <\/span><b>introduced by NITI Aayog,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> provides a systematic framework to evaluate the fiscal performance of <\/span><b>18 major Indian states<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>10 North-Eastern and Himalayan states<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It provides a comprehensive and comparable assessment of the <\/span><b>fiscal performance of Indian states.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Index has <\/span><b>been designed as a data-driven framework<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to evaluate fiscal soundness, guide reforms, and promote evidence-based fiscal policymaking across states.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is built on <\/span><b>five key pillars of fiscal health<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Quality of Expenditure, Revenue Mobilisation, Fiscal Prudence, Debt Index, and Debt Sustainability.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>The index classifies states into four tiers.<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Achievers:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> These are states with strong fiscal discipline, high own-tax revenues, low deficits, and manageable debt;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Front Runners:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> These states maintain broadly sound finances but fall short of the top tier on one or more indicators;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Performers:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> They occupy the middle ground, with mixed results across the five pillars.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Aspirational:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> These states are those facing the most significant fiscal stress, characterised by persistent deficits, high debt, and limited revenue capacity.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Key Highlights of Fiscal Health Index (FHI) 2026<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Odisha, Goa and Jharkhand<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> have been categorised as achievers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Karnataka and Telangana<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> moved from front runner to performer, and Kerala and Tamil Nadu slipped further to the aspirational group.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Among northeastern and Himalayan states,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Arunachal Pradesh has topped in the index, followed by Uttarakhand, Tripura, Meghalaya, Assam and Mizoram.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2238302&amp;reg=3&amp;lang=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PIB<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fiscal Health Index was introduced by NITI Aayog, provides a systematic framework to evaluate the fiscal performance of 18 major Indian states, 10 North-Eastern and Himalayan states. 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