New Delhi, June 4 -- As the world prepares to observe Environment Day on June 5, the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has sounded a sobering alarm: India is facing a mounting crisis on multiple environmental and development fronts. The Delhi-based think tank's annual State of India's Environment in Figures 2025 report, released in the capital on June 4, 2025 offered a stark data-led portrait of a nation grappling with extreme weather, declining public health, stalled infrastructure and deepening economic strain.

Using 48 indicators across four thematic areas, environment, agriculture, public health and human development, the report ranked all 36 states and Union Territories.

While Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim and Goa top the charts ...