India, July 18 -- Gujarat, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu have emerged as the top three States in NITI Aayog's Investment Friendliness Index for States and Union Territories (UTs), as per a report released on Friday.

Lakshadweep was the worst performer, followed by Ladakh and Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

The index focuses on eight parameters: infrastructure, business climate, resources, Government policy, regulatory ease, institutional environment, financial health and environment resilience.

The rankings had three categories - large States, hilly and northeastern States and city States and UTs, as per the report released by NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Ashok Kumar Lahiri.

Among large States, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal were the worst perf...