‘Good Governance Index’

  • The Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions released, the ‘Good Governance Index’ on the occasion of Good Governance Day (December 25). The Day is observed on the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
  • The Good Governance Index is a uniform tool across States to assess the Status of Governance and impact of various interventions taken up by the State Government and UTs.
  • The objectives of GGI are to provide quantifiable data to compare the state of governance in all states and UTs, enable states and UTs to formulate and implement suitable strategies for improving governance and shift to result oriented approaches and administration.
  • The states and UTs are divided into three groups- Big States, North-East & Hill States and UTs.
  • The GGI takes into consideration ten sectors (Agriculture and Allied Sectors, Commerce & Industries Human Resource Development, Public Health, Public Infrastructure & Utilities, Economic Governance, Social Welfare & Development, Judicial & Public Security, Environment, Citizen-Centric Governance) on total 50 indicators.
  • Tamil Nadu, Himachal Pradesh and Pondicherry topped in the Composite Index in the Big States, North-East & Hill States and UTs respectively.

Sectors and Best Performers

 

 

Big States

North-East & Hill States

UTs

Agriculture and Allied Sectors

 

Madhya Pradesh

 

Mizoram

 

Daman & Diu

 

Commerce & Industries

 

Jharkhand

 

Uttarakhand

 

Delhi

Human Resource Development

 

Goa

 

Himachal Pradesh

 

Pondicherry

 

Public Health

 

Kerala

 

Manipur

 

Pondicherry

A&N Islands

Chandigarh

Public Infrastructure & Utilities

 

Tamil Nadu

 

Himachal Pradesh

Uttarakhand

Chandigarh

Economic Governance

 

Karnataka

Uttarakhand

 

Delhi

Social Welfare & Development

 

Chhattisgarh

 

Meghalaya

 

Daman & Diu

Judicial & Public Security

 

Tamil Nadu

 

Himachal Pradesh

 

Pondicherry

 

Environment

 

West Bengal

 

Himachal Pradesh

 

Chandigarh

 

 

 

 

Source : Civil Services Chronicle Online, January, 2020