TN ranks 1st in judiciary, public safety; Gujarat, M’rashtra, Goa top Good Governance Index

NE NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, DEC 25

Addressing a function organised to mark the Good Governance Day, Amit Shah said people have long been waiting for good governance which was delivered by the Narendra Modi government in the last seven years. He said people’s faith in democracy has enhanced since 2014, as they started getting benefits of development undertaken by the Modi government.

Giving example of good governance, Shah said that there has not been a single corruption charge against the Modi government in last seven years as it is a clean and transparent administration.
On this occasion, Dr. Jitendra Singh, Minister of State for Personnel, PG and Pensions said that Citizen Centric Administration is at the Heart of Modi government’s Governance Model. He said, Good Governance Index would help assess the status of governance in States and Union Territories.

• Gujarat tops the composite ranking in the 58 indicator index followed by Maharashtra and Goa
• Uttar Pradesh registers 8.9 percent improvement in GGI indicators in the period 2019 to 2021
• Jammu and Kashmir registers 3.7 percent improvement in GGI indicators in the period 2019 to 2021

Gujarat, Maharashtra and Goa have emerged as the top three states in the Good Governance Index 2020-21 issued by the Centre on Saturday while Delhi topped the list of Union Territories (UTs). Tamil Nadu raned number one in judiciary and public safety.

Gujarat registered an over 12% increase and Goa registered a nearly 25% increase over the indicators recorded by these states in the last index issued in 2019. A big surprise was Uttar Pradesh which has shown incremental growth of nearly 9% over its 2019 performance and in fact secured the top position in the commerce and industry sector, which was one of the 10 sectors of good governance that were covered by the index.

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Hon’ble MoS @DrJitendraSingh highlighted the activities that were carried out during the #GGW

Sh. Ajay Kumar Bhalla, Home Secretary, Sh. P.K. Tripathi, Secy, DoPT, Sh. Sanjay Singh, Secy, DARPG & Sh. V. Srinivas, Special Secy, DARPG & other dignitaries graced the event pic.twitter.com/0i8ITukfZA

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Uttar Pradesh has also shown improvement in social welfare and development and judiciary and public safety sectors, as per the latest index, as well as in citizen-centric governance parameters.

Overall, 20 states have improved their composite ‘Good Governance Index’ (GGI) scores this time. J&K also recorded a 3.7% improvement in GGI indicators and performed strongly in the commerce and industry sector.

The Good Governance Index helps assess the status of governance in states and Union Territories. The GGI 2021 framework covered 10 sectors and 58 indicators.

Gujarat has performed strongly in five of the 10 sectors, including in economic governance, human resource development, public infrastructure and utilities, social welfare and development, and judiciary and public safety, as per the GGI. Maharashtra performed strongly in agriculture and allied sector, human resource development, public infrastructure and utilities, and social welfare and development.

Goa has performed strongly in agriculture & allied sector, commerce and industry, public infrastructure and utilities, economic governance, social welfare and development, and environment.

The GGI 2021 also says that Jharkhand has shown an incremental growth of 12.6% over GGI 2019 performance, performing strongly in seven sectors while Rajasthan has shown an incremental growth of 1.7%.

In the Northeast and Hill States category, Mizoram performed strongly in commerce and industry, human resource development, public health and economic governance. Delhi has performed strongly in agriculture & allied sectors, commerce and industry, public infrastructure and utilities, and social welfare and development, and was best among the UTs.

Analysis of scoring suggests that there is a very marginal difference among the states in their composite governance scores and indicates that overall governance in all the states is moving in the positive direction, the GGI document mentions.

Top ranking States in the Sectors as well as in Composite Ranks