⇒ Union Minister of Home Affairs and Minister of Cooperation, Mr Amit Shah released the Good Governance Index 2021 prepared by DARPG (Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances) on Good Governance Day at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.
Sectors and Indicators:
Good Governance Index, GGI 2021 Framework covered ten sectors and 58 indicators.
The sectors of GGI 2020-21 are:
- 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
The GGI 2020-21 categorises States and UTs into four categories, i.e.,
- Other States – Group A
- Other States – Group B
- North-East and Hill States
- Union Territories
Key Highlights:
- Gujarat, Maharashtra and Goa top the composite rank score covering 10 sectors.
» As per GGI 2021:
- Gujarat registered 12.3 percent increase and Goa registered 24.7 percent increase over GGI 2019 indicators.
- Uttar Pradesh has shown an incremental growth of 8.9 % over GGI 2019 performance.
- Jharkhand has shown an incremental growth of 12.6 percent over GGI 2019 performance.
- Rajasthan has shown an incremental growth of 1.7 percent over the GGI 2019 performance.
- In the North-East and Hill States category, Mizoram and Jammu and Kashmir have registered an overall increase of 10.4% and 3.7% respectively over GGI 2019.
- In the Union Territories category, Delhi tops the composite rank registering a 14 percent increase over the GGI 2019 indicators.
- 20 States have improved their composite GGI scores over the GGI 2019 index scores.
- Overall governance in the States of India is moving in the positive direction.
Top Ranking States in the Composite Rank Score covering 10 sectors are as follows:
- Group A– Gujarat
- Group B– Madhya Pradesh
- NE & Hill States– Himachal Pradesh
- UTs– Delhi