[CA] Good Governance Index 2019

On December 25, 2019, the Minister of State (MoS- Independent Charge) for the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) and MoS for Prime Minister’s Office; Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy and Department of Space Dr. Jitendra Singh launched the ‘Good Governance Index’ (GGI) in New Delhi.

The event was organised by the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions to celebrate the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister (PM) Mr. Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

In the 1st GGI released, the ranking was divided into three groups such as big states, north-east and hill states, and Union Territories (UT).

Big states: Tamil Nadu won the 1st position in the composite ranking for good governance index (GGI). Tamil Nadu was followed by Maharashtra, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana and Kerala in the  2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th place respectively.

Other top ranked big states: the states following Kerala are Madhya Pradesh (9th), West Bengal (10th), Telangana (11th), Rajasthan (12th), Punjab (13th), Orissa (14th), Bihar (15th), Goa (16th), Uttar Pradesh (17th) and Jharkhand (18)

North-east and hill category: Himachal Pradesh topped the ranking in followed North-east and hill category. It was followed by Uttarakhand (2nd), Tripura (3rd), Mizoram (4th), Sikkim (5th), Assam (6th), Jammu and Kashmir (7th) (now divided into 2 UT of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh), Manipur (8th), Meghalaya (9th), Nagaland (10th) and Arunachal Pradesh (11th).

Union Territories: Among the UTs, Puducherry topped the list. It was followed by Chandigarh (2nd), Delhi (3rd), Daman and Diu (4th), Andaman and Nicobar Islands (5th), Dadra and Nagar Haveli (6th) and Lakshadweep (7th).

GGI consideration on 10 sectors:

The GGI is also ranked based on ten sectors which are measured by 50 indicators. The 10 sectors are.,

1.    Agriculture and Allied Sectors

2.    Commerce & Industries

3.    Human Resource Development

4.    Public Health

5.    Public Infrastructure & Utilities

6.    Economic Governance

7.    Social Welfare & Development

8.    Judicial & Public Security

9.    Environment and

10.                      Citizen-Centric Governance.

Sector wise ranking:

#	Agriculture	Commerce & Industry	Public Health
1	Madhya Pradesh	Jharkhand	Kerala
2	Rajasthan	Andhra Pradesh	Tamil Nadu
3	Chhattisgarh	Telangana	Goa
#	Public Governance	Economic Governance	Judicial & Public Security
1	Tamil Nadu	Karnataka	Tamil Nadu
2	Gujarat	Maharashtra	Kerala
3	Punjab	Telangana	Chhattisgarh