Good Governance Index 2021 launched by Home Ministry

Gujarat has topped the composite ranking in the Good Governance Index (GGI), followed by Maharashtra and Goa while Uttar Pradesh showed an incremental growth of 8.9 per cent in the indicators launched by Union Home Minister Amit Shah on the occasion of the Good Governance Day. 

As many as 20 states have improved their composite GGI scores in 2021, according to the index.

Key Highlights

• Gujarat topped the composite ranking in the 58 indicator index followed by Maharashtra and Goa.
• Uttar Pradesh has registered an 8.9 per cent improvement in the GGI indicators in the period 2019 to 2021 while Jammu and Kashmir registered an improvement of 3.7 per cent in the same period, it said.
• Shah released the GGI 2021 prepared by the Department of Administration Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG) on Good Governance Day at Vigyan Bhawan.
• The objectives of GGI are to provide quantifiable data to compare the state of governance in all states and union territories, enable them to formulate and implement suitable strategies for improving governance and shift to result oriented approaches and administration.
• Gujarat has performed strongly in economic governance, human resource development, public infrastructure and utilities, social welfare and development, judiciary and public safety while Maharashtra scored in agriculture and allied sector, human resource development, public infrastructure and utilities, social welfare and development.

SOURCE: Economic Times

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