GOOD GOVERNANCE INDEX 2021

• On the occasion of the Good Governance Day (25th December), the government released the Good Governance Index 2021.
• The index was prepared by the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG), Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions.
• Earlier this year, India was ranked 49th in the Chandler Good Government Index (CGGI).

Important point:

• GGI is a comprehensive and implementable framework to assess the State of Governance across the States and UTs which enables ranking of States/Districts.
• The objective of GGI is to create a tool that can be used uniformly across the States to assess the impact of various interventions taken up by the Central and State Governments including UTs.
• Based on the GGI Framework, the Index provides a comparative picture among the States while developing a competitive spirit for improvement.
• The GGI 2021 says that 20 States have improved their composite GGI scores over the GGI 2019 index scores.
• The GGI is envisaged as a biannual exercise.

Basis of the Ranking:

1. It is based on ten sectors and 58 indicators. The sectors are
2. Agriculture and Allied Sectors
3. Commerce & Industries
4. Human Resource Development
5. Public Health
6. Public Infrastructure & Utilities
7. Economic Governance
8. Social Welfare & Development
9. Judicial & Public Security
10. Environment
11. Citizen-Centric Governance

SOURCE: THE HINDU,THE ECONOMIC TIMES,MINT