- 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:
- It is based on ten sectors and 58 indicators. The sectors 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
SOURCE: THE HINDU,THE ECONOMIC TIMES,MINT