Good Governance Index 2021: Gujarat state Top Rank

Highlights:                       

• The "Good Governance Index 2020-21" was released by the central government on 25 December.
• The Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances compiled the index (DARPG).
• The top three states are Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Goa. Indicators recorded by these states increased by 12% in Gujarat and around 25% in Goa in comparison to 2019.
• In comparison to the previous year, Uttar Pradesh saw an increase of around 9%. Uttar Pradesh has taken the lead in the commerce and industry sector.
• In addition to citizen-centric governance parameters, Uttar Pradesh has improved in the areas of social welfare and development, as well as the judiciary and public safety.
• Twenty states improved their composite 'Good Governance Index (GGI) scores in this year's index.
• The GGI indicators improved by 3.7 % in J&K. 
• It had a strong showing in the commerce and industry sector.
• Agriculture and allied sectors, commerce and industry, public infrastructure and utilities, environment, economic governance, and social welfare and development were all strong areas for Goa.
• In comparison to the GGI 2019 performance, Jharkhand saw a 12.6 % increase. It excelled in seven different areas.
• Rajasthan saw a 1.7 % increase in growth. 
• Mizoram excelled in commerce and industry, public health, human resource development, and economic governance in this category.
• Among the union territories, Delhi came out on top. Agriculture and related sectors, public infrastructure & utilities, commerce and industry, and social welfare & development all performed well.

• The Good Governance Index 2021 included 58 indicators and ten sectors. 
• GGI is a comprehensive and easy-to-implement framework for assessing the state of governance in states and union territories, as well as ranking states and districts.
• The goal of GGI is to create a tool that can be used uniformly across States and UTs to assess the impact of various interventions undertaken by the Central and State Governments.