Good Governance Index 2021

Why in news?

• Good Governance Index 2021 was launched on Good Governance Day, December 25, 2021.

About the index:

• The index was prepared by the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG), Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions.
• 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.
• It is envisaged as a biannual exercise.

Parameters:

• GGI 2021 Framework covered ten sectors and 58 indicators.
• The sectors of GGI 2020-21 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

Performance of states:

• In this year’s index, 20 states have improved their composite GGI scores.
• Gujarat tops the composite ranking followed by Maharashtra and Goa.

PRACTICE QUESTION:

Good Governance Index is prepared by:

(a) Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG)

(b) NITI Aayog

(c) Indian Institute of Public Administration

(d) National Centre for Good Governance

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