Public Affairs Index (PAI)

Why in news?

• The Public Affairs Centre has released Public Affairs Index (PAI).

About the index:

•  It primarily evaluates the performance of governance in the States and union territories of India.
• According to the PAC, the governance performance is analysed in the context of sustainable development defined by three pillars of equity, growth and sustainability.
• It  largely uses data extracted from Union Government Ministries and Departments.

Public Affairs Index-2020

• Kerala was adjudged the best-governed state in the country while Uttar Pradesh ended at the bottom in the large states category.
• Four southern states, Kerala (1.388 PAI Index point), Tamil Nadu (0.912), Andhra Pradesh (0.531) and Karnataka (0.468) stood in the first four ranks in the large state category.
• Uttar Pradesh (-1.461) , Odisha (-1.201) and Bihar (-1.158) were at the bottom of the ranking, scoring negative points in the category
• In the small state category, Goa ranked first with 1.745 points, followed by Meghalaya (0.797) and Himachal Pradesh (0.725).
• The worst performers who scored negative points are Manipur (-0.363), Delhi (-0.289) and Uttarakhand (-0.277).
• Chandigarh emerged the best governed union territory in the category of UTs with 1.05 PAI points, followed by Puducherry (0.52) and Lakshadweep (0.003).
• Dadar and Nagar Haveli (-0.69), Andaman, Jammu and Kashmir (-0.50) and Nicobar (-0.30) were the least performers in the union territory category.

PRELIMS QUESTION

Which of the following indexes are published by NITI Aayog?
1.Composite water management index
2.Ease of doing business ranking of states of India
3.National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF)
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
(a)1 and 2 only
(b)1 only
(c)2 and 3 only
(d)1,2 and 3

Answer to prelims question