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28/12/2019 - Governance

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December 28, 2019

Good Governance Index is a tool that will help in assessing the status of governance and the impact of interventions undertaken by both UTs and State governments. Elucidate (200 Words) 

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IAS Parliament 4 years

KEY POINTS

·        The objectives of GGI are to provide quantifiable data to compare the state of governance in all states and UTs, enable states and UTs to formulate and implement suitable strategies for improving governance and shift to result oriented approaches and administration.

·        Various principles have been kept in mind while selecting the indicators, i.e. it should be easy to understand & calculate, citizen-centric & result driven, leading to improved results and applicable to all states and UTs, among others.

·        The GGI takes into consideration ten sectors: 1). Agriculture and Allied Sectors, 2). Commerce & Industries, 3). Human Resource Development, 4). Public Health, 5). Public Infrastructure & Utilities, 6). Economic Governance, 7). Social Welfare & Development, 8). Judicial & Public Security, 9). Environment and 10). Citizen-Centric Governance.

·        Difference indicators are given different weightage under one Governance Sector to calculate the value. E.g. Under Agriculture & Allied Sector, there are 6 indicators with different weightage, namely: Growth rate of agriculture and allied sector (0.4).

·        Big States, b). North-East & Hill States and c). UTs. The states and UTs are ranked on all indicators separately, at the same time composite ranking is also calculated for these states and UTs under their respective groups based upon these indicators.

·        Tamil Nadu has topped the Good Governance Index released by the Centre, followed by Maharashtra.

·        Among the Union Territories, Puducherry emerged as the best-governed, ahead of Chandigarh and Delhi. 

·        In the North-East and Hill States category, Himachal Pradesh ranked first, followed by Uttarakhand.

Kittu 4 years

Please review

IAS Parliament 4 years

Good attempt. Try to underline key points. Keep Writing.

Manojkumar B 4 years

Kindly review

IAS Parliament 4 years

Try to include significance of GGI. Keep Writing.

Chinna 4 years

Kindly review... thank you...

IAS Parliament 4 years

Try to include about the significance of index. Keep Writing.

Saitama 4 years

Please review

IAS Parliament 4 years

Good answer. keep Writing.