Parameters for Performance
For the best-performing state category, the latest available data for these indicators was considered; for the most-improved states, data from the past five years was examined
FOR BEST-PERFORMING STATES
Economy
Per capita income; % Above Poverty Line (APL); ratio of capital expenditure to population; GSDP for the services sector per population; GSDP for the manufacturing sector per population; Consumer Price Index (CPI); unemployment rate (%); no. of banks per 100,000 people; ratio of commercial bank credit per 100,000 people; urban labour force participation (15-59 years) (per 1,000 people); FDI inflow; actual IEM/ proposed IEM; proportion of state FDI inflow to total FDI in India; ratio of outstanding liabilities to population; ratio of gross capital formation to population
Infrastructure
Ratio of (surfaced + unsurfaced) road length to total area; ratio of length of national highways and state highways to total area; ratio of vehicles to road length; % of households with electricity; households with access to drinking water/ piped water; ratio of length of railway lines to total area; no. of flights to population; no. of stadiums per 100,000 people; JNNURM-related variables (share of no. of projects completed to total no. of approved projects); no. of post offices per 100,000 people; no. of mobile subscribers per 1,000 people; no. of telephone connections (landline) per 1,000 people; state-wise per capita availability of power; no. of internet subscribers per 1,000 people; no. of smart cities to total districts
Agriculture
Money spent on agriculture in the last budget compared with area of agriculture and population invested in agriculture; contribution of agriculture to GSDP; agriculture GSDP per rural population; % of area irrigated out of the total cultivated land; productivity—crop produced vs. land and population involved; loans extended to agriculture/ households cultivating land; % of cropped area under cash crops
Education
Total expenditure of the education department per population (6-14 years); literacy rate (%); ratio of girls to boys enrolled in primary and middle school; pupil-teacher ratio (all institutions); dropout rate in primary and middle education; no. of colleges per population in 15-19 age group; no. of schools per population in 10-14 age group; institutes with national importance per 100,000 people; central universities and national law universities per 100,000 people; higher educational institutions per 100,000 people
Healthcare
Expenditure on health per person; Infant Mortality Rate (IMR); Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR); registered doctors per 100,000 people; government hospitals per 100,000 people; average patients served per government hospital; no. of beds per government hospital; life expectancy
Law & Order
Civil policemen per 100,000 people; cases (under IPC) per 100,000 people; Murders per 100,000 people; kidnappings per 100,000 people; rapes per 100,000 people; molestation cases per 100,000 people; riots per 100,000 people; pending cases per 100,000 people
Inclusive Development
% of Below Poverty Line (BPL) population; progress in poverty alleviation; accounts under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana per population; ratio of domestic LPG consumers to total households; persons who benefitted from NREGA; progress of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana; % of households with any usual member covered by health scheme;
% of PDS offtake; average days of wage provided per household; women in 20-24 age group married before 18 (%); % of children engaged in labour
Governance
Criminal records of MLAs; % of women panchayat representatives; panchayat devolution index; e-services rolled out by states for citizens; operational common service centres per population; panchayats providing e-services to total panchayats; ease of doing business index (DIPP and World Bank); progress of Digital India
Entrepreneurship
Ease of doing business index (%); Startup India progress; Skill India progress; Mudra Bank credit fund progress; Start-ups (new companies registered) in the state per 1,000 people
Tourism
No. of domestic tourists; no. of foreign tourists; funds spent on tourism promotion to tourist population; airports per 100,000 people; railway stations per 100,000 people; crimes against tourists per 100,000 tourists; registered hotels per 100,000 tourists; five-star hotels per 100,000 tourists
Environment
SO2 concentration (residential + industrial); NO2 (residential + industrial); PM10 (residential + industrial); PM2.5 (residential + industrial); tree cover to total area; forest cover to total area
Cleanliness
% of households with improved sanitation facility; % of schools with separate toilets for girls; % of households using improved drinking water source; % of households using clean fuel for cooking; Individual Household Latrine (IHHL) coverage
FOR MOST-IMPROVED STATES (DATA FROM PAST FIVE YEARS)
Economy
Per capita income; % APL; ratio of capital expenditure to population; GSDP for the services sector per population; GSDP for the manufacturing sector per population; CPI; unemployment rate (%); number of banks per 100,000 people; ratio of commercial bank credit per 100,000 people; FDI inflow; proportion of state FDI inflow to total FDI in India; actual IEM/ proposed IEM; ratio of outstanding liabilities to population; gross capital formation to population
Infrastructure
Ratio of (surfaced + unsurfaced) road length to total area; ratio of length of national highways and state highways to total area; ratio of vehicles to road length; % of households with electricity; households with access to drinking water/ piped water; ratio of length of railway lines to total area; post offices per population; no. of mobile subscribers per 1,000 people; telephone connections (landline) per 1,000 people; state-wise per capita availability of power
Agriculture
Money spent on agriculture in the last budget compared with area of agriculture and population invested in agriculture; contribution of agriculture to GSDP; agriculture GSDP per rural population; % of area irrigated out of the total cultivated land; productivity—crop produced vs. land and population involved; loans extended to agriculture/ households cultivating land; % of cropped area under cash crops
Education
Total expenditure of the education department per population (6-14 years); literacy rate (%); ratio of girls to boys enrolled in primary and middle school; pupil-teacher ratio (all institutions); dropout rate in primary and middle education; no. of colleges per population in 15-19 age group; no. of schools per population in 10-14 age group; no. of higher educational institutions per population
Healthcare
IMR; MMR; registered doctors per 100,000 people; government hospitals per 100,000 people; average patients served per government hospital; no. of beds per government hospital; life expectancy
Law & Order
Civil policemen per 100,000 people; total cases (under IPC) per 100,000 people; murders per 100,000 people; kidnappings per 100,000 people; rapes per 100,000 people; molestation cases per 100,000 people; riots per 100,000 people; pending court cases per 100,000 people
Governance
% of women representatives in panchayats; panchayat devolution index; ease of doing business index BRAP (Business Reforms Action Plan) implementation (%) (DIPP and World Bank); progress on Digital India programme (online transactions done per 1,000 people)
Inclusive Development
% of BPL population; ratio of domestic LPG consumers to total households; persons who benefitted from NREGA (households provided work under NREGA per total households); progress in Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (target fixed by states/ completed)
Entrepreneurship
Ease of doing business index (%); progress on Startup India programme; number of start-ups (new companies registered) in the state per 1,000 people; state-wise details of candidates trained under Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana—total training completed per population; amount disbursed under Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana/ no. of registered companies
Tourism
No. of domestic tourists; no. of foreign tourists; funds spent on tourism promotion to tourist population; crimes against tourists per 100,000 tourists; no. of registered hotels per 100,000 tourists; no. of five-star hotels per 100,000 tourists
Environment
SO2 concentration (residential + industrial); NO2 concentration (residential + industrial); PM10 concentration (residential + industrial); tree cover to total area; forest cover to total area
Cleanliness
% of households with improved sanitation facility; % of households using improved source of drinking water; % of households using clean fuel for cooking; IHHL coverage; % of schools with separate toilets for girls