TN tops good governance index among big states

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NEW DELHI: The southern state of Tamil Nadu has bagged the top position in the composite ranking for good governance index (GGI), followed by Maharashtra and Karnataka, as per the Personnel Ministry data. Chhattisgarh has got the 4th position, followed by Andhra (5th), Gujarat (6th), Haryana (7th) and Kerala at the 8th rank.

Madhya Pradesh is at the 9th rank, West Bengal at the 10th position, followed by Telangana (11th), Rajasthan (12th), Punjab (13th), Orissa (14th), Bihar (15th), Goa (16th), UP adesh (17th) and Jharkhand at 18th position in the big states category.

The states and UTs have been divided into three groups—big states, northeast and hill states, and UTs — for the rankings based on certain indicators separately.

In the north-east and hill category, Himachal Pradesh has topped the ranking followed by Uttarakhand, Tripura, Mizoram, Sikkim, Assam, J&K (now divided into two union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh), Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland and Arunachal. Among the UTs, Pondicherry has got the first position, followed by Chandigarh, Delhi, Daman and Diu, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Lakshadweep.

“There is no uniform index to objectively assess the state of good governance in the states. The good governance index attempts to create a tool to assess the states of governance and impact of various interventions taken by the state govts and UTs,” the ministry said.