Govt Cancels Release Of Good Governance Index 2023, Likely To Release Next Year: Report
The Good Governance Index was launched on December 2019, the birth anniversary of late Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee which is observed as Good Governance Day.
The centre will not release the Good Governance Index 2023, the biennial ranking of states and Union Territories (UTs), scheduled to be released this month during Good Governance Week.
The government is now planning to publish the next edition next year, a report in Indian Express said.
The Good Governance Index (GGI) was launched on December 2019, the birth anniversary of late Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee which is observed as Good Governance Day.
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The report quoting sources said that GGI 2023 was being planned to be released on December 23, but the government decided not to go ahead with the release.
The data collected from states pertained to 2023 and a release at the end of 2024 would mean that the data would be old or outdated, as per sources. The GGI exercise would be carried out again and new data collected, it is learnt.
The Index covers ten sectors and 58 indicators, including Agriculture, Commerce, Human Resource Development, Public Health, Public Infrastructure, Economic Governance and Environment, among others.
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In the year 2019 and 2021, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat had got first place among big states, respectively. In 2021, Union Minister Amit Shah released the Good Governance Index 2021 on Good Governance Day at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. Gujarat topped the composite ranking in the 58 indicator index followed by Maharashtra and Goa.
The report said that the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG) of the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions was planning on releasing the 2023 index this month.
"The Assessment Report on Special Campaign 4.0, Good Governance Index 2023 and Annual Report of CPGRAMS will be released", during the week, DARPG said in a press release earlier this month.
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