Gujarat, Delhi lead in Good Governance Index 2020-21

Gujarat, Maharashtra and Goa have emerged as the top three states in the Good Governance Index 2020-21 issued by the Centre while Delhi topped the list of Union Territories (UTs). The Good Governance Index helps assess the status of governance in states and Union Territories. The GGI 2021 framework covered 10 sectors and 58 indicators.
Gujarat registered an over 12% increase and Goa registered a nearly 25% increase over the indicators recorded by these states in the last index issued in 2019. A big surprise was Uttar Pradesh which has shown incremental growth of nearly 9% over its 2019 performance and in fact secured the top position in the commerce and industry sector, which was one of the 10 sectors of good governance that were covered by the index.
Uttar Pradesh has also shown improvement in social welfare and development and judiciary and public safety sectors, as per the latest index, as well as in citizen-centric governance parameters.
Gujarat has performed strongly in five of the 10 sectors, including in economic governance, human resource development, public infrastructure and utilities, social welfare and development, and judiciary and public safety, as per the GGI. Maharashtra performed strongly in agriculture and allied sector, human resource development, public infrastructure and utilities, and social welfare and development. Goa has performed strongly in agriculture & allied sector, commerce and industry, public infrastructure and utilities, economic governance, social welfare and development, and environment.
Overall, 20 states have improved their composite ‘Good Governance Index’ (GGI) scores this time. J&K also recorded a 3.7% improvement in GGI indicators and performed strongly in the commerce and industry sector. Praising the PM's governance, Shah mentioned at the event that the Modi Government took decisions for the betterment of the society irrespective of the fact that it would sound harsh to the public at first but it has never disappointed the nation and always maintained transparency with its people. According to him, Modi brought the faith of democracy in people with his ideologies and strategies.