Good Governance Index (GGI)

Why in News?

Recently, the central government has decided not to release the Good Governance Index 2023 (GGI) for this year, instead publishing the next edition in 2025.

• GGI – A comprehensive and implementable framework to assess the State of Governance in all the States and UTs which enables ranking of States/Districts and present a comparative picture.
• It provides a biennial ranking of states and Union territories (UT).
• Launched in – 2019, Union Home Ministry.
• It was launched on 25th of December to mark the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, which is observed as Good Governance Day.
• Prepared by – Department of Administration Reforms and Public Grievances, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions.
• Objectives – To create a tool which can be used uniformly across the States and to assess impact of various interventions taken up by the Central and State Governments including UTs.
• Approach and Methodology – They are guided by the recommendations of GoS on Governance.

• Components - It assess over 50 indicators across sectors like agriculture, public health, economic governance, and citizen-focused services.

The editions of GGI released have been for the years 2019 and 2021. Tamil Nadu topped the rankings for big states in 2019, while Gujarat secured the top spot in 2021.

References

1. Business Standard| Good Governance Index (GGI)
2. NCGG| Summary of GGI