Rajasthan

• 27 Dec 2021

Rajasthan in Good Governance Index, 2021

Why in News

• On the occasion of Good Governance Day on December 25, 2021, the Good Governance Index was released by the Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah, in which Rajasthan has got the second rank in Group 'B'.

Key Points

• In the GGI-2021, the ranking has been given by dividing the states and union territories into four categories - Group A, Group B, North Eastern and Hill States, Union Territories. 58 indicators from 10 sectors have been considered for preparing GGI-2021.
• Rajasthan has secured second rank in Group 'B' with a score of 4.884 in the overall ranking of Good Governance Index, Madhya Pradesh has secured first rank in this group and Gujarat has secured first rank in Group 'A'.
• Rajasthan has increased its score by 1.7 percent as compared to the previous index (2019). Last time its score was 4.80, which has now increased to 4.88.
• The Good Governance Index is based on 10 sectors, in which Rajasthan's ranking and score are as follows-

Sectors	Rajasthan Ranking	Score
1. Agriculture and Allied Sectors	4th	0.501
2. Commerce and Industry Sector	5th	0.638
3. Human Resource Development Sector	7th	0.398
4. Public Health Sector	6th	0.249
5. Public Infrastructure and Utility Sectors	8th	0.525
6. Economic Governance Sector	8th	0.290
7. Social Welfare and Development	3rd	0.606
8. Judicial and Public Security	1st	0.417
9. Environmental Sector	1st	0.377
10. Citizen Centric Governance	1st	0.883