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21/05/23 09:36 AM IST

District Good Governance Index

In News
  • Chief Minister of Gujarat Shri Bhupendrabhai Patel will release Gujarat’s First “District Good Governance Index”, of Gujarat, prepared by Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances (DARPG).
About the Index
  • This was prepared in collaboration with Government of Gujarat with Centre for Good Governance, Hyderabad as the knowledge partner.
  • Gujarat stood first in the GGI 2021 with an incremental growth of 12.3% over GGI 2019.
  • The DGGI represents a deeper study of the Gujarat Model of Governance documenting the success stories of Gujarat that could be adopted by other Districts of the country.
  • The DGGI represents Next Generation Administrative Reform in Benchmarking Governance at District level.
  • The Index benchmarks governance in all the 33 Districts of Gujarat on 126 data points under 65 indicators spread across 10 sectors.
  • It is a uniform tool across Districts of Gujarat to assess the status of governance and impact of various interventions taken up by the Central and State Governments.
  • It is expected to provide guidance to the State as well as the District administration in their efforts to address existing gaps, plan to bridge these gaps and aid as decision making tool.
About rankings
  • All 33 Districts have reported positive growth in milk production & more than 2/3rd of Districts have reported positive growth in foodgrain and horticulture production.
  • All the Districts have reported cropping intensity of more than 100%.
  • 22 Districts reported composite score of more than 90 in District Level Facilitation Committee (DLFC) Index.
  • 29 Districts have reported positive growth in Industrial production.
  • Ahmedabad, Vadodra and Surat Districts are the leading Districts of Gujarat in terms of number of Start-ups.
  • Navsari District has reported highest transition rate from Upper Primary to Secondary.
  • All the Districts of the State have reported trained percentage of more than 90% at ITIs.
  • Ahmedabad District has reported highest per capita income from own sources of ULBs and GPs.
  • Gandhinagar, Surat and Bharuch Districts have reported the highest percentage of construction of houses sanctioned for construction under PMAY- Grameen and Urban.
  • All the 33 Districts have reported percentage of Aadhaar seeded ration cards of more than 99%.
  • 25 Districts have reported percentage of Mid-Day Meal of more than 95% of students.
  • 29 Districts have reported more than 85% of water sample meeting the quality standards.
  • Banaskantha, Sabarkantha and Jamnagar Districts have reported the lowest number of days taken for filing the charge-sheets in IPC crimes.
  • Total nine districts have reported 100% grievance redressal registered at Swagat portal.
Source- PIB

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