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18/10/22 22:16 PM IST

Haryana topped the Public Affairs Index 2022 in big states

In News 
  • The Bengaluru-based Public Affairs Centre (PAC) recently released the seventh edition of the Public Affairs Index (PAI 2022).
Major Findings 
  • The PAI 2022, which assesses the delivery of economic, political, and social justice in the states, recognized Haryana as the best-governed state under the big states category, which ranked 18 states.
  • It was followed by Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Punjab and Karnataka, and others.
  • Maharashtra, West Bengal and Jharkhand were ranked 16th, 17th and 18th positions in the index.
  • Sikkim retained the top position in the category of 10 smaller states.
  • It is followed by Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, which secured second and third positions respectively.
  • Economic Justice: Chhattisgarh, Haryana and Karnataka are the top performers in delivering economic justice. The worst performer in this aspect is West Bengal, with a score of 0.18. Sikkim topped the list of small states providing economic justice, while Uttarakhand scored the lowest.
  • Political Justice: Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Madhya Pradesh topped the list of major states providing political justice. Among the smaller states, the top rank is held by Uttarakhand and Goa secured the last position.
  • Social Justice: Punjab received the highest score in the delivery of social justice. Haryana and Kerala hold the second and third positions respectively
About PAI 
  • The PAI assesses the quality of governance in Indian states.
  • Its main aim is to qualitatively measure the social, economic and political justice in India via 5 sub-themes and 22 indicators.
  • The social justice is measured using indicators like learning outcomes of school students, safe drinking water and sanitation coverage, early childhood development outcomes, ease of trade and logistics, and regular and reliable power supply. 
Source- Indian Express 

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