In the composite ranking for Good Governance Index (GGI) 2021 issued on Saturday by home minister Amit Shah, the city fell from second to fourth place among UTs, the second blow following the dismal performance in the Swachhta Survekshan, landing at 66th place from 16th. The Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances created the GGI 2021. (DARPG). The most recent index was published in 2019. The Good Governance Index is a tool for assessing the state and local government’s governance. The GGI 2021 framework included 58 indicators and ten sectors.
The indicators for Swachh Survekshan-2022 were addressed in length at the conference, including the parameters and marking scheme, as well as the roles and duties of the various departments under the UT Administration and the Municipal Corporation. The Engineering Department was asked to place/provide screens at a reasonable distance from all choes to guarantee that no solid trash was visible in these locations, in addition to capping any encroachments surrounding stormwater drains (choes).
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The Police Department has been instructed to guarantee that condemned/unclaimed automobiles parked in public places throughout the city are removed and properly disposed of. In addition to beautifying the city’s bus queue shelters, routine sanitation will be maintained around them. For the rankings based on specific indicators, the states and UTs were separated into four groups: other states: Group A; other states: Group B; north-east and hill states; and UTs. Delhi was ranked first among the UTs, followed by Puducherry (second), Daman and Diu (third), and Chandigarh (fourth) (fourth). The index, according to an official statement, is a standardized tool for assessing the quality of governance and the impact of various interventions undertaken by state governments and UTs. They were graded on their performance in ten different areas.
