Kerala fifth in India in good governance index: CM Pinarayi Vijayan

Chief ministerPinarayi Vijayanhas said that Kerala stands fifth among the Indian states in https://exam.pscnotes.com/good-Governance“>Good Governance and also first among the southern states as per the latest Good Governance Index (GGI) released by the department of Administrative Reforms and public grievances, Government of India.

He said Kerala has recorded an impressive performance in the commerce and industrial sectors and also improved the score in the Ease of Doing Business implementation. Other thanPunjab, only Kerala has recorded an impressive performance in this sector, said the chief minister in a Social Media post.

The GGI says that the state has improved the implementation score of ease of doing business reforms points from 44.82 to 85.00 (in 2018 and 2020 respectively). The compound annual Growth rate of Industry has also improved from 1.00 in 2019 to 7.91 in 2021.
The state has bettered its own record compared to the GGI report of 2019 and leads in the overall ranking .

The state has also topped in the public Health-sector”>Health sector ranking as well as Environment sector ranking. It also came third in social welfare and development sector ranking. In the judiciary and public safety sector ranking, the state came second.
The chief minister said the rankings that have been received by the state is an indication of how the LDF government had brought in good governance by ensuring transparency and also with much populist schemes.