Highlights

• Tamil Nadu ranks #6 nationally in the SKOCH State of Governance Report 2023.
• A Total of 34 well-performing projects qualified for Deeper Study, out of which and 12 were impactful projects.
• State performed very well in 15 categories.
  1. Tops in Sanitation, Police & Safety and Handlooms & Textiles categories nationally.
  2. Has shown maximum improvement in Skill Development and Education.
  3. Consistent in performance in Power & Energy category.
  4. Participating first time in Geology & Mining and Housing categories and entered in the top 10 nationally.
  5. Recovers in Ease of Doing Business Category.
• District Governance and Ease of Doing Business submit a larger number of projects for evaluation. Out of these, several well-performing projects are qualified as highly impactful and impactful projects.
• Key achievements
  1. Tamil Nadu bags 34 SKOCH Orders-of-Merit in the SKOCH State of Governance Awards 2023.
  2. Almost half of these are in Health, District Governance and Ease of Doing Business categories.
  3. Four SKOCH Orders-of-Merit were in the Police & Safety category nationally
  4. Three SKOCH Orders-of-Merit were in the Agriculture category nationally.
  5. The state won 18 awards – seven in GOLD and five in the SILVER category.

Governance Score of Top 10 States 2023

• Tamil Nadu ranks #6 in 2023.

Comparison of States 2014-19 & 2020-23

Sector With Maximum Improvement

• Tamil Nadu tops in Police & Safety and Handlooms & Textiles categories nationally.
• In Skill Development, Tamil Nadu improves its rank from #6 to #2 in 2023.
• In Education, the state improves from #7 to #4 in 2023.

Sectors with Consistent Good Governance

• Tamil Nadu maintains its rank #3 in Power & Energy nationally.

Sectors with Comeback

• Tamil Nadu makes a comeback and tops in the Sanitation category nationally.
• In the Ease of Doing Business category, the state ranks #2 in 2023.

First Time Participants Getting National Rank

• The state is in the top 5 in the Geology & Mining and Housing categories nationally.

• Transport, Skill Development, Sanitation, Police & Safety, Housing, Health, Ease of Doing Business, Agriculture and other sectors are the sectors that have seen enhanced focus in 2023.

• Tamil Nadu has shown a decline in the score and its rank & reach #6 in 2023.

What needs to be DONE in 2024?

• 80+ well-performing projects required to rank in the top 5 states.
• Alternatively, a higher number of Platinum and Gold performances can improve the ranking.
• Incremental improvements in previously evaluated/awarded projects can be submitted.
• Multiple projects from one department can be submitted.
• Most states have a large number of projects at the District and Municipal levels.
• Most states tend to retain or improve their annual ranks.
• Police and Power & Energy tend to submit a larger number of projects.