In the run-up to the elections, the most strident debate is about economic outcomes. At...
India still has a long way to go before it can compete globally, especially regarding...
India is pegged to receive as much as 100 billion dollars in foreign direct investment...
Impressive initiatives in Urban Development, Municipal Sanitation, Health, Police & Safety and e-Governance have helped...
District administrations led the good governance initiatives in Jharkhand during 2020.Several innovative measures were taken...
Odisha had for long suffered the humiliation of being showcased as one of the poorest...
Several innovative steps have been taken in Arunachal Pradesh in the areas of education, e-Governance...
Delhi improved its standing in the SKOCH State of Governance Rankings 2020 on the back...
Haryana emerged as the top performer in Health sector ranking and acquired the second spot...
Punjab has significantly improved its position in the annual SKOCH State of Governance Rankings 2020....
The first hundred days of any Chief Minister, more so a first time Chief...
Journey of Himanta Biswa Sarma Himanta Biswa Sarma was leaning on his bed in the...
With fast-approaching elections in Uttar Pradesh, the question frequently being asked in the context of...
The short answer is no! Chief Minister Thackeray is managing to do an admirable job...
MoRD, MoTA, DRDO, MEA & MoPR Excel; SMART CITY and MSME LAG Covid-19 vaccination drive...
ModiNomics deep-dived from a view from the Chief Minister’s Office to performance of departments, which...
It was 5:15 pm on 28th October 2020 when I told Dr Shashi Panja, “You...
The annual SKOCH State of Governance report has been one of the most awaited and...
SKOCH State of Governance 2020 report card shows Tamil Nadu has made solid performance in...
Governance in Maharashtra 2020 has been an interesting mix of stellar performances and some setbacks....
The biggest regret expressed by Ram Sewak Sharma in the book ‘The Making of Aadhaar’...
Uttar Pradesh 2020 is a story similar to many other Indian states this past year....
Bihar State of Governance 2020 rankings show significant gains on the back of impressive performance...
Odisha State of Governance 2020 review shows that the state has moved up from the...
Reviewing Madhya Pradesh governance 2020 proves that the state continues to be a state on...
Karnataka State of Governance 2020 review shows up that the state is doing well in...
The West Bengal State of Governance 2020 review shows that the state continues to be...
This past year has changed the way we think and talk about a lot of...
On SKOCH State of Governance annual ranking for last year, Gujarat in 2020 is at...
Andhra Pradesh in 2020 has emerged as the top performing state on annual SKOCH State...
The annual SKOCH State of Governance review assesses how Indian states have fared the previous...
The annual SKOCH State of Governance ranking and report is one of the most awaited...
It was a chat with a difference. One-to-one and heart-to-heart. One where experience met...
Health and cleanliness dominated the good governance initiatives across the country in 2019. A...
Gujarat has occupied the top slot in SKOCH State of Governance 2019. The credit...
"Appearance tyrannises over truth," said Plato in The Republic. This couldn’t be truer for...
Tamil Nadu, the southernmost state in India, is well-known for its balanced spread of...
Uttarakhand, situated in the foothills of Himalayas, is among the fastest growing states in...
There has been a change of guard at the state. On 28 November 2019,...
As the second largest in area and fifth most populous state of India, Madhya...
Haryana is a leading agrarian economy, being one of the largest producers of wheat...
Odisha is an Indian state with an abundance of natural resources. Although it has...
Uttar Pradesh, the third-largest state economy of the country, is now heading towards a...
In less than two decades since its formation, Chattisgarh has carved an independent identity...
For a while now, the state has been dealing with the illegal influx of...
Rajasthan was once termed BIMARU state. BIMARU is the acronym for Bihar, Madhya Pradesh,...
Himachal Pradesh has made headlines over the past few years owing to corrupt law...
In September 2018 Prime Minister Narendra Modi chose Jharkhand's capital Ranchi to launch the...
Bihar's Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who has been leading the state since 2005, is...
Goa, the country's smallest state in terms of area, is traditionally known as a...
This was a historical year for the northern-most region of India. The state of...
Delhi has taken a number of commendable steps in the areas of healthcare and...
Sikkim is dubbed as the cleanest state in India. It was the first state...
Mizoram, a mountainous state nestling in the southern tip of the north-east region, has...
Nagaland is home to a rich variety of flora and fauna. The state, which...
Chandigarh is often dubbed as “The City Beautiful.” This is among the best planned...
Once termed the sunrise state of India, Andhra Pradesh has been mired in controversies...
High human development indicators, a fast-growing economy and overall social welfare, Kerala has long...
Punjab has been in the news for all the wrongs reasons including the rising...
Telangana, the youngest state in India, has been blessed with Hyderabad as its capital....
Recently, Karnataka has been in the news for the natural, social and political uncertainty....
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Government has introduced a series of reforms to address the...
Roles and responsibilities of the Centre and the states have been listed in the seventh...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has secured voter trust through his agenda of welfare programmes. Among...
The history of fiscal federalism in the past has demonstrated that three lists—Union List, State...
In the Interim Budget for 2019-20 the government announced a scheme to provide income...
Overall State Rankings S/N State 2019 2018 2017 1 Gujarat 1 5 13 2 Maharashtra...
Good governance has gained currency in recent years. A very healthy competition is being...
India is a land of contradictions. Digital goes hand in hand with agrarian; and...
Since the bifurcation of the state of Andhra Pradesh into two, the new state...
Telangana being the youngest state has the energy and enthusiasm of the youth but...
For any state to outshine and outperform others in all the sectors and prove...
Gujarat has been a true epitome of how the state government can ensure a...
If one could make a bucket list for modern India, one issue that ironically...
The entire country owes it to the state of Punjab that has played a...
The state of Maharashtra has always been a leader in industry and business in...
2018 has been a disastrous year for Kerala when the entire state was submerged...
The story of Madhya Pradesh can be put in three words “Nightmare to fairytale...
The state government of Karnataka has been a mixed bag in the last few...
The state of Uttar Pradesh has shown a curious performance graph. While it has...
Odisha stood 13th in the overall ranking in the SKOCH State of Governance 2018....
Haryana is one of the few states in the country that has shown a...
Delhi has been at rank 15th for the last three consecutive years. The state...
Jharkhand stood at 16th position in the SKOCH State of Governance 2018. Jharkhand improved...
Tamil Nadu, a ‘Star’ performer in SKOCH State of Governance 2017 with its initiatives...
SKOCH studied projects in Municipal Governance, District Administration and Health sectors and found two...
Himachal Pradesh has taken some innovative steps that have made service delivery in the...
Municipalities in Bihar have been taking commendable steps to ensure better sanitation and waste...
The district administrations in Mizoram have worked effectively towards making service delivery a smooth...
Sikkim has made commendable efforts in bringing in effective changes in the state’s water...
The district administration of North Goa has taken e-Governance cues and integrated them with...
The Health department of Chandigarh has been working towards making the lives of its...
Municipal governance and e-Governance of Tripura Government have taken strides and initiated a few...
The Finance Department of Assam has taken laudable steps to make the department much...
The HP State Civil Supplies Corporation Limited established on 6 September 1980 as a wholly...
When Modi took charge of the world’s largest democracy in May 2014 after leading...
Growth and development of a state is closely linked to governance. SKOCH Group has...
India’s largest state by area Rajasthan, which is largely known for its deserts (Registan in...
Telangana is at the forefront of creating digital infrastructure. India’s ‘youngest state’ is set to...
Tamil Nadu is one of the most overall developed states in India. Per capita income...
Madhya Pradesh has registered an impressive economic expansion and development in the last one-and-a-half decade...
Andhra Pradesh Government has been putting a lot of emphasis on e-Governance and has taken...
The three I’s of Inclusive Growth, Infrastructure and Innovation are important for India to...
There are several beacons of hope in this country, which are bringing about a...
The SKOCH Group has been studying and documenting good governance practices for more than...
It is widely believed that India’s economy is on the move and will be the...
Technology has been the mainstay of Gujarat’s socio-economic development in the recent years. The State...
Madhya Pradesh has effectively used Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to reduce red tape, corruption...
Maharashtra is the most industrialised state and has the highest GSDP in the country. The...
Tamil Nadu, one of the richest states of India, is a pioneer in using modern...
Telangana, the country’s youngest state, shines on good governance initiatives taken across the sectors. The...
Andhra Pradesh has taken several pioneering initiatives in IT sector. The State has developed a...
Chhattisgarh, one of the poorest states and worst hit by Maoist violence in the country,...
Himachal Pradesh has taken several initiatives in e-Governance. The State is increasingly relying on new...
Karnataka has been a pioneer in several e-Governance initiatives. With a view to computerise land...
Punjab is one of the most prosperous states of India. It has the lowest proportion...
Uttar Pradesh is important for the growth and development of India as it accounts for...
Assam has taken some impressive steps for sanitation, cleanliness and making the city safer for...
Meghalaya has made social service delivery more efficient and transparent through extensive use of information...
Rajasthan, the country’s largest State by area, has taken several initiatives in the areas of...
Sikkim has implemented various e-Governance initiatives in order to make service delivery system smart. The...
It is a matter of concern that India’s pace of improving the social indicators...
Outlining his government’s achievements, Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently said: “We have achieved major...
Sameer Kochhar: What have been your achievements towards inclusive growth in Goa? "I remember, we...
Though we have passed the 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendments transferring 29 subjects to...
Based on the learnings of implementation of urban development schemes in the country in...
Gurgaon will be a Smart City in addition to Karnal and Faridabad. May be,...
Smart Governance - States, UTs The pervasive theme this year was clearly that of...
West Bengal with a population of over nine crore and spread over 19 districts is...
Chandigarh is a city and a union territory that serves as the capital of the...
Jharkhand is located in eastern India and is surrounded by Bihar to the north, Uttar...
Karnataka is home to 6.11 crore inhabitants, which accounts for 5.05 per cent of India’s...
The State of Odisha is located on the eastern part of our country along the...
Tamil Nadu is the 7th most populous state in India with a population of 72.1...
Uttar Pradesh is the most populous state in the country accounting for 16.4 per cent...
Punjab is widely acknowledged as the “Granary of India”. The state has twenty two districts,...
Telangana is the newest and the 29th state of India. It was formed in June...
Gomati is one of the developing districts of Tripura, with a population around 4.42...
Gomati District in Tripura has successfully implemented MGNREGS through convergence model for generating sustainable...
Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), devised and designed by Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL),...
In most countries, the social security, as it is defined by most governments, is...
The interface between the citizen and the government is improving. The social equalisation is...
“You have to dream before your dreams can come true.” This famous quote of former...
Since independence, all governments of India have been committed to gradual rather than revolutionary...
Nearly two years ago, INCLUSION ran a special edition featuring ‘State of Governance’ in which...
Under the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), India along with other developing countries, has committed...
I am in politics for over 35 years. Since early days we have been...
While six months is too short a period to judge the performance of a...
We had seen it coming for a long time. For three primary reasons –...
This might have sounded a bit heavy and idealist to students of a Philadelphia...
While the middle class in India has been a topic of intense debate, it has...
Under the leadership of Narendra Modi, we have shown as to how after a long...
As the countdown to the formation of the next government at the Centre starts,...
Arun Jaitley A few days ago my friend, the hon’ble finance minister, in the course...
“India is a remarkable model of nation building. It got universal suffrage at a much...
Good governance and anti-corruption strategies go together and are consequently the key for a...
E-governance is a pretty complex matter that is made all the more complex with...
N K Singh Member, Rajya Sabha The Bihar growth story is now in public focus....
It is now well-established that economic growth and prosperity in India has generally bypassed...
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) offers a broad definition for good governance. It...
At the start of the period of the economic reforms, the total central budgetary...
Reforms have to start grassroots level upwards. Sometimes, I feel that I am not...
Sameer Kochhar: Skilled manpower is the backbone of the economy. But we have shortage...
Wajahat HabibullahChairman, National Commission for Minorities After independence, India’s governance system ought to have imbibed...
Sitaram Yechurysenior member of Polit Bureau of theCommunist Party of India (Marxist) It is not...
The textile and clothing industry with a total market size of $94 billion today...
M RamachandranDistinguished Fellow, Skoch Development Foundation Though constitutional recognition came to local governments as a...
When we think of rethinking governance, the two topics that are predominant in my...
Y S MalikPrincipal Secretary-Electronics & IT, Governmnt of Haryana In the context of Centre’s direct...
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Andhra Pradesh tryst with e-governance goes back to early 1990s, when it started with the...
Laveesh Bhandari, Director, Indicus Analytics Corruption has now become the critical constraint in India meeting...
Veeresh Malik Some entities manage to turn this around into perception management victories, enabling them...
N C Saxena, Distinguished Fellow With a network of more than 500,000 Fair Price Shops...
One of the reasons that catapulted Anna Hazare’s anti-corruption crusade on mass conscience was governance...
O P Bhatt, former Chairman, State Bank of India Whoever said budgets are a moral...
The 33 km. drive from Srinagar to Nagam block, Badgam district in the summer...
For the record, ‘Civil Disobedience’ is an account of Lakshmi Chand Jain’s own life...
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Salman Khurshid, Minister of State for Minority Affairs Equality is something that we all swear...
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Nandan Nilekani, ChairmanUnique Identification Authority of India Is the coming decade 'India's decade'? Substantial change...
Sam Pitroda The three fundamental challenges facing India today are disparity, demography and development: there...
In the last decade-and-a-half that India has successfully embraced reforms, a curious problem has haunted...
True decentralization to local governments broadly follows a certain paradigm of inter governmental design. One...
Every citizen dreams of a nation which is true, beautiful and egalitarian. When Mahatma Gandhi...
January 23, 2008: It was a day to remember - the highest independently instituted...
A CCTV network across Mumbai with a coordinated crisis management cell during emergency, colour...
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