Madhya Pradesh retains #8 in SKOCH State of Governance 2022

Highlights

• Madhya Pradesh ranks #8 nationally in the SKOCH State of Governance Report 2022.
• Total of 43 well-performing projects qualified for SKOCH Order-of-Merit, out of which 3 were highly impactful and 9 were impactful projects.
• State performed very well in 18 categories.
  1. Has shown maximum improvement in Ease-of-Doing Business, Municipal Governance, Police & Safety & Social Justice & Security.
  2. Participating for the first time in labor, Animal Husbandry & Fisheries, Horticulture, Housing, Revenue and Forest and entered in the top 10 nationally.
  3. Recovered in General Administration, Power & Energy, Agriculture and eGovernence.
• Municipal Governance, e-Governance and District Governance have submitted a larger number of projects for evaluation. Out of these, several well-performing projects were qualified as highly impactful and impactful projects.
• Key achievements
  1. Madhya Pradesh bagged 43 SKOCH Orders-of-Merit in the SKOCH State of Governance Awards 2022.
  2. Almost half of these are in e-Governance, Municipal Governance and District Governance.
  3. Three SKOCH Orders-of-Merit were in Animal Husbandry & Fisheries, Ease of Doing Business, Forest and General Administration each.
  4. The state won two SKOCH Orders-of-Merit in Power & Energy and Health each.
  5. The state won 12 awards – three in GOLD and nine in SILVER category.

Governance Score of Top 10 States 2022

Comparison of States 2014-19 & 2020-22

Sectors with Maximum Improvement

• In Social Justice & Security, Madhya Pradesh has improved its rank from #4 to #3 in 2022.
• In Ease of Doing Business, Madhya Pradesh has improved its rank from #5 to #4
• In Police & Safety, Madhya Pradesh has improved its rank from #8 to #5
• In Municipal Governance, Madhya Pradesh has improved its rank from #9 to #8

First Time Participants Getting National Rank

• Even though participating for the first time, some sectors of West Bengal are ranked in the top positions.
• The state was ranked #1 in Labour, #2 in Animal Husbandry & Fisheries, Horticulture, Housing, #3 in Revenue and #4 in Forest.

Sectors with Comeback

• In General Administration, Madhya Pradesh has made a comeback in ranks to #4
• In Power & Energy, Madhya Pradesh has made a comeback in ranks to #6
• In Agriculture, Madhya Pradesh has made a comeback in ranks to #6
• In e-Governance, Madhya Pradesh has made a comeback in ranks to #6

• Agriculture, Animal Husbandry & Fisheries, e-Governance, Forest, General Administration, Horticulture, Housing, Labour, Power & Energy and Revenue are the sectors that have seen enhanced focus in 2022 than to the year 2020

• Health, District Governance and Social Justice & Security are the sectors with stable focus in the last two years.

• Compared to its score and rank in 2021, Madhya Pradesh has shown a significant improvement in score and maintains its rank #8 in 2022.

Impactful & Well-Performing Projects of Madhya Pradesh in State of Governance 2022

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What needs to be DONE in 2023?

• 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