Maharashtra slipped to #7 in SKOCH State of Governance 2022

Highlights

• Maharashtra ranks #7 nationally in the SKOCH State of Governance Report 2022.
• Total of 39 well-performing projects qualified for SKOCH Order-of-Merit, out of which 4 were highly impactful and 12 were impactful projects.
• State performed very well in 14 categories.
  1. Has shown maximum improvement in District Governance and Agriculture.
  2. Consistent in performance in the Transport category.
  3. Participating for the first time in Tourism & Culture, Forest and Animal Husbandry & Fisheries in the top 10 nationally.
  4. Recovered in Education and General Administration.
• Municipal Governance, District Governance and Power & Energy 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. Maharashtra bagged 39 SKOCH Orders-of-Merit in the SKOCH State of Governance Awards 2022.
  2. Almost half of these are in Urban Development, Power & Energy and District Governance.
  3. Two SKOCH Orders-of-Merit were in Forest, Police & Safety, Transport and Women & Child Development each.
  4. The state won 16 awards – four in GOLD and twelve in SILVER category.

Governance Score of Top 10 States 2022

Comparison of States 2014-19 & 2020-22

Sectors with Maximum Improvement

• In District Governance, Maharashtra has improved its rank from #14 to #3
• In Agriculture, Maharashtra has improved its rank from #5 to #4.

Sectors with Consistent Good Governance

• In Transport, Maharashtra has sustained its rank #2 in 2022.

Sectors with Comeback

• In General Administration, Maharashtra has made comeback in ranks to #5 in 2022.
• In Education, Maharashtra has make comeback in ranks to #7

First Time Participants Getting National Rank

• Even though participating for the first time, some sectors of Maharashtra are ranked in the top positions.
• The state was ranked #2 in Tourism & Culture, #3 in Forest and #4 in Animal Husbandry & Fisheries

• Animal Husbandry & Fisheries, District Governance, Education, Forest, General Administration, Municipal Governance, Power & Energy, Tourism & Culture, Urban Development and Women & Child Development are the sectors that have seen enhanced focus in 2022 than to year 2021 and 2020.

• Labour and Agriculture are the sectors with stable focus in the last two years.

• Compared to its score and rank in 2021, Maharashtra has shown an improvement in score but a decline in its rank and reached #7 in 2022.

Impactful & Well-Performing Projects of Maharashtra in State of Governance 2022

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