Highlights

• Madhya Pradesh ranks #10 nationally in the SKOCH State of Governance Report 2023.
• A Total of 39 well-performing projects qualified for Deeper Study, out of which 2 were highly impactful and 12 were impactful projects.
• State performed very well in 16 categories.
  1. Tops in the Tourism category nationally.
  2. Has shown maximum improvement in the General Administration, Municipal Governance, e-Governance, Agriculture, Health and District Administration categories.
  3. Consistent in performance in the Cooperation and Horticulture categories.
  4. Participating first time in Urban Development and Environment categories and entered in the top 10 nationally.
  5. Recovers in Education and Finance categories.
• Municipal Governance, Agriculture and Cooperation 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. Madhya Pradesh bags 39 SKOCH Orders-of-Merit in the SKOCH State of Governance Awards 2023.
  2. Almost half of these are in Agriculture, Cooperation and Municipal Governance.
  3. Three SKOCH Orders-of-Merit are in the District Governance, Agriculture, Cooperation, Health and Urban Development categories nationally.
  4. Two SKOCH Orders-of-Merit are in the Ease of Doing Business, Environment, Tourism and  General Administration categories.
  5. The state won 14 awards – two in GOLD and twelve in the SILVER category.

Governance Score of Top 10 States 2023

• Madhya Pradesh ranks #10 in 2023.

Comparison of States 2014-19 & 2020-23

Sector With Maximum Improvement

• Madhya Pradesh tops in the Tourism category nationally.
• In General Administration and Municipal Governance, Madhya Pradesh ranks #3 in 2023.
• Madhya Pradesh ranks #4 in the e-Governance category.
• In the Agriculture and Health categories, the state improves from #6 to #5 in 2023.
• Madhya Pradesh improves its rank from #11 to #6 in 2023.

Sectors with Consistent Good Governance

• Madhya Pradesh sustains its rank #2 in Cooperation and Horticulture categories.

Sectors with Comeback

• In some categories, Madhya Pradesh makes a comeback and ranks within the top ten nationally
• MP ranks #4 in the Education and Finance categories respectively.

First Time Participants Getting National Rank

• Even though participating for the first time, Madhya Pradesh some categories ranks in the top ten.
• The state ranks #2 in Environment and #3 in Urban Development categories nationally.

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.