Press Release

SKOCH State of Governance Report Card for 2021 released

Andhra Pradesh bags top spot, West Bengal & Odisha complete Top 3 

Download PDF

GURUGRAM, India, March 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/

The SKOCH Group today released the SKOCH Governance Report Card for 2021, ranking the states according to their performance in various projects at state, district and municipal level. Andhra Pradesh bagged the number 1 spot for the second consecutive year. 

The SKOCH State of Governance report is an annual report that studies project level outcomes across various states of India. For 2021, West Bengal, Odisha, Gujarat and Maharashtra, with Andhra completed the top 5 “Star States” in India. Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Assam and Himachal Pradesh were deemed the “Performers” and completed the Top 10. 

Odisha, Assam and Himachal Pradesh were deemed the “Trailblazers” for their exceptional improvement in the rankings between 2020 and 2021. Assam and Himachal Pradesh improved on their previous year’s ranking of 23rd and 16th and finished 9th and 10th respectively. Odisha showed the most improvement in Water, Geology & Mining, and Women & Child Development. Assam did well in Water, District Administration & Rural Development, while Himachal Pradesh showed improvement across the sectors. 

Speaking about the release of the report, Mr. Sameer Kochar, Chairman SKOCH Group, said, “Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal and Odisha are doing remarkable work in a number of verticals like Agriculture, Transport, eGovernance and Ease of Doing Business and that is why these states are constantly doing well in our yearly State of Governance Report Card. Assam, Himachal Pradesh, J&K (UT) and Chattisgarh have made the biggest jumps. The competition between the states is growing fiercer with each passing year and we are seeing a lot of very good projects being initiated and completed in record times.” 

“The SKOCH State of Governance Report is important as it is the only open and unbiased report card based purely on the performance of the state governments in various projects at different levels. We believe that scrutiny of these projects is vital to good governance, and we are doing our bit in promoting it and holding the states responsible,” he added. 

The SKOCH State of Governance report also maps the shifting interests of different state governments and provides valuable insights into governance trends and opportunities. In 2021, eGovernance, Health and Agriculture saw increased focus while the focus on Urban Development, Transport and Education decreased. In 2022, we might see a renewed focus on education, owing to the opening of educational institutes after a substantial period.

The report is backed by a meticulous and exhaustive methodology where the best performing projects are submitted by the states for evaluation & the projects are first vetted by SKOCH research analysts and evaluated by a jury of three domain experts. After jury and peer evaluation, the shortlisted projects are put to a popular vote on the website. This is supported by field research to assess the impact of the projects on the intended targets. Merit-listed projects garner expert votes through exhibition and live polls to get an overall score, which decides the ranking of the state.

The full report is available at https://inclusion.in/ and the survey has opened for 2022. The application process for states is hosted at https://award.skoch.in/apply/ 


About SKOCH Award

SKOCH Award, independently instituted in 2003, is India’s honest civilian honour conferred by an independent organisation as a third party assessment. It is the only award in the country that is based on felt-needs assessment and outcome evaluation based on evidence. It therefore, recognises people, projects and institutions that go the extra mile to make India a better nation. SKOCH Award is conferred for having made a definitive impact on governance improvement and growth of India. These are based on primary research, nominations and recommendations by the Collegium of past SKOCH Awardees and the Distinguished Fellows of SKOCH Development Foundation. SKOCH Award comes with a backing of reputation of more than two decades. It is distinctive for its approach of selection of awardees. The SKOCH Award not only acknowledges exceptional achievers – organisations and individuals – but also spurs institutional guidance and best practices.


About SKOCH Group

SKOCH Group is India’s leading think tank dealing with socio-economic issues with a focus on inclusive growth since 1997. The Group companies include consulting wing, a media wing and a charitable foundation. SKOCH Group is able to bring an Indian felt-needs context to strategies and engages with Fortune-500 companies, State Owned Enterprises, Government to SMEs and Community-Based Organisations with equal ease. The repertoire of services includes field interventions, consultancy, research reports, impact assessments, policy briefs, books, journals, workshops and conferences. SKOCH Group has instituted India’s highest independent civilian honours in the field of governance, finance, technology, economics and social sector. 

For more information, please contact gsd@skoch.in or 9811156688
Photo: https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/1763929/Skoch_SOG.jpg

Related Pages

23 Comments

  1. Hi I am so delighted I found your webpage, I really found you by error, while I was researching on Askjeeve
    for something else, Anyways I am here now and would just
    like to say thank you for a fantastic post and a all round interesting blog (I also love
    the theme/design), I don’t have time to browse it all at the minute but I have book-marked it and also added in your RSS feeds, so when I have
    time I will be back to read a lot more, Please do keep up the great
    work.

  2. Do you have a spam problem on this website; I also am a
    blogger, and I was wondering your situation; many of us have created some
    nice methods and we are looking to swap techniques with others,
    please shoot me an e-mail if interested.

  3. Very nice post. I just stumbled upon your blog and wanted to say that I’ve really enjoyed browsing your blog posts. In any case I’ll be subscribing to your feed and I hope you write again soon!

  4. Nice post. I learn something tougher on completely different blogs everyday. It will at all times be stimulating to learn content from different writers and follow a little bit one thing from their store. I?d prefer to use some with the content on my blog whether or not you don?t mind. Natually I?ll provide you with a link in your web blog. Thanks for sharing.

  5. I was recommended this web site by my cousin. I’m not sure whether this post is written by him as no one else know such detailed about my trouble. You are wonderful! Thanks!

  6. I was suggested this website by my cousin. I’m not sure whether this post is
    written by him as no one else know such detailed about
    my problem. You’re amazing! Thanks!

  7. Fine way of explaining, and fastidious paragraph to get information regarding my presentation subject, which i am going to deliver
    in institution of higher education.

  8. whoah this blog is great i love reading your posts. Keep up the great work! You know, many people are hunting around for this info, you could help them greatly.

  9. Good ? I should definitely pronounce, impressed with your site. I had no trouble navigating through all tabs and related information ended up being truly simple to do to access. I recently found what I hoped for before you know it in the least. Quite unusual. Is likely to appreciate it for those who add forums or something, site theme . a tones way for your customer to communicate. Nice task..

  10. Fantastic post but I was wondering if you could write a litte more on this topic? I’d be very grateful if you could elaborate a little bit more. Thanks!

  11. I have read a few good stuff here. Definitely worth bookmarking for revisiting. I wonder how much effort you put to make such a magnificent informative website.

  12. After I initially commented I clicked the -Notify me when new feedback are added- checkbox and now every time a remark is added I get four emails with the same comment. Is there any approach you can remove me from that service? Thanks!

  13. You actually make it seem so easy with your presentation but I find this matter to be actually something which I think I would never understand. It seems too complicated and very broad for me. I am looking forward for your next post, I will try to get the hang of it!

  14. Good day! I could have sworn I’ve been to this website before but after checking through some of the post I realized it’s new to me. Anyhow, I’m definitely delighted I found it and I’ll be bookmarking and checking back often!

  15. Nice post. I used to be checking continuously this blog and I am impressed! Very useful info particularly the remaining phase 🙂 I care for such information much. I used to be seeking this particular information for a long time. Thank you and good luck.

  16. With havin so much content do you ever run into any problems of plagorism or copyright infringement? My website has a lot of exclusive content I’ve either written myself or outsourced but it seems a lot of it is popping it up all over the web without my agreement. Do you know any methods to help protect against content from being stolen? I’d genuinely appreciate it.

  17. Many thanks for this article. I’d also like to mention that it can be hard when you’re in school and merely starting out to initiate a long credit standing. There are many individuals who are only trying to endure and have a good or positive credit history can often be a difficult matter to have.

  18. Hey there! Someone in my Myspace group shared this site with us so I came to take a look. I’m definitely loving the information. I’m bookmarking and will be tweeting this to my followers! Superb blog and amazing style and design.

Leave a Reply to APK Portal Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published.

Back to top button