Kangra tops Himachal’s Good Governance list

Himachalscape bureau October 10, 2023 3 minutes read

Kangra tops Himachal’s Good Governance list

Shimla, October 10

Himachal Pradesh’s largest populated district Kangra has figured on the top amongst the ‘good governance districts’ on the state as was conferred a award by Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu.

The Chief Minister handed over prize prizes Rs 50 lakh to Deputy Commissioner Kangra Dr. Nipun Jindal followed by Deputy Commissioner Hamirpur Hemraj Bairwa and Deputy Commissioner Lahaul-Spiti Rahul Kumar on the occasion, to first, second and third.

Before conferring the good governance award chief Minister also released the District Good Governance Index (HPDGGI) Annual Report-2022 prepared by Department of Economics and Statistics, on the basis of secondary data of 12 districts, collected to assess the comparative performance of all districts.

According to DE&S Himachal Pradesh is the first State in the country who has started to measure the quality of governance in vital sectors to make rigorous and critical analysis of governance indicators including implementation of schemes and programmes for the well being of the citizens. The Report of DGGI-2022 framework have covered eight themes, 19 focus subjects and 90 indicators.

The Chief Minister said that as the districts functions as the basic unit of field administration and governance, the performance of the districts must be measured for inclusive development. “Good Government with Good Governance was imperative for the welfare of people of the State and there is a need to change the development model to meet the forthcoming challenges” said Sukhu.
The report on the District Good Governance Index has been prepared by the the DGGI-2022 includes eight themes viz. essential infrastructure, support to human development, social protection, women and children, crime, law and order, environment, transparency and accountability and economic performance.

In the second tier there are 19 focus subjects, each of which falls into the respective themes from which they originate. They encompass power, water, roads, education, health, public distribution scheme, social justice, employment, issues related to children and women, violent crimes, law and order, atrocities, environmental violations, forest cover, issues related to transparency and accountability, contribution as agriculture and allied sector and finally, commerce and industry in the economy. In the third tier, there are 90 specific variables on which the data available in the districts is analyzed and integrated. The aggregation at the three levels finally results in the district-level index which is used to rank the twelve districts, under examination in this report.

As per ranking for 2022, district Kangra bagged first prize of Rs.50 lakh while district Hamirpur was ranked second with prize money of Rs.35 lakh and district Lahaul-Spiti received the third prize of Rs. 25 lakh.

Principal Secretary, Finance Maneesh Garg detailed various indicators and the comparative data of all the 12 districts used to compile this report.

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