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Kerala tops in transparency and accountability, Arunachal Pradesh at the bottom

Kerala is right at the top in areas of transparency and accountability. The other states in the top five are Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh and Punjab

GN Bureau | May 16, 2016

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The Public Affairs Centre, a not for profit organisation, assessed states and union territories using data available in the public domain in key areas of governance and came out with ‘Public Affairs Index’, presenting an inter-state comparison. The states were compared on 10 areas each and were given scores between 0 and 1, with 0 being the lowest score and 1 being the highest. Here’s a look at:

Transparency and accountability

It comprised of two focus subjects (and their indicators)

1. Transparency

Adherence to Section 4 of the RTI
Right to Public Services Act legislated or not
Number of services provided under e-governance plan

2. Accountability

Lok Ayukt: Constituted/bill passed, individual web-sites and chairpersons appointment
Number of anti-corruption bureau cases disposed as a percentage of total cases registered
Social audit under NREGA: percentage of gram panchayats covered
Panchayat devolution index score

Here are the rankings:

State/Union territory	PAI Index	Ranking
Kerala	0.757	1
Karnataka	0.714	2
Chhattisgarh	0.694	3
Himachal Pradesh	0.674	4
Punjab	0.663	5
Assam	0.648	6
Delhi	0.646	7
Haryana	0.627	8
Maharashtra	0.609	9
Uttar Pradesh	0.604	10
Jharkhand	0.602	11
West Bengal	0.584	12
Madhya Pradesh	0.571	13
Goa	0.545	14
Bihar	0.513	15
Mizoram	0.513	16
Rajasthan	0.479	17
Gujarat	0.469	18
Andhra Pradesh	0.445	19
Odisha	0.442	20
Meghalaya	0.436	21
Uttarakhand	0.423	22
Tripura	0.418	23
Jammu and Kashmir	0.416	24
Manipur	0.35	25
Tamil Nadu	0.312	26
Sikkim	0.249	27
Nagaland	0.224	28
Arunachal Pradesh	0.087	29

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