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Delhi tops in fiscal management, Himachal Pradesh at the bottom

Delhi is right at the top in fiscal responsibility and budget management indicators, and resource generation & development expenditure. The other states in the top five are Meghalaya, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim

GN Bureau | June 1, 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:

Fiscal management

It comprised of two focus subject (and their indicators):

1. Fiscal responsibility and budget management indicators

Revenue surplus/deficit (percent of gross state domestic product)
Fiscal surplus/deficit (percent of gross state domestic product)
Debt burden (percent of gross state domestic product)

2. Resource generation & development expenditure

Per capita development expenditure
State’s own tax revenue growth

Here are the rankings:

State/Union territory	PAI Index	Ranking
Delhi	0.567	1
Meghalaya	0.557	2
Manipur	0.554	3
Arunachal Pradesh	0.538	4
Sikkim	0.517	5
Goa	0.506	6
Uttar Pradesh	0.494	7
Assam	0.49	8
Jharkhand	0.483	9
Bihar	0.473	10
Jammu and Kashmir	0.472	11
Odisha	0.469	12
Chhattisgarh	0.455	13
Punjab	0.454	14
Madhya Pradesh	0.45	15
Tripura	0.435	16
Rajasthan	0.433	17
Karnataka	0.427	18
Tamil Nadu	0.426	19
West Bengal	0.425	20
Kerala	0.425	21
Uttarakhand	0.423	22
Gujarat	0.421	23
Nagaland	0.419	24
Haryana	0.41	25
Maharashtra	0.393	26
Mizoram	0.347	27
Andhra Pradesh	0.331	28
Himachal Pradesh	0.248	29

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