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Mizoram tops in social protection, Bihar at the bottom

Mizoram is right at the top in areas of public distribution system, social justice & empowerment, minority welfare and employment. The other states in the top five are Sikkim, Karnataka, West Bengal and Jammu & Kashmir

GN Bureau | May 4, 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:

Social protection

It comprised of four focus subjects (and their indicators):

1. Public distribution system

Allocation and offtake of grain under PDS

2. Social justice & empowerment

Percentage of pension beneficiaries of the total population above 60
Percentage of households with no land
Incidence of crime against SC/ST

3. Minority welfare

Number of minority children given pre metric scholarship

4. Employment

Unemployment rate
Percentage of manual casual labour

Here are the rankings:

State/Union territory	PAI Index	Ranking
Mizoram	0.795	1
Sikkim	0.672	2
Karnataka	0.665	3
West Bengal	0.65	4
Jammu and Kashmir	0.642	5
Kerala	0.636	6
Madhya Pradesh	0.603	7
Arunachal Pradesh	0.603	8
Himachal Pradesh	0.6	9
Rajasthan	0.592	10
Tamil Nadu	0.589	11
Uttar Pradesh	0.575	12
Nagaland	0.572	13
Uttarakhand	0.567	14
Meghalaya	0.562	15
Manipur	0.559	16
Assam	0.543	17
Maharashtra	0.521	18
Delhi	0.521	19
Chhattisgarh	0.519	20
Odisha	0.516	21
Goa	0.469	22
Tripura	0.468	23
Gujarat	0.432	24
Punjab	0.4	25
Andhra Pradesh	0.389	26
Jharkhand	0.385	27
Haryana	0.35	28
Bihar	0.303	29

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