Explanation:

Jammu district has managed to top the list followed by districts of Doda, Samba, Pulwama and Srinagar in the UT in the composite ranking of first ever District Good Governance Index (DGGI) released recently by Union Home Minister.

The District Good Governance Index is a framework document comprising of performance under ten governance sectors having 58 indicators with 116 data points.

The criteria has been adopted after following a rigorous and robust process of data collection, screening and validation by each of the Districts.

Different governance sectors the performance of which was weighed under this index includes Agriculture and allied sector (11 indicators), Commerce and Industry (05), Human Resource Development (09), Public Health (09), Public Infrastructure and Utilities (06), Social Welfare and Development (06), Financial Inclusion (03), Judiciary and Public Safety (04), Environment (02) and Citizen Centric Governance (03).

District Good Governance Index is a tool to assess the status of governance and impact of various interventions taken up by the districts and UT administration.

The index would provide a framework to assess the performance of the districts in specific sectors and provide useful information to the districts enabling them to formulate and implement suitable strategies to improve ease-of-living and service delivery.

The Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG), Government of India has been guiding and providing financial support for the exercise with technical support extended by Center for Good Governance CGG, Hyderabad.