G.O. (Ms.) No.111, District Good Governance Index Amendment, 2022

What the document governs

G.O. (Ms.) No.111 dated 20 September 2022, issued by the Planning, Development and Special Initiatives (DB) Department, concerns the District Good Governance Index used to rank Tamil Nadu districts and recognise the best performing districts through awards. It amends the indicator framework approved under G.O. (Ms.) No.94 dated 4 August 2022.

The amendment accepts changes proposed by the Commissioner, Department of Economics and Statistics. It covers nine indicators across agriculture, industry and commerce, human resource development, public health, labour, and public infrastructure and utilities.

Main changes

The Planning, Development and Special Initiatives (DB) Department approved the following revisions:

• Names were revised for four indicators, including measures relating to food crops, dairy, poultry, fish, agriculture and allied activities, manufacturing, and services.
• Metadata was revised for two indicators. The tertiary gender parity measure uses numbers of female and male students enrolled because authenticated district level population data for ages 18 to 23 was not available.
• The health insurance indicator uses total households as its denominator because data on households below the income level referred to in the framework was unavailable.
• The Health Department was added as a source for the sex ratio at birth indicator because the Census data related to 2011.
• The Tamil Nadu Housing Board and Tamil Nadu Urban Habitat Development Board were added as sources for the indicator measuring houses completed under housing schemes.
• The E-Shram registration indicator accounts for registration having started only in August 2021.

Reference periods and ranking

G.O. (Ms.) No.111 dated 20 September 2022 approves the Fasli Year for agriculture related indicators, the Calendar Year for judiciary related indicators, and the Financial Year for the remaining available indicators.

The methodology for calculating ranks and normalising indicator values remains the same as under G.O. (Ms.) No.94 dated 4 August 2022. Revised indicators, sectorwise impact and support indicators, and the ranking methodology are provided in the annexures.

Who is affected

G.O. (Ms.) No.111 dated 20 September 2022 is directed to all Tamil Nadu Secretariat departments and all District Collectors. It changes government performance measurement and data sourcing. The document does not establish or change land ownership, title, registration, planning permission or an individual property transaction.