The Bengaluru-based Public Affairs Centre (PAC) recently released the seventh edition of the Public Affairs Index (PAI 2022).
The PAI 2022, which assesses the delivery of economic, political, and social justice in the states, recognized Haryana as the best-governed state under the big states category, which ranked 18 states.
It was followed by Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Punjab and Karnataka, and others.
Sikkim retained the top position in the category of 10 smaller states.
It is followed by Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, which secured second and third positions respectively.
Union Territories are not part of the report.
The PAI assesses the quality of governance in Indian states. Its main aim is to qualitatively measure the social, economic and political justice in India via 5 sub-themes and 22 indicators.