Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah released the Good Governance Index 2021, in which Gujarat, Maharashtra and Goa emerged as the toppers.

Gujarat, Maharashtra and Goa emerged as the top three States while Delhi stood number one in the list of Union Territories (UTs) in the Good Governance Index (GGI) 2020-21 released by the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances. Gujarat topped the composite ranking in the 58 indicator index followed by Maharashtra and Goa. Gujarat registered an over 12 percent increase and Goa registered a nearly 25 percent increase over the indicators recorded by these states in the last index issued in 2019. While the States have been divided in four separate groups, Uttar Pradesh ranked at fifth position in Group B which is led by Madhya Pradesh. Uttar Pradesh which has shown incremental growth of nearly 9 percent over its 2019 performance and secured the top position in the commerce and industry sector. In the union territories category, Delhi tops the composite rank. In the North-East and Hill States category, Mizoram and Jammu and Kashmir have registered an overall increase of 10.4% and 3.7% respectively over GGI 2019.