The Urban Governance Index
Published on 10 Jan 2025
The Urban Governance Index (UGI)
• Kerala has secured first rank in the Urban Governance Index (UGI).
• It is a study conducted across several cities in India by the Praja Foundation.
• Praja is a non-partisan organisation working towards enabling accountable governance since 1997.
• UGI is a measure of the extent of structural empowerment of the city governments, as enabled by the State Government.
• It is a mapping that stretches across states, on indicative themes of democratic empowerment and accountability pertaining to urban governance.
Findings:
- Overall score: Kerala scored 59.31 out of a possible score of 100 in various metrics, while Odisha came second with 55.10.
- Fiscal empowerment: Kerala managed to have a high score of 23.22 out of 30, with Maharashtra coming second with 21.15.
- Nagaland has been ranked at the bottom of the UGI with a score of 19.57 out of 100.
