First among equals
The Sunday Indian and C-Voter nationwide survey of India’s best governed states has seen Gujarat emerge on top among the big states. Orissa and Bihar have tied to fill the rest of the podium. Among the small states, Haryana has run away with the top spot, followed by Chattisgarh and Delhi. In terms of perception outside one’s own state, Narendra Modi is the most popular chief minister, Sheila Dikshit and Nitish Kumar coming in at distant second and third positions respectively.
One thing has come out crystal clear from the responses. People have given primacy to development and governance in rating the state governments and chief ministers. The trend can be taken for yet another vindication of the fact that the Indian democracy may finally be going beyond the ambits of identity politics. Whether an incumbent state government is delivering on the fronts of healthcare, education, sanitation, irrigation, transport and employment generation, whether it is able to restore law and order, whether it is cracking down on corruption – these benchmarks are being considered more important by Indians than appeals to their religious, caste or lingual identity.
However, the survey held among 20,000 respondents (people eligible to vote) has a lesson in store even for the toppers. None of the chief ministers have got a net approval rating of over 40%. This basically means there is urgent need to do more work and that there is no room for complacency. Though their area of work is limited to the states they represent, the survey made clear that the popularity of some chief ministers cut across state borders. Narendra Modi, Sheila Dikshit and Nitish Kumar are the typical examples. Out of these three, Nitish Kumar deserves special mention as this is his first term in arguably the most difficult state of the country. Modi and Dikshit have had the advantage of prior experience though that does not take the shine of their achievements.
One thing has come out crystal clear from the responses. People have given primacy to development and governance in rating the state governments and chief ministers. The trend can be taken for yet another vindication of the fact that the Indian democracy may finally be going beyond the ambits of identity politics. Whether an incumbent state government is delivering on the fronts of healthcare, education, sanitation, irrigation, transport and employment generation, whether it is able to restore law and order, whether it is cracking down on corruption – these benchmarks are being considered more important by Indians than appeals to their religious, caste or lingual identity.
However, the survey held among 20,000 respondents (people eligible to vote) has a lesson in store even for the toppers. None of the chief ministers have got a net approval rating of over 40%. This basically means there is urgent need to do more work and that there is no room for complacency. Though their area of work is limited to the states they represent, the survey made clear that the popularity of some chief ministers cut across state borders. Narendra Modi, Sheila Dikshit and Nitish Kumar are the typical examples. Out of these three, Nitish Kumar deserves special mention as this is his first term in arguably the most difficult state of the country. Modi and Dikshit have had the advantage of prior experience though that does not take the shine of their achievements.
Source : IIPM Editorial, 2012.
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and Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist).
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IIPM Best B School India
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