Chennai, Oct 31 (UNI) Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami
on Saturday said Tamil Nadu has been rated as one of the
best governed states in India due to the state government's
unwavering effort and commitment for its development.
In a tweet, Mr Palaniswami said the hard work and efforts would
continue to keep Tamil Nadu as the best governed one in India.
'TN has been rated as one of the best governed states in India.
This is a result of our unwavering effort and commitment to the
development of the state. Let us continue to work together and
work harder, to keep our state the best governed one in India',
he added.
Mr Palaniswami was referring to the report released by the Public
Affairs Centre in the Public Affairs Index-2020 in this regard.
Headed by former ISRO Chairman K Kasturirangan, the NGO said
in its annual report said the States were ranked on governance
performance based on a composite index in the context of
sustainable development.
Four southern States--Kerala (1.388 PAI Index point), Tamil Nadu
(0.912), Andhra Pradesh (0.531) and Karnataka (0.468) stood in
the first four ranks in the large State category in terms of governance,
it said.
Mr Palaniswami, while inaugurating India's first ‘Global Yaadhum
Oorae Conclave’, organised by the SICCI in association with the
Guidance Tamil Nadu, said the State government has signed 120
new MoUs in the last 21 months.
On the status of MoUs signed during the two editions of the Global
Investors Meet (GIM) held in the State, he said “of the 98 MoUs
signed during the first edition of the GIM (in 2015), 72 are in various
stages of implementation.
Pointing out that 304 MoUs were signed during the second edition
of the GIM in 2019, he said of this, 81 MoUs have commenced
production and 191 were in various stages of implementation.
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