Maharashtra report card: 12 of 48 govt depts score perfect 100, eight below 60 per cent
At least 12 of the 48 departments in Maharashtra achieved 100 per cent of their target in the 100 days set by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis soon after he took charge of the Mahayuti government last December, found a performance assessment carried out by the Quality Control of India.
The performance of eight departments was below 60 per cent. Atleast three departments—General Administration (24 per cent), Urban Development (34 per cent) and Food and Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs (33 per cent)—which recorded poor performance are held by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, deputy CMs Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar respectively.
Fadnavis had set an ambitious target for each department to complete their works in the first 100 days after he took oath of office on December 5 last year. The objective was to expedite the administrative machinery, making it more transparent and accountable and according top priority to citizen services.
Underlying these initiatives was an attempt to measure the outcome of every department and assess how much each of them delivered on promises and programmes within the stipulated timeline. It was to inculcate a work culture where administrative index based on parameters drawn would be periodically measured to see how fast and what was delivered within the time frame.
Fadnavis took to social media platform X to disclose department-wise performance statistics. He stated that 12 departments successfully fulfilled all of their designated objectives. These include Water Resources, Home, Rural Development, Animal Husbandry, Ports, Higher and Technical Education, Labour, Textiles, Cultural Affairs, Mining, Dairy Development and the Employment Guarantee Scheme.
There are 18 departments whose performance is above 80 per cent—Energy, Industry, Revenue, Transport, School education, Food and drugs administration, Aviation, Skill development, Woman and Child Development, Agriculture, Fisheries, Urban Development (2), Medical Education, Information and technology, Cooperation, Excise and public health.
There are 10 departments whose performance index is in the range of 60 to 80 per cent—Marathi bhasha, public works department, Supply and Sanitation, Tourism, Housing, Social Justice, Water and soil conservation, Sports and youths welfare, Tribal welfare and Environment.
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