CURRENT AFFAIRS

2023

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
As per the Education Ministry’s Performance Grading Index (PGI), how many states attained Level -2 grading in 2020-21?
A
Two
B
Four
C
Seven
D
None
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -“A total of 7 States and UTs, Viz., Kerala, Punjab, Chandigarh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, and Andhra Pradesh have attained Level II (score 901-950) in 2020-21 as compared to none in 2017-18 and 4 in 2019-20.

Detailed explanation-2: -In PGI 2020–21, 12 States were graded as Level III (scoring 851–900), 6 States as Level IV (score 801–850), 6 States as Level V (score 751–800), 4 States as Level VI, and one State, Arunachal Pradesh, remained in Level VII (score 651–700).

Detailed explanation-3: -The PGI divides states and union territories into 10 grades. The highest achievable grade is Level 1, which has states and UTs scoring more than 950 points out of 1, 000 points. The lowest grade is Level 10, which has states and UTs scoring less than 551.

Detailed explanation-4: -The PGI structure comprises of 1000 points across 70 indicators grouped into 2 categories viz., Outcomes, Governance Management (GM).

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