SHILLONG, JAN 3: Meghalaya on Thursday was adjudged one of the top three ‘emerging small states’ for its overall performance.
IBN7 announced the winners of the fourth Diamond States Awards which lauds the major strides taken by Indian states in the areas of social and human development. The other two small states to share the award with Meghalaya were Manipur and Himachal Pradesh. Bihar, Odisha and Madhya Pradesh were adjudged the country’s top three emerging big states.
IBN7, which started the awards as a unique, path-breaking editorial initiative, in association with the Alchemist Group, said Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat were adjudged India’s Best states for their overall performance, and in the smaller states category, Sikkim, Goa and Uttarakhand shared the honours.
Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar was the chief guest at the glittering awards ceremony held in New Delhi which was attended by Union ministers and chief ministers, among others.
The IBN7 Diamond States Awards follows a credible and multi-pronged selection process that involves secondary data from authentic sources and primary data from a nationwide research exercise conducted by IPSOS, the research partner for this initiative. KPMG, the independent knowledge partner, manages the process, methodology and the data for arriving at the best states across various categories of the awards.
The award winners were selected on the parameters set by the IBN Editorial Board, Outlook Editorial Board and the jury consisting of eminent citizens from various walks of life. The jury this year included chairperson Dr. Bimal Jalan, former RBI Governor, Dr. Shaibal Gupta, secretary of Asian Development Research Institute; TSR Subramanian, former cabinet secretary; M Damodaran, former chairman of SEBI; Dr. Bakul H Dholakia, former director of IIM-Ahmedabad and Gurcharan Das, author and public intellectual.
Speaking on the occasion, Rajdeep Sardesai, editor-in-chief, CNN-IBN, IBN7 & IBN-Lokmat, said: “IBN7 Diamond States Awards is an initiative which tries to highlight the remarkable contribution put in by the states to attain the set goals, which eventually leads to a better India.”
Ashutosh, managing editor, IBN7, said: “We are privileged to host the 4th edition of IBN7 Diamond States Awards. This award is an initiative to recognize the outstanding leap made by the states towards our nation’s growth.”
Winners of the IBN7 Diamond States Awards 2012 in the category of citizen security was bagged by Gujarat as best big state and Sikkim as best small state, core infrastructure – Punjab and Delhi, education – Kerala and Himachal Pradesh, employment – Maharashtra and Uttarakhand, environment – Kerala and Sikkim, healthcare – Kerala and Goa, poverty – Kerala and Jammu & Kashmir, water and sanitation – Maharashtra and Sikkim and women empowerment was bagged by Tamil Nadu and Uttarakhand. (By Our Reporter)
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