Archive · 4 Oct 2025
India Proposes Global Governance Index at IIAS in Brussels
India, as the current president of the IIAS, wants to create a new way to measure how well governments are doing worldwide.
They're proposing an 'international governance index' to be researched and developed.
This comes after India's rankings on some global indices have dropped.
The goal is to make sure these rankings are fair and accurate, potentially breaking the dominance of certain Western institutions in these assessments.
India plans to collaborate with organizations like the World Bank and OECD to build the index.
This new index will be a core activity for IIAS.
This new index aims to be transparent and accurate in evaluating how well countries are governed.
India, as IIAS president, proposed an international governance index.
The proposal aims to address concerns about existing global indices.
The initiative was discussed with the IIAS Research Advisory Committee.
The study will involve collaboration with other organizations.
The topic will be on the agenda for the 2026 IIAS annual conference.
- Who
- India (represented by DARPG secretary V Srinivas)
- What
- Proposed an international governance index at the IIAS.
- When
- The proposal was discussed on September 25, 2025.
- Where
- At the IIAS in Brussels.
- Why
- To improve India's portrayal in global indices.
- Organization
- International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS)
- IIAS Headquarters
- Brussels
- IIAS President
- India (V Srinivas)
- Index Focus
- International Governance
- IIAS Membership
- 31 countries