Maha Top Performing State

New Delhi: Maharashtra leads the overall composite rankings as the top performing State across economic and social parameters in the country, followed by Gujarat and Karnataka, according to a report released on Tuesday.

Maharashtra topped in financial development and performed strongly across the economic, fiscal and social pillars, while Gujarat’s performance is supported by its leading economic rank along with favourable outcomes in the fiscal and infrastructure pillars, according to the CareEdge Ratings’ ‘State Ranking 2025’ report.

As per the report, western and southern states dominate the top five rankings. Fiscal, economic and financial development pillars are the strong points for western states, while the southern states performed well across the economic, financial development, environment and governance pillars. Goa topped the rankings in Group B (north-east, hilly and small states) with strong score for financial development, infrastructure, social, fiscal and economic pillars.