MUMBAI, May 2 -- The women and child development department took top honours, while three departments headed by the chief minister and his two deputies found themselves at the bottom of the scorecard that evaluated the performance of government departments competing in the ambitious 100-day administrative reform programme of the Devendra Fadnavis government. A total of 48 departments were evaluated by the Quality Council of India (QCI), an autonomous body set up by Ministry of Commerce and Industry, for their performance during the first 100 days of the new Mahayuti alliance government, which took office in December last year. The idea was to improve the administrative machinery, enhance transparency and accountability, and ensure all-round better governance. The three-level evaluation scored each department as well as district- and tehsil-level administrative units on administrative reforms they had undertaken, based on ten parameters, including tasks they had been assigned, until April 15. These reforms included website upgradation, grievance redressal system, use of technology, boosting investment, among others. The 48 government departments were first evaluated by the chief secretary and then by QCI on the basis of these tasks. The results, announced on May 1, the state's 65th foundation day on Thursday, were keenly awaited by the bureaucracy and ministers. The women and child development department led by Aditi Tatkare (NCP) occupied the top slot, with an 80% success rate; followed by the public works department led by Shivendraraje Bhosale (BJP) with 77.95%. The agriculture department led by Manikrao Kokate (NCP) came in third with 66.15%; followed by rural development led by Jaykumar Gore (BJP) with 63.85%, and the transport department led by Pratap Sarnaik (Shiv Sena) with 61.28%. At the bottom of the scorecard was the general administration department headed by Fadnavis, which managed a 24% success rate. Food and civil supplies headed by deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar scored 33%, while urban development led by deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde achieved a 34% success rate in meeting its targets. Overall, the 48 departments notched up a score of 78%, completing 706 of the 902 tasks assigned to them. The general administration department completed only eight of 34 tasks, food and civil supplies completed two of six, and urban development 10 of 26 tasks. Seven departments scored less than 50%, while 12 departments completed 100% of the tasks they were assigned. Among the 36 district collectorates in Maharashtra, Chandrapur came out on top with 84.29%. For the office of the superintendent of police, Palghar topped with 90.29%. Among civic bodies, the Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation topped with 86.29%, while Mira Bhayander topped the police commissionerates in the state, with a score of 84.57%. "I congratulate the top performer departments and the officers for their contribution in making the administration more efficient, people-friendly and faster. The departments who are lagging in their tasks will complete them in the near future," said Fadnavis. "CM Fadnavis announced the 100-day programme after taking oath of office on December 5 last year. The tasks were submitted by the departments and district and tehsil-level units for administrative reforms. The first evaluation for picking three to five top-rankers was held at the government level, while the final evaluation was done by QCI," said an official from the Chief Minister's Office. More than 12,500 government offices from the village level to Mantralaya participated in the exercise....