Jagan was also awarded the SKOCH chief minister of the Year Award-2021 in february 2021. SKOCH group chairman sameer Kochhar presented the award to the chief minister at the CM's camp office. The award was chosen after a review of project-level outcomes in several states. The SKOCH group praised the state government's efforts to combat COVID-19.
"In the last two years, the state has made significant unprecedented steps to improve government efficiency and transparency. The association stated that "innovative actions have been taken across industries." andhra pradesh was ranked first in the SKOCH State of Governance rankings for the second straight year in 2020 and 2021. According to SKOCH, the state was placed second in 2018 and then slid to fourth place in 2019.