Karnataka ranks third in the country in the assessment of basic public services such as drinking water supply, transport and education, according to the nationwide Millennial Survey of Public Services in India commissioned by the Public Affairs Committee (Bangalore) recently. The report titled "The State of Karnataka's Pubic Services: Benchmarks for the new millennium", was released today by Governor T N Chaturvedi, is an assessment of the effectiveness and quality of services provided by the Karnataka government.