Progressive Indian state gets leader (2-5)
I believe the answer is:
go-ahead
'progressive' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'indian state gets leader' is the wordplay.
'indian state' becomes 'goa' (Goa is a state of India).
'gets' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'leader' becomes 'head' (head is a kind of leader).
'goa'+'head'='GO-AHEAD'
(Other definitions for go-ahead that I've seen before include "Enterprising" , "Permission to proceed" , "Pioneering (green light?)" , "Up-and-coming - authorisation" , "Enterprisingly progressive" .)