a) whether the NITI Aayog has brought out Ranking of 115
Aspirational Districts and if so, the details thereof;
b) whether the Government has planned to develop country’s
115 most backward districts by 2022 and if so, the
details thereof, district-wise;
c) whether the Government is setting up a mechanism for real
-time monitoring of Government’s development programmes
and if so, the details thereof; and
d) the steps taken by the Government to all backward
districts of the country?
MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTERY OF PLANNING AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)
a) Yes. Under the on-going Aspirational District Programme, progress made in selected performance indicators is regularly captured on NITI Aayog’s web-portal: www.championsofchange.gov.in and districts are regularly ranked on the basis of incremental performance. Latest such ranking of Aspirational Districts announced by Niti Aayog on 27-12-2018 is placed at Annexure-I.
b) Government of India has not declared any district as a backward district. However, 117 districts in 28 States, which have shown relatively slower progress in socio economic indicators have been identified as “Aspirational Districts.’ State wise list of these 117 districts are placed at Annexure-II. At present the programme is being implemented in 112 Districts as Government of West Bengal has not yet joined this programme.
The core strategy envisaged in this programme is to improve efficiency in the existing programmes of the Central and the State Governments through convergence. Under this programme, Central Prabhari Officer in the rank of Joint Secretary/Additional Secretaries have been assigned at the Centre level to monitor the implementation of the programme. They are to assist the State governments and the district administrations to improve their performance by acting as a bridge between the State Government, District and the Government of India. 49 Key Performance Indicators having 81 data points have been identified across important sectors like Health, nutrition, education, agriculture and water resources, financial inclusion and skill development and basic infrastructure and districts have been requested to create district action plan to bring rapid improvement in the targets. A dynamic dashboard is facilitating the district to ascertain its position among the Aspirational Districts in India on the basis of incremental change. This in turn is expected to enthuse the District teams to become competitive and with the assistance of their own State government to improve their position. In addition, key Central Ministries have prioritized these districts in their programme.
This has resulted in improving the focus of the district administration towards the activities which are critical for improving the quality of life of people in these districts and their economic productivity. These innovative features of the programme have resulted in districts improving their performance in key sectors.
c) For monitoring of the performance of the districts, Government of India has appointed an officer from central Government as Central Prabhari officer for each district mentioned above. As stated above, there are 49 key performance indicators having 81 data points in sectors under focus of the aspirational district programme. One of the functions of the Central Prabhari Officers is to monitor progress of districts across these 49 indicators. In addition, as mentioned above, progress made in these indicators by District teams are being captured on Niti Aayog’s web portal www.chamionsofchange.gov.in. this has helped in not only ranking that districts on the basis of their performance which in turn motivate them but also offer a tool to District team to continuously assess their performance and improve the same.
d) Same as in (b) above.
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Annexure-I
RANKING OF THE BASIS OF INCREMENTAL PERFORANCE (JUNE TO OCTOBER 2018)
(Rank 1 is the best and so on)
State District Overall Rank
TAMIL NADU Virudhunagar 1
ODISHA Nuapada 2
UTTAR PRADESH Siddharthnagar 3
BIHAR Aurangabad 4
ODISHA Koraput 5
JHARKHAND Gumla 6
JAMMU & KASHMIR Kupwara 7
ARUNACHAL PRADESH Namsai 8
BIHAR Jamui 9
JHARKHAND Ranchi 10
ANDHRA PRADESH Vizianagaram 11
CHHATTISGARH Dakshin Bastar Dantewada 12
MADHYA PRADESH Singrauli 13
ODISHA Balangir 14
ASSAM Udalguri 15
PUNJAB Firozpur 16
GUJARAT Narmada 17
JHARKHAND Lohardaga 18
ANDHRA PRADESH Y.S.R. 19
TAMIL NADU Ramanathapuram 20
MADHYA PRADESH Vidisha 21
PUNJAB Moga 22
CHHATTISGARH Mahasamund 23
UTTAR PRADESH Chitrakoot 24
UTTAR PRADESH Fatehpur 25
CHHATTISGARH Rajnandgaon 26
HIMACHAL PRADESH Chamba 27
CHHATTISGARH Uttar Bastar Kanker 28
MIZORAM Mamit 29
HARYANA Mewat 30
JAMMU & KASHMIR Baramula 31
MAHARASHTRA Osmanabad 32
MAHARASHTRA Gadchiroli 33
ODISHA Gajapati 34
TELANGANA Bhoopalapalli (Warangal) 35
ODISHA Dhenkanal 36
ODISHA Kandhamal 37
CHHATTISGARH Kondagaon 38
JHARKHAND Palamu 39
CHHATTISGARH Bijapur 40
UTTAR PRADESH Sonbhadra 41
BIHAR Nawada 42
MANIPUR Chandel 43
MADHYA PRADESH Rajgarh 44
CHHATTISGARH Korba 45
BIHAR Banka 46
ASSAM Darrang 47
SIKKIM West District 48
UTTAR PRADESH Chandauli 49
JHARKHAND Simdega 50
JHARKHAND Godda 51
UTTAR PRADESH Shrawasti 52
KARNATAKA Raichur 53
MADHYA PRADESH Damoh 54
BIHAR Khagaria 55
TELANGANA Asifabad (Adilabad) 56
JHARKHAND Bokaro 57
ASSAM Goalpara 58
GUJARAT Dohad 59
UTTAR PRADESH Balrampur 60
UTTARAKHAND Hardwar 61
JHARKHAND Garhwa 62
CHHATTISGARH Narayanpur 63
TRIPURA Dhalai 64
MADHYA PRADESH Guna 65
UTTAR PRADESH Bahraich 66
BIHAR Begusarai 67
TELANGANA Khammam 68
MAHARASHTRA Washim 69
UTTARAKHAND Udham Singh Nagar 70
BIHAR Purnia 71
RAJASTHAN Sirohi 72
BIHAR Gaya 73
JHARKHAND Khunti 74
JHARKHAND Dumka 75
BIHAR Araria 76
ODISHA Rayagada 77
BIHAR Sitamarhi 78
ASSAM Baksa 79
MADHYA PRADESH Khandwa (East Nimar) 80
BIHAR Muzaffarpur 81
MADHYA PRADESH Barwani 82
BIHAR Sheikhpura 83
MAHARASHTRA Nandurbar 84
ODISHA Kalahandi 85
JHARKHAND Purbi Singhbhum 86
MADHYA PRADESH Chhatarpur 87
RAJASTHAN Karauli 88
ASSAM Barpeta 89
RAJASTHAN Baran 90
JHARKHAND Ramgarh 91
RAJASTHAN Dhaulpur 92
BIHAR Katihar 93
CHHATTISGARH Bastar 94
MEGHALAYA Ribhoi 95
ASSAM Dhubri 96
JHARKHAND Pashchimi Singhbhum 97
CHHATTISGARH Sukma 98
ODISHA Nabarangapur 99
RAJASTHAN Jaisalmer 100
KARNATAKA Yadgir 101
JHARKHAND Hazaribagh 102
JHARKHAND Latehar 103
JHARKHAND Sahibganj 104
ODISHA Malkangiri 105
ANDHRA PRADESH Visakhapatnam 106
NAGALAND Kiphire 107
JHARKHAND Giridih 108
JHARKHAND Chatra 109
ASSAM Hailakandi 110
JHARKHAND Pakur 111
Annexure-II
Transforming Aspirational Districts
S. No. State District
1 Andhra Pradesh Vizianagaram
2 Andhra Pradesh Visakhapatnam
3 Andhra Pradesh Y.S.R. Kadapa
4 Arunachal Pradesh Namsai
5 Assam Goalpara
6 Assam Barpeta
7 Assam Hailakandi
8 Assam Baksa
9 Assam Darrang
10 Assam Udalguri
11 Assam Dhubri
12 Bihar Sitamarhi
13 Bihar Araria
14 Bihar Purnia
15 Bihar Katihar
16 Bihar Muzaffarpur
17 Bihar Begusarai
18 Bihar Khagaria
19 Bihar Banka
20 Bihar Sheikhpura
21 Bihar Aurangabad
22 Bihar Gaya
23 Bihar Nawada
24 Bihar Jamui
25 Chhattisgarh Korba
26 Chhattisgarh Rajnandgaon
27 Chhattisgarh Mahasamund
28 Chhattisgarh Kanker
29 Chhattisgarh Narayanpur
30 Chhattisgarh Dantewada
31 Chhattisgarh Bijapur
32 Chhattisgarh Bastar
33 Chhattisgarh Kondagaon
34 Chhattisgarh Sukma
35 Gujarat DAHOD
36 Gujarat Narmada
37 Haryana Mewat
38 Himachal Pradesh Chamba
39 Jammu & Kashmir Kupwara
40 Jammu & Kashmir Baramula
41 Jharkhand Garhwa
42 Jharkhand Chatra
43 Jharkhand Giridih
44 Jharkhand Godda
45 Jharkhand Sahibganj
46 Jharkhand Pakur
47 Jharkhand Bokaro
48 Jharkhand Lohardaga
49 Jharkhand Purbi Singhbhum
50 Jharkhand Palamu
51 Jharkhand Latehar
52 Jharkhand Hazaribagh
53 Jharkhand Ramgarh
54 Jharkhand Dumka
55 Jharkhand Ranchi
56 Jharkhand Khunti
57 Jharkhand Gumla
58 Jharkhand Simdega
59 Jharkhand Pashchimi Singhbhum
60 Karnataka Raichur
61 Karnataka Yadgir
62 Kerala Wayanad
63 Madhya Pradesh Chhatarpur
64 Madhya Pradesh Damoh
65 Madhya Pradesh Barwani
66 Madhya Pradesh Rajgarh
67 Madhya Pradesh Vidisha
68 Madhya Pradesh Guna
69 Madhya Pradesh Singrauli
70 Madhya Pradesh Khandwa
71 Maharashtra Nandurbar
72 Maharashtra Washim
73 Maharashtra Gadchiroli
74 Maharashtra Osmanabad
75 Manipur Chandel
76 Meghalaya Ribhoi
77 Mizoram Mamit
78 Nagaland Kiphire
79 Odisha Dhenkanal
80 Odisha Gajapati
81 Odisha Kandhamal
82 Odisha Balangir
83 Odisha Kalahandi
84 Odisha Rayagada
85 Odisha Koraput
86 Odisha Malkangiri
87 Odisha Nawarangpur
88 Odisha Nuapada
89 Punjab Moga
90 Punjab Firozpur
91 Rajasthan Dholpur
92 Rajasthan Karauli
93 Rajasthan Jaisalmer
94 Rajasthan Sirohi
95 Rajasthan Baran
96 Sikkim West Sikkim
97 Tamil Nadu Virudhunagar
98 Tamil Nadu Ramanathapuram
99 Telangana Asifabad
100 Telangana Bhopapalli
101 Telangana Khammam
102 Tripura Dhalai
103 Uttar Pradesh Chitrakoot
104 Uttar Pradesh Fatehpur
105 Uttar Pradesh Bahraich
106 Uttar Pradesh Shrawasti
107 Uttar Pradesh Balrampur
108 Uttar Pradesh Siddharthnagar
109 Uttar Pradesh Chandauli
110 Uttar Pradesh Sonebhadra
111 Uttarakhand Udham Singh Nagar
112 Uttarakhand Haridwar
113 West Bengal Dakshin Dinajpur
114 West Bengal Maldah
115 West Bengal Murshidabad
116 West Bengal Birbhum
117 West Bengal Nadia