(a) whether the Government has formulated any scheme for effective and proper monitoring of selected aspirational districts programme;
(b) if so, the complete details thereof;
(c) if not, the steps taken by the Government for effective implementation of the said ambitious project of the Government; and
(d) the complete details of monitoring of various works being done in Rajgarh district of Madhya Pradesh?
MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING
AND MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF STATISTICS & PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
(RAO INDERJIT SINGH)
(a) & (b) For effective monitoring of the Aspirational Districts Programme, a Dashboard namely Championsofchange.gov.in has been developed by NITI Aayog. Each of the 112 Aspirational District, submits its data pertaining to the 49 key performance indicators segregated into 81 data points on this Dashboard. Districts are ranked on the incremental progress made by them on a month-on-month basis. The real-time monitoring of data and release of monthly delta rankings help these Districts to identify the areas where they need to improve and also get rewarded for their good performance in areas where they have made significant improvement.
(c) Not applicable in view of (a) & (b) above
(d) All Aspirational Districts have shown improvement since inception of the Programme. Since inception of the programme Rajgarh has made an overall progress of 47% in the average value of 49 indicators under focus in the programme. In Health & Nutrition, Rajgarh has improved by 63%, in Education by 56%, in Financial Inclusion & Skill Development by 40% and by 6% in Basic Infrastructure.
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