(a) the details of criteria set for the selection of aspirational districts;
(b) the total number and names of aspirational districts declared in the country, districts/State-wise;
(c) the reasons for non-inclusion of Seoni and Balaghat districts of Madhya Pradesh in the said aspirational districts which are backward in every parameter of development; and
(d) whether there is any plan to include Balaghat and Seoni districts in the list of aspirational
districts in future?
MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION; MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS
(RAO INDERJIT SINGH)
(a) The Aspirational Districts Programme launched on 5th January 2018 by the Government of India and anchored by NITI Aayog, aims to bring transformative changes in the most under-developed districts of India called Aspirational Districts. There are 112 Aspirational Districts, across 26 States and 1 Union Territory. These were selected through a transparent process on basis of published data. List of data sets and the weight attached to them for selection of these districts is attached in Annexure - I.
(b) List of 112 Aspirational Districts is provided in Annexure-II.
(c) As mentioned in (a), aspirational districts were selected through a transparent process on the basis of published data. As per this method, the districts which were selected as Aspirational Districts had overall lesser progress than Seoni and Balaghat districts in 2018 and as such, they have not been included.
(d) As of now, there is no proposal/ provision to include more districts under the Aspirational Districts Programme.
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Annexure – I
List of data sets and weights used for selection of Aspirational Districts
DATABASES SECTOR WEIGHT
Landless households dependent on Manual labour
(Socio Economic Caste Census – Deprivation 7) Deprivation
(25%) 25%
Ante natal care
(National Health and Family Survey (NHFS) - 4)
Health & Nutrition
(30%) 7.5%
Institutional delivery (NHFS-4) 7.5%
Stunting of children below 5 years (NHFS-4) 7.5%
Wasting in children below 5 years (NHFS-4) 7.5%
Elementary dropout rate (Unified District Information System for Education (U-DISE) 2015-16) Education
(15%) 7.5%
Adverse pupil teacher ratio (U-DISE 2015-16) 7.5%
Un-electrified households (Ministry of Power)
Infra
(30%) 7.5%
Households without individual toilets
(Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation) 7.5%
Un-connected PMGSY village
(Ministry of Rural Development) 7.5%
Rural Household without access to water
(Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation) 7.5%
Total 100%
Annexure-II
State-wise list of all 112 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 UT of Jammu & Kashmir Kupwara
40 UT of Jammu & Kashmir Baramulla
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 Nabarangpur
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 Bhoopalapally
101 Telangana Bhadradri-Kothagudem
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 Sonbhadra
111 Uttarakhand Udham Singh Nagar
112 Uttarakhand Haridwar
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