(a) whether there is a need to implement Aspirational Districts programme in an effective manner in order to solve the problems of illiteracy and unemployment; and
(b) if so, the details thereof?
(a) whether there is a need to implement Aspirational Districts programme in an effective manner in order to solve the problems of illiteracy and unemployment; and
(b) if so, the details thereof?
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 was launched in 112 Districts, across 26 States and 1 Union Territory, in January 2018 with the aim to bring transformative changes in the most under-developed districts of India. The programme aims at rapid transformation of these relatively underdeveloped districts across sectors. These sectors are Health and Nutrition, School Education and Basic Infrastructure, and also Agriculture and Water Resources and Financial Inclusion & Skill Development. The programme is being implemented in an effective manner and has led to a significant improvement in districts in a short span of time.
(b) The broad strategy of the Aspirational Districts Programme rests on the 3 Cs – Convergence (between Central and State Schemes), Collaboration (between Centre, State, District Administration, Development Partners and Citizens) and Competition (between Districts). Further, 49 key performance indicators have been selected across the abovementioned sectors and a district’s performance is monitored on the basis of progress made on these indicators on a monthly basis which is available in the public domain on the Champions of Change Dashboard (http://championsofchange.gov.in/site/coc-home/).
Since the programme is in the nature of additionality, there are no works which are under implementation separately. The Central Ministries and respective State Governments run specific schemes to address the problems of illiteracy and unemployment. The Aspirational Districts Programme assists Districts in creating better systems of monitoring and convergence to achieve progress on the 49 key performance indicators (Annexure). These indicators like those pertaining to education, health etc. are critical for improving quality of life and indicators like skill formation, financial inclusion, basic infrastructure are important in raising the economic productivity of citizens which in turn assist in addressing the issue of unemployment.
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Annexure
List of 49 Key Performance Indicators
S. No. Key Performance Indicators
1.1 Percentage of Pregnant Women receiving four or more antenatal care check-ups against total ANC registration
1.2 Percentage of ANC registered within the first trimester against total ANC registration
1.3 Percentage of pregnant women (PW) registered for ANC against estimated pregnancies
2 Percentage of pregnant women taking Supplementary Nutrition under the ICDS programme regularly
3.1 Percentage of Pregnant having severe anaemia treated, against PW having severe anaemia tested cases.
3.2 Percentage of Pregnant Women tested for Haemoglobin (Hb) 4 or more times for respective ANCs, against total ANC registration
4.1 Sex Ratio at birth
4.2 Percentage of institutional deliveries out of total estimated deliveries
5 Percentage of home deliveries attended by an SBA (Skilled Birth Attendance) out of total Home deliveries
6.1 Percentage of new-borns breastfed within one hour of birth
6.2 Percentage of live born infants with a birth weight 2500 gms
6.3 Proportion of live babies weighed at birth
7 Percentage of underweight children under 5 years
8.1 Percentage of stunted children under 5 years
8.2 Percentage of children with Diarrhoea treated with ORS
8.3 Percentage of children with Diarrhoea treated with Zinc
8.4 Percentage of children with ARI in the last 2 weeks taken to a health facility
9.1 Percentage of Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM)
9.2 Percentage of Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM)
10.1 Breastfeeding children receiving adequate diet (6-23 months)
10.2 Non-Breastfeeding children receiving adequate diet (6-23 months)
11 Percentage of children fully immunized (9-11 months) (BCG+ DPT3 + OPV3 + Measles1)
12.1 Tuberculosis (TB) case notification rate (Public and Private Institutions) as against estimated cases
12.2 TB Treatment success rate among notified TB patients (public and private)
13.1 Establishment of Health & Wellness Centres (HWCs)
13.2 Proportion of Primary Health Centers compliant to Indian Public Health Standards
13.3 functional FRUs (First referral units) rate
13.4 Availability of specialist services in District hospitals against IPHS norms
13.5 Conduct of village health, Sanitation, Nutrition Days
13.6 Proportion of Anganwadis with own buildings
13.7 Percentage of First referral units (FRU) having labour room and obstetrics OT NQAS certified (i.e., meet LaQShya guidelines)
14.1 Transition Rate (a) Primary to Upper Primary level
14.2 (b) Upper Primary to Secondary level
15 Toilet access: % schools with functional girls’ toilets
16 Learning outcomes (Average in government schools)
(a) Mathematics performance in Class 3
(b) Language performance in Class 3
(c) Mathematics performance in Class 5
(d)Language performance in Class 5
(e) Mathematics performance in Class 8
(f) Language performance in Class 8
17 Female literacy rate (15+ Age group)
18 Percentage of schools with functional drinking water facility
19 Percentage of schools with functional electricity facility at secondary level
20 Percentage of elementary schools complying with RTE specified Pupil Teacher Ratio
21 Percentage of schools providing textbooks to children within 1 month of start of the academic session
22 Water Positive investments and Employment
(a) Percentage of net sown area under micro-irrigation
(b) Number of water bodies rejuvenated under MGNREGA
23 Crop Insurance- Percentage of net sown area under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY)
24 Increase in Critical Inputs usage and supply
(a) 3 (a)Percentage increase in agricultural credit
(b) 3 (b) Certified quality seed distribution
25 Number of mandi in the district linked to electronic market
26 A) Percentage change in Price Realization (Wheat)
B) Percentage change in Price Realization (Paddy Common, Paddy Grade A)
27 Percentage share of high value crops to total sown area in district
28 Agricultural productivity of 2 major crops
29 Percentage of animals vaccinated
30 Artificial Insemination coverage
31 Number of Soil Health Cards distributed
32 Total Disbursement of Mudra loan (in rupees) per 1 Lakh population
33 Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY): Number of Enrolments per 1 Lakh population
34 Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY): Number of Enrolments per 1 Lakh population
35 Atal Pension Yojana (APY): Number of Beneficiaries per 1 Lakh population
36 Percentage of bank accounts seeded with Aadhaar as a percentage of total banking accounts
37 Number of accounts opened under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana
38 No of youth certified in short term and long-term training schemes / no of youth in district in age group 15-29
39 No of certified youth employed /No of youth trained under short term and long-term training
40 Number of Apprentices completing/Total number of trainees registered on the portal
41 No of people certified under Recognition of Prior Learning / Non formally skilled workforce
42 Number of Vulnerable/Marginalized youth certified trained under short term and long term training
a) Women - certified trained,
b) SC - certified trained
c) ST - certified trained
d) OBC - certified trained
e) Minorities - certified trained
f) Differently abled - certified trained) / Total Number of youth certified trained
43 Percentage of households with electricity connection
44 Percentage of Gram panchayats with internet connection
45 (a) Percentage of habitations with access to all weather roads under PMGSY
(b) Cumulative number of kilometres of all-weather road work completed as a percentage of total sanctioned kilometres in the district under PMGSY
46 Percentage of households with Individual Household Latrines
47 Percentage of Rural habitations with access to adequate quantity of potable water - 40 lpcd drinking water in rural
48 Coverage/ establishment of Common Service Centres at Gram Panchayat level
49 Number of pucca houses constructed for household who are shelter-less or having one room with kuchha wall and kuchha roof or having 2 room with kuchha wall and roof