NITI Aayog’s Aspirational District Ranking

News:NITI Aayog has released the ranking of Aspirational Districts of the country for the month of December 2019.

Facts:

About the ranking:

• The rankings took into account incremental progress made by over 112 aspirational districts across six developmental areas in December 2019.
• The six developmental areas are Health and nutrition, education, agriculture and water resources, financial inclusion, skill development and basic infrastructure.

Key takeaways from the ranking:

• Chandauli district in Uttar Pradesh has topped the list of aspirational districts.
• Balangir(Odisha) and YSR(Andhra Pradesh) have been placed at the second and third positions respectively.
• Sahibganj (Jharkhand) has been ranked at the fourth spot and Hailakandi(Assam) at the fifth place.

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Additional information:

About Aspirational districts programme:

• The Aspirational districts programme was launched in 2018.It is coordinated by the Niti Aayog with support from Central Ministries and the State Governments.
• Aim:To transform districts that have shown relatively lesser progress in key social areas and have emerged as pockets of under-development.
• The broad contours of the programme are Convergence (of Central & State Schemes), Collaboration (of Central, State level ‘Prabhari’ Officers & District Collectors) and Competition among districts driven by a Mass Movement or a Jan Andolan.

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