ASPIRATIONAL DISTRICT
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- The Prime Minister has chaired a conference on the progress of work under the Aspirational District Programme.
- The Prime Minister said that the state government should develop Aspirational Districts as the ‘Inspirational Districts’ and extend the programme to the block and city levels.
Aspirational District Programme (ADP)
- The Union Government launched the ‘Transformation of Aspirational Districts’ programme in 2018.
- The overall objective of the programme;
- Convergence of Central & State Schemes.
- Collaboration of Central, State level ‘Prabhari’ Officers and District Collectors.
- Competition among districts with a spirit of mass Movement.
- 115 districts were transparently identified from 28 states by a committee of Senior Officers to the Government of India, in consultation with State Officials using a composite index.
- The Composite index included data from the Socio-Economic Caste Census, Key health and education sector performance and the basic infrastructure of the State.
- The NITI Aayog coordinates and manages the programme with support from Central Ministries and the State Governments.
- NITI Aayog is supervising the initiative in 30 districts.
- Various central ministries oversee 50 districts.
- The Ministry of Home Affairs focuses on 35 Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected districts.
- The Officers at the level of Joint Secretary or Additional Secretary are nominated to become the ‘Central Prabhari Officers’ of each district.
- States have appointed Prabhari officers.
- An Empowered Committee under the NITI Aayog will help in the convergence of various government schemes and efforts.
- NITI Aayog release the Delta ranking for Aspirational Districts to assess the performance across 5 developmental areas;
- Health and Nutrition
- Education
- Agriculture and Water Resources
- Financial Inclusion and Skill Development
- Basic Infrastructure
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