ASPIRATIONAL DISTRICTS

Dec. 28, 2018

Niti Aayog released the Second Delta Ranking of the Aspirational Districts Programme.

About: 

  • The second Delta Ranking of Aspirational districts details the incremental progress achieved by the districts during June to October this year across six key development sectors.

  • The six indicators are: (1) Health & Nutrition; (2) Education; (3) agriculture & Water resources; (4) Financial Inclusion; (5) Skill Development; and (6) Basic Infrastructure.

  • The rankings are based on the data that is publicly available through the Champions of Change Dashboard, which includes data entered on a real-time basis at the district level.

Key Findings:

  • Most Improved Districts: (1) Virudhunagar district, Tamil Nadu has shown the most improvement overall, followed by (2) Nuapada, Odisha, (3) Siddarthnagar, Uttar Pradesh, (4) Aurangabad, Bihar and (5) Koraput, Odisha.

  • Least improved Districts: (111) Pakur District, Jharkhand, (110) Hailakandi, Assam, (109) Chatra, Jharkhand, (108) Giridih, Jharkhand and (107) Kiphire district, Nagaland. 

Source : PIB