Lok Sabha Question No. 1809 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-03
Subject: Selection of Aspirational District
Ministry: PLANNING
Asked by: Sudhakar Tukaram Shrangre, Devji Mansingram Patel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PLANNING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1809 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.07.2019

## SELECTION OF ASPIRATIONAL DISTRICT

## 1809. SHRI SUDHAKAR TUKARAM SHRANGARE SHRI DEVIJI M.PATEL

Will the Minister of PLANNING be pleased to state:

- (a) the criteria set for selecting Aspirational District along with the State-wise districts included thereunder across the country including Maharashtra;
- (b) the details of the major focus of social economic survey in these Aspirational Districts;
- (c) the  centralized  system  and  the  Decentralized  system  in  place  to  monitor  development activities carried out in Aspirational Districts;
- (d) whether performance audit of development works executed in 115 Aspirational Districts has been conducted during the last three years;
- (e) if so; the details thereof; and
- (f) if not, the time by which the said audit is likely to be conducted?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTERY OF PLANNING AND MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF STATISTICS & PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

## (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

(a) 117 districts were selected as aspirational districts. This includes 35 districts selected by the Ministry  of  Home  Affairs  on  the  basis  of  these  districts  been  affected  by  Left  Wing  Extremism (L.W.E). For the selection of the rest of the 82 districts, they have been identified on the basis of a composite index. List of these data bases and their weightage in the composite index is attached in annexure I. After selection the districts, all the States were requested that in case the State wants any replacement in the district on the basis of objective criteria, Government of India would be open to such  suggestions.  Accordingly,  six  states,  namely,  Sikkim,  Odisha,  Maharashtra,  Karnataka, Rajasthan  and  Gujarat  suggested  changes  in  the  list  which  was  accepted.    Government  of  West Bengal  where  5  districts  were  selected  is  yet  to  join  this  programme  and  therefore  currently  the

Aspirational Districts Programme is being implemented in 112 districts.  In Maharashtra, under this programme 4 districts have been selected - Washim, Osmanabad, Nandurbar and Gadchiroli.   List of State wise 112 Aspirational Districts is attached as Annexure-II.

(b) For the selection of Aspirational Districts no additional survey was conducted but data bases as referred to in annexure-I above were used. This included data obtained from Socio Economic and Caste Census (SECC) 2011 and National Family Health Survey (NFHS) IV.

(c) For monitoring of development of Aspirational districts, 49 specific performance indicators in  the  sectors  of  health,  nutrition,  school  education,  agriculture  and  water  resource,  financial inclusion and skill development and basic infrastructure were identified. Niti Aayog has created a web  portal  -  championsofchange.gov.in  on  which  districts  are  filing  data  pertaining  to  these indicators on real time basis. These data values can be accessed at district, State and central level, facilitating monitoring at these levels. Based on the incremental progress, districts are ranked which has given rise to a healthy competition among districts.

(d) Aspirational  District  Programme  was  launched  on  Jan  5,  2018.  The  improvement  in  49 indicators, reflected on the web portal mentioned above allows the district teams to assess the impact of their programme. In addition, a team of third party evaluator is also undertaking household based sample survey and gives feedback to district administration.

(e) As stated in (d) above.

(f) The web-portal is functional. In addition, third party evaluators have already conducted two rounds of surveys so far.

## Composite Index for selection of Aspiration Districts

| Databases                                                                                    | Sector            | Weight   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|----------|
| Landless households dependent on Manual labour (Socio Economic Caste Census - Deprivation 7) | Deprivation       | 25%      |
| Ante natal care ( National Health and Family Survey (NHFS- 4)                                | Health& Nutrition | 7.5%     |
| Institutional delivery( NHFS-4)                                                              | Health& Nutrition | 7.5%     |
| Stunting of children below 5 years ( NFHS-4)                                                 | Health& Nutrition | 7.5%     |
| Wasting in children below 5 yrs ( NFHS-4)                                                    | Health& Nutrition | 7.5%     |
| Elementary dropout rate ((Unified District Information System for Education (U-DISE 2015-16) | Education         | 7.5%     |
| Adverse pupil teacher ratio ( U-DISE 2015-16)                                                | Education         | 7.5%     |
| Un-electrified households ( Ministry of Power)                                               | Infra             | 7.5%     |
| Households without individual toilets ( Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation )          | Infra             | 7.5%     |
| Un-connected PMGSYvillage ( Ministry of Rural Development )                                  | Infra             | 7.5%     |
| Rural Household without access to water ( Ministry of Drinking water and sanitation )        | Infra             | 7.5%     |
| Total                                                                                        |                   | 100%     |

## NITI Aayog ( List of 112 Aspirational Disricts.

| 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        |
|         | Jammu &Kashmir    | Kupwara       |
| 39 40   | Jammu &Kashmir    | Baramula      |

## Annexure-II

|   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      | 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        |
|   86 | Odisha         | Malkangiri      |

|   87 | Odisha        | Nawarangpur       |
|------|---------------|-------------------|
|   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     | Bhopapalli        |
|  101 | Telangana     | Bhadradri         |
|  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 | Sonebhadra        |
|  111 | Uttarakhand   | Udham Singh Nagar |
|  112 | Uttarakhand   | Haridwar          |

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