Lok Sabha Question No. 639 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-16
Subject: Aspirational District Programme
Ministry: PLANNING
Asked by: Bidyut Baran Mahato, Sudheer Gupta, Sanjay Sadashivrao Mandlik, Shrirang Appa Barne

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PLANNING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 639

TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.09.2020

## ASPIRATIONAL DISTRICTS PROGRAMME

639. SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO: SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA: SHRI SANJAY SADASHIVRAO MANDLIK: SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE:

Will the Minister of PLANNING be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of backward districts identified for the development of industry, education, infrastructure  and  healthcare  under  Aspirational  Districts  Programme  (ADP)  of  the Government, State-wise including Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra;
- (b) the amount/funds sanctioned for the above ADP;
- (c) the amount released so far and the status of the projects;
- (d) the details of projects undertaken in Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra in the Backward Districts during the last three years; and
- (e) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to include more districts in Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra in the list of Aspirational Districts?

## ANSWER

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

## (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

- (a) The Government has identified 112 districts which had shown relatively less progress in key socio-economic indicators pertaining to health, education, agriculture, skill development, financial inclusion and basic infrastructure. These districts have been taken up for rapid development and have been termed as the Aspirational Districts. State wise list  of  112  Aspirational  districts  including  districts  in  States  of  Jharkhand,  Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra is placed at Annexure-I.
- (b) Under  the  Aspirational  District  programme,  no  large  infusion  of  additional  funds  has been envisaged. Instead, the programme uses the strategy of brining convergence among

the  existing  schemes  of  Central  and  the  State  Governments,  robust  monitoring  of  key performance indicators and competition among district teams for better performance on basis of ranking them on the progress achieved. At the same time, in order to incentivize better performing districts, a provision of granting additional allocation has been added. Under  this  initiative,  districts  which  have  secured  the  overall  best  and  second-best performance in a month are given one-time additional allocation of Rs. 10 cr. and Rs. 5 cr.  respectively.  In  addition,  districts  performing  best  in  individual  sectors  like  heath, educations etc. are  given  one-time additional allocation of Rs. 3 cr. each.  Number of projects that has been approved for such districts which have shown good performance since inception of this provision is placed at Annexure-II.

- (c) &  (d)  After  becoming  entitled  for  additional  allocation  as  mentioned  in  (b)  above,  a district identifies innovative projects and submits the same to an Empowered Committee in  Government  of  India  for  their  sanction.  Once  such  projects  are  sanctioned,  fund  is released to the districts subject to the budgetary availability. List of projects sanctioned in  districts  of  Jharkhand,  Madhya  Pradesh  and  Maharashtra,  amount  sanctioned  and released so far is  shown in  table  in  Annex-II  referred  above.  These  projects  are  to  be executed as per the extant financial rules of the State Governments and are currently at various stages of implementation.
- (e) At present there is no proposal to take any additional district as Aspirational District.

Annexure-I

| List of 112 Aspirational Districts   | List of 112 Aspirational Districts   | List of 112 Aspirational Districts   |
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
| Sl. 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 39                                | Himachal Pradesh Jammu &Kashmir      | Chamba Kupwara                       |

|   40 | Jammu &Kashmir   | Baramulla           |
|------|------------------|---------------------|
|   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        | Pashchimi 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             |
|------|---------------|----------------------|
|   85 | Odisha        | Koraput              |
|   86 | Odisha        | Malkangiri           |
|   87 | Odisha        | Nabarangpur          |
|   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     | Bhoopalapally        |
|  101 | Telangana     | Bhadradri-Kothagudem |
|  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 | Sonbhadra            |
|  111 | Uttarakhand   | Udham Singh Nagar    |
|  112 | Uttarakhand   | Haridwar             |

## Annexure-II

|   S.no | District& State             | Projects Sanctioned                                                                    | Amount Sanctioned (Rs.)   | Amount Released (Rs.)   |
|--------|-----------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|      1 | Purbi Singhbhum (Jharkhand) | NUTANWADI (Model Anganwadis)                                                           | 29,997,000                | 29,997,000              |
|      1 | Purbi Singhbhum (Jharkhand) | Total                                                                                  | 29,997,000                | 29,997,000              |
|      2 | Khunti (Jharkhand)          | Mahila Saksharta (Empowering of SHG groups in Khunti through Female literacy program ) | 3,000,000                 | 3,000,000               |
|      2 | Khunti (Jharkhand)          | Sapno Ko Udaan (Providing Career Development support to students)                      | 5,000,000                 | 5,000,000               |
|      2 | Khunti (Jharkhand)          | Setting up of Computer Labs in Schools                                                 | 4,500,000                 | 4,500,000               |
|      2 | Khunti (Jharkhand)          | Upgradation of District Library                                                        | 1,500,000                 | 1,500,000               |
|      2 | Khunti (Jharkhand)          | Mini Library in Schools                                                                | 3,040,000                 | 3,040,000               |
|      2 | Khunti (Jharkhand)          | Transportation for Model School                                                        | 1,560,000                 | 1,560,000               |
|      2 | Khunti (Jharkhand)          | Science Knowledge Park                                                                 | 6,500,000                 | 6,500,000               |
|      2 | Khunti (Jharkhand)          | Smart Classrooms                                                                       | 4,900,000                 | 4,900,000               |
|      2 | Khunti (Jharkhand)          | Total                                                                                  | 30,000,000                | 30,000,000              |
|      3 | Damoh (Madhya Pradesh)      | Improving School Infrastructure in order to improve attendance and enrollment          | 10,200,000                | 10,200,000              |
|      3 | Damoh (Madhya Pradesh)      | Improvement and Construction work in Health Facility of District Hospital              | 19,787,000                | 19,787,000              |
|      3 | Damoh (Madhya Pradesh)      | Total                                                                                  | 29,987,000                | 29,987,000              |
|      4 | Sahibganj (Jharkhand)       | Recruitment of 11 specialist doctors for 1 year                                        | 23,940,000                | 23,940,000              |
|      4 | Sahibganj (Jharkhand)       | Establishment of community based management of children with SAM                       | 14,200,000                | 14,200,000              |
|      4 | Sahibganj (Jharkhand)       | Renovation of 300 Anganwadi centers in hard to reach areas                             | 61,133,400                | 61,133,400              |
|      4 | Sahibganj (Jharkhand)       | Total                                                                                  | 99,273,400                | 99,273,400              |

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|   5 | Washim (Maharashtra)     | Procurement 15 ambulances for all PHCs to Improve timely medical treatment and increased accesses to medical emergency services.                                             | 11,250,000   | 11,250,000   |
|-----|--------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|--------------|
|   5 | Washim (Maharashtra)     | Procuring examination/Labor table (Portable) ( 120 units) , Fetal Doppler (153 units), Digital Hemoglobin meter with stripe (183 units), Fingertip Pulse oximeter (32 units) | 5,423,000    | 5,423,000    |
|   5 | Washim (Maharashtra)     | Construction of Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) Rooms at 30 PHCs and Rural Hospitals and procurement of 3520 KMCbags                                                              | 1,232,000    | 1,232,000    |
|   5 | Washim (Maharashtra)     | Procurement of Portable X-Ray machine with Mobile Van, CBNAAT Machine for TB patients                                                                                        | 5,620,000    | 5,620,000    |
|   5 | Washim (Maharashtra)     | Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee international school.                                                                                                                      | 25,000,000   | 25,000,000   |
|   5 | Washim (Maharashtra)     | Construction of 150 Recharge pits                                                                                                                                            | 4,700,000    | 4,700,000    |
|   5 | Washim (Maharashtra)     | Implementation Of Magic English Program Patented by Karadipath Pvt Ltd                                                                                                       | 25,277,380   | 25,277,380   |
|   5 | Washim (Maharashtra)     | Total                                                                                                                                                                        | 78,502,380   | 78,502,380   |
|   6 | Khandwa (Madhya Pradesh) | Strengthening of High load delivery points                                                                                                                                   | 21,000,000   | 21,000,000   |
|   6 | Khandwa (Madhya Pradesh) | Construction of 4 multipurpose halls                                                                                                                                         | 4,000,000    | 4,000,000    |
|   6 | Khandwa (Madhya Pradesh) | Capacity Building and Leadership development of teachers, headmasters and Cluster Academic coordinator                                                                       | 4,155,984    | 4,155,984    |
|   6 | Khandwa (Madhya Pradesh) | Total                                                                                                                                                                        | 29,155,984   | 29,155,984   |
|   7 | Pakur (Jharkhand)        | Community based management of children with SAM                                                                                                                              | 13,811,000   | 13,811,000   |
|   7 | Pakur (Jharkhand)        | Appointing 219 guest teachers in 53 schools                                                                                                                                  | 18,921,000   | 18,921,000   |
|   7 | Pakur (Jharkhand)        | 118 volunteers in 59 panchayats for improving attendance                                                                                                                     | 4,956,000    | 4,956,000    |
|   7 | Pakur (Jharkhand)        | 12 days teachers training for Maths and English                                                                                                                              | 794,500      | 794,500      |

|    |                           | BALA in 383 schools                                                                         | 11,516,900   | 11,516,900   |
|----|---------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|--------------|
|    |                           | Total                                                                                       | 49,999,400   | 49,999,400   |
| 8  | Guna (Madhya Pradesh)     | Improving ANC coverage through provision of conducive environment during antenatal checkups | 77,30,000    | 77,30,000    |
|    |                           | Upgradation of Anganwadis to 'Anganwadi Pathshalas'                                         | 1,00,00,000  | 1,00,00,000  |
|    |                           | Project Shiksha Sambal                                                                      | 62,70,000    | 62,70,000    |
|    |                           | Safe and Organic Product Program                                                            | 60,00,000    | 60,00,000    |
|    |                           | Total                                                                                       | 3,00,00,000  | 3,00,00,000  |
| 9  | Ranchi                    | District Livelihood Innovation Cell                                                         | 24,80,000    | 24,80,000    |
|    | (Jharkhand)               | Aspirational Panchayat's Transfor- mation Fellowship (APT Fellowship)                       | 4,75,20,000  | 4,75,20,000  |
|    |                           | Total                                                                                       | 5,00,00,000  | 5,00,00,000  |
| 10 | Lohardaga (Jharkhand)     | Setting up 7 State-of-the-Art Schools, one in each Block of the District                    | 3,00,00,000  | 0            |
|    |                           | Total                                                                                       | 3,00,00,000  | 0            |
| 11 | Palamu                    | Multilayer farming                                                                          | 2,00,00,000  | 56,749,068   |
|    | (Jharkhand)               | Arogya Sahiya- innovative skill enhancement and Training                                    | 4,00,00,000  |              |
|    |                           | Strengthening micro irrigation in 500 acres of land in Palamu                               | 4,00,00,000  |              |
|    |                           | Total                                                                                       | 10,00,00,000 | 56,749,068   |
| 12 | Gadchirolli (Maharashtra) | 'Educate Gadchiroli' Fellowship for Tribal Students                                         | 1,74,82,500  | 0            |
|    |                           | EDUCATION - Development of 12 Govt Schools as Model Schools                                 | 1,24,86,500  |              |
|    |                           | Total                                                                                       | 2,99,69,000  | 0            |
| 13 | Nandurbar                 | Fellowship program                                                                          | 1,27,65,000  | 91,700,000   |
|    | ( Maharashtra)            | Motorcycle Ambulance                                                                        | 66,10,000    |              |
|    |                           | Power supply in 2772 classrooms across 693 Primary schools                                  | 13,02,84,000 |              |

|    |                                           | Total                                                                       | 14,96,59,000   | 91,700,000   |
|----|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------|--------------|
| 14 | Jharkhand (All 19 Aspirational Districts) | Implementation of digital interventions in school education                 | 20,25,00,000   | 90,000,000   |
|    |                                           | Total                                                                       | 20,25,00,001   | 90,000,000   |
|    |                                           | Grand Total for all districts in Jharkhand , Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra | 909,043,165    | 665,364,232  |

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