Lok Sabha Question No. 82 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-07
Subject: Aspirational Districts Programme in Jharkhand
Ministry: PLANNING
Asked by: Chandra Prakash Choudhary

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PLANNING

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 82

TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.12.2022

## ASPIRATIONAL DISTRICTS PROGRAMME IN JHARKHAND

## 82. SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH CHOUDHARY:

Will the Minister of PLANNING be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of districts identified in Jharkhand under the Aspirational Districts Programme;
- (b) the details of the development works carried out in the said districts along with the details of the institutes/ agencies carrying out the said works particularly in Giridih, Bokaro and Dhanbad districts;
- (c) the details of the amount of funds allocated for the said programme, district-wise;
- (d) whether the Government has any proposal to cover more districts under the said programme in view of high unemployment rate in various districts of Jharkhand; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION; MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS

## (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

- a) 19 districts are identified in Jharkhand under the Aspirational Districts Programme. The list of Aspirational Districts in the State of Jharkhand is provided in Annexure I.
- b) The programme aims at rapid transformation of these relatively underdeveloped districts across sectors which are critical for improving quality of life or economic productivity of citizens. These sectors are Health and Nutrition, School Education and Basic Infrastructure, and also Agriculture and Water Resources and Financial Inclusion & Skill Development. 49 key performance indicators have been selected across these sectors and a district's performance is monitored on the basis of progress made on these indicators on a  monthly basis which is available in the public domain on the Champions of Change Dashboard (http://championsofchange.gov.in/site/coc-home/). This includes performance of Giridih and Bokaro districts. Dhanbad is not an Aspirational District.

The broad strategy of the Programme is to not to run any additional scheme, but to ensure that development works under the existing schemes of Central and the State Governments

are  implemented  efficiently  to  make  improvement  in  the  key  performance  indicators. Every month, districts are ranked on the basis of progress made on the key performance indicators. Another strategy of the programme is nomination of Joint Secretary/Additional  Secretary  level  officials  from  Government  of  India  as  Central Prabhari Officers for each of the district. The role of these Prabhari Officers is to guide the district administration on basis of their long experience.

In  a  short  span  of  time,  due  to  close  monitoring  and  competition,  the  Aspirational Districts of Jharkhand have made significant progress across different sectors.

- c) As  the  main  strategy  of  the  programme  is  based  on  convergence  of  existing  schemes which have their own funding arrangement, infusion of additional fund is not envisaged under  the  Aspirational  Districts  Programme.  However,  as  instilling  a  sense  of  healthy competition among district teams for better performance is a key strategy, top performing districts  are  given  performance  grant  as  additional  allocation.  Funds  allocated  to  the Aspirational Districts of Jharkhand based on their performance is placed at Annexure-II.
- d) and  e)  No  Sir.  At  present,  there  is  no  proposal  to  include  more  districts  under  the Programme.

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## Annexure I

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  82  FOR  7.12.2022  BY  SHRI  CHANDRA  PRAKASH  CHOUDHARY REGARDING ASPIRATIONAL DISTRICTS PROGRAMME IN JHARKHAND

## List of Aspirational Districts in Jharkhand

|   Serial No | Districts           |
|-------------|---------------------|
|           1 | Bokaro              |
|           2 | Chatra              |
|           3 | Dumka               |
|           4 | Garhwa              |
|           5 | Giridih             |
|           6 | Godda               |
|           7 | Gumla               |
|           8 | Hazaribagh          |
|           9 | Khunti              |
|          10 | Latehar             |
|          11 | Lohardaga           |
|          12 | Pakur               |
|          13 | Palamu              |
|          14 | Pashchimi Singhbhum |
|          15 | Purbi Singhbhum     |
|          16 | Ramgarh             |
|          17 | Ranchi              |
|          18 | Sahibganj           |
|          19 | Simdega             |

## Annexure II

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  82  FOR  7.12.2022  BY  SHRI  CHANDRA  PRAKASH  CHOUDHARY REGARDING ASPIRATIONAL DISTRICTS PROGRAMME IN JHARKHAND

## Details of Funds allocated to districts on the basis of performance

| Name of the District                          |   Amount allocated on the basis of performance (₹ crore) |
|-----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
| Garhwa                                        |                                                    10    |
| Gumla                                         |                                                     5.88 |
| Khunti                                        |                                                    11    |
| Latehar                                       |                                                     4.89 |
| Lohardaga                                     |                                                     5    |
| Pakur                                         |                                                     4.92 |
| Palamu                                        |                                                     9.67 |
| Purbi Singhbhum                               |                                                     3    |
| Ranchi                                        |                                                     5    |
| Sahibganj                                     |                                                    13.13 |
| Simdega                                       |                                                    19.72 |
| Bokaro                                        |                                                     1.5  |
| Godda                                         |                                                     1.42 |
| Paschimi Singhbum                             |                                                     1.31 |
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