Lok Sabha Question No. 2330 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-16
Subject: Aspirational Districts
Ministry: PLANNING
Asked by: Dileshwar Kamait, Saikia Dilip, Riti Pathak, Geeta Kora, Jugal Kishore Sharma, Ramesh Chander Kaushik

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PLANNING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2330

TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.03.2022

## ASPIRATIONAL DISTRICTS

†2330. SHRI DILESHWAR KAMAIT:

SHRI DILIP SAIKIA:

SHRIMATI RITI PATHAK:

SHRIMATI GEETA KORA:

SHRI JUGAL KISHORE SHARMA:

SHRI RAMESH CHANDER KAUSHIK:

Will the Minister of PLANNING be pleased to state:

- (a) whether districts  of  Madhya Pradesh, Supaul district of Bihar, West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand and districts of Jammu and Kashmir have also been covered under Aspirational Districts Programme;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) the  details  of  the  funds  allocated  and  received  by  the  aspirational  districts  identified throughout the country  from the CSR fund during the last two  years and the current  year, sector-wise and work-wise;
- (d) whether the fund has been spent within the stipulated time frame and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) if not, whether the Government has fixed any accountability in this regard?

## 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 AFAIRS

## (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

- (a) & (b) Aspirational Districts Programme was launched in 2018 to bring rapid transformation in  the  relatively  underdeveloped  Districts.  There  are  112  Aspirational  Districts,  across  26 States and 1 Union Territory. Among the 112 Aspirational Districts eight (8) districts from Madhya Pradesh, West Singhbhum from Jharkhand (along with eighteen (18) other Districts from  the  State  of  Jharkhand)  and  Districts  of  Baramulla  and  Kupwara  from  the  Union Territory  of  Jammu  and  Kashmir  are  covered  under  the  Programme.  These  were  selected through a transparent process on basis of published data. List of Aspirational Districts as well as the data sets and the weight attached to them for selection of these districts is attached in Annexure - I. As per this method, the districts which were selected as Aspirational Districts had  overall  lesser  progress  than  Supaul  district  in  2018  and  as  such,  Supaul  has  not  been included.
- (c) The  Government  provides  broad  framework  for  Corporate  Social  Responsibility  (CSR) through  Section  135  of  the  Companies  Act,  2013  ('Act'),  Schedule  VII  of  the  Act  and Companies (CSR Policy) Rules, 2014. As per the legal framework, CSR is a board driven process and Board of the Company is empowered to plan, decide, execute and monitor CSR activities  based  on  recommendation  of  its  CSR  Committee.  The  CSR  architecture  is disclosure based and CSR mandated companies are required to file details of CSR initiatives annually  in  MCA21  registry.  All  data  related  to  CSR  (State/UT-wise,  development  sector wise, company wise as well as district wise) as filed by companies in MCA 21 registry is available in public domain at www.csr.gov.in.
- (d) The CSR spent in aspirational districts for the financial year 2019-20 and 2020-21 (district wise and sector wise) is at Annexure II .
- (e) Section  135  of  the  Act  was  amended  vide  Companies  (Amendment)  Act,  2019  and Companies (Amendment) Act, 2020. These amendments provided for the transfer of unspent CSR  amount  pertaining  to  ongoing  projects  in  a  special  account,  namely,  Unspent  CSR account and spending the same in succeeding three financial years. Further, non-compliance of CSR provisions is also made as a civil wrong w. e. f. 22nd January 2021.

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## List of 112 Aspirational Districts

|   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        |
|       39 | UT of Jammu &Kashmir | Kupwara       |
|       40 | UT of Jammu &Kashmir | Baramulla     |
|       41 | Jharkhand            | Garhwa        |
|       42 | Jharkhand            | Chatra        |
|       43 | Jharkhand            | Giridih       |
|       44 | Jharkhand            | Godda         |
|       45 | Jharkhand            | Sahibganj     |
|       46 | Jharkhand            | Pakur         |

|   S. No. | State          | District            |
|----------|----------------|---------------------|
|       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              |

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|   S. No. | State         | District             |
|----------|---------------|----------------------|
|       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             |

## List of data sets and weights used for selection of Aspirational Districts

| DATABASES                                                                                    | SECTOR                  | WEIGHT   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|----------|
| Landless households dependent on Manual labour (Socio Economic Caste Census - Deprivation 7) | Deprivation (25%)       | 25%      |
| Ante natal care (National Health and Family Survey (NHFS) - 4)                               | Health& Nutrition (30%) | 7.5%     |
| Institutional delivery (NHFS-4)                                                              | Health& Nutrition (30%) | 7.5%     |
| Stunting of children below 5 years (NHFS-4)                                                  | Health& Nutrition (30%) | 7.5%     |
| Wasting in children below 5 years (NHFS-4)                                                   | Health& Nutrition (30%) | 7.5%     |
| Elementary dropout rate (Unified District Information System for Education (U-DISE) 2015-16) | Education (15%)         | 7.5%     |
| Adverse pupil teacher ratio (U-DISE 2015-16)                                                 | Education (15%)         | 7.5%     |
| Un-electrified households (Ministry of Power)                                                | Infra (30%)             | 7.5%     |
| Households without individual toilets (Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation)            | Infra (30%)             | 7.5%     |
| Un-connected PMGSYvillage (Ministry of Rural Development)                                    | Infra (30%)             | 7.5%     |
| Rural Household without access to water (Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation)          | Infra (30%)             | 7.5%     |
| Total                                                                                        | Infra (30%)             | 100%     |

## District-wise details of CSR in Aspirational Districts for FY 2019-20 and FY 2020-21

| Aspirational District   | FY 2019-20   | FY 2020-21   |
|-------------------------|--------------|--------------|
| Kadapa                  | 3.17         | 1.49         |
| Visakhapatnam           | 26.05        | 38.89        |
| Vizianagaram            | 2.49         | 2.16         |
| Namsai                  | 0            | 0            |
| Baksa                   | 0.23         | 0            |
| Barpeta                 | 13.89        | 4.73         |
| Darrang                 | 15.61        | 3.48         |
| Dhubri                  | 2.88         | 0.02         |
| Goalpara                | 0            | 0            |
| Hailakandi              | 0            | 0            |
| Udalguri                | 0            | 0            |
| Araria                  | 0.11         | 0            |
| Aurangabad              | 0.80         | 1.23         |
| Banka                   | 0            | 0.02         |
| Begusarai               | 3.50         | 3.26         |
| Gaya                    | 2.17         | 1.05         |
| Jamui                   | 0.44         | 0            |
| Katihar                 | 0.06         | 0.23         |
| Khagaria                | 0            | 0            |
| Muzaffarpur             | 0.73         | 3.24         |
| Nawada                  | 2.13         | 0            |
| Purnia                  | 0            | 0.14         |
| Sitamarhi               | 4.79         | 0            |
| Bastar                  | 0            | 4.98         |
| Bijapur                 | 0            | 1.79         |
| Dantewada               | 0            | 12.13        |
| Kanker                  | 0            | 0.09         |
| Korba                   | 15.25        | 17.82        |
| Mahasamund              | 1.78         | 0            |
| Narayanpur              | 2.20         | 1.99         |
| Rajnandgaon             | 4.82         | 2.77         |
| Sukma                   | 0.23         | 1.19         |
| Dahod                   | 31.36        | 92.50        |
| Narmada                 | 1.81         | 0.73         |
| Mewat                   | 3.36         | 4.23         |
| Chamba                  | 0.21         | 5.71         |
| Baramulla               | 0            | 11.01        |
| Bokaro                  | 1.99         | 0.10         |
| Chatra                  | 0            | 0.20         |
| Dumka                   | 0.73         | 1.50         |
| East Singhbhum          | 6.90         | 11.98        |
| Giridih                 | 1.48         | 1.13         |
| Godda                   | 7.95 0.25    | 2.70 0.26    |
| Gumla Hazaribagh        | 1.09         | 1.26         |

| Khunti               |   0.21 | 1.42   |
|----------------------|--------|--------|
| Latehar              |   0    | 0      |
| Pakur                |   0    | 0.50   |
| Palamu               |   2.36 |        |
| Ramgarh              |   0.12 | 0.38   |
| Ranchi               |   6.9  | 5.79   |
| Sahebganj            |   0.01 | 0.18   |
| Simdega              |   0.03 | 0.52   |
| West Singhbhum       |   3.25 | 1.95   |
| Raichur              |   4.51 | 1.72   |
| Yadgir               |   1.64 | 0.97   |
| Wayanad              |   3.05 | 1.19   |
| Barwani              |   2.12 | 0.25   |
| Chhatarpur           |   0.43 | 0.21   |
| Damoh                |   1.69 | 1.82   |
| Guna                 |   0.53 | 3.00   |
| Khandwa              |  12.82 | 6.99   |
| Rajgarh              |   1.54 | 0.27   |
| Singrauli            |   0.13 | 72.88  |
| Vidisha              |   0    | 0      |
| Gadchiroli           |   1.38 | 8.88   |
| Nandurbar            |   8.71 | 16.53  |
| Osmanabad            |   2.66 | 2.66   |
| Washim               |   0.48 | 0.10   |
| Chandel              |   0.13 |        |
| Ri Bhoi              |   0.16 | 0.00   |
| Balangir             |   0.06 | 9.53   |
| Dhenkanal            |   4.7  | 3.32   |
| Gajapati             |   0    | 0      |
| Kalahandi            |  10.5  | 7.27   |
| Kandhamal            |   1.12 | 0      |
| Koraput              |  15.13 | 13.22  |
| Malkangiri           |   0.02 | 0      |
| Nabarangpur          |   0.01 | 0      |
| Nuapada              |   0.3  | 0.01   |
| Rayagada             |   6.09 | 2.66   |
| Firozpur             |   0.16 | 0.66   |
| Moga                 |   1.22 | 0.33   |
| Baran                |   5.68 | 0.40   |
| Dholpur              |   0.52 | 0.06   |
| Jaisalmer            |   3.4  | 0.23   |
| Karauli              |   3.04 | 9.13   |
| Sirohi               |   4.56 | 2.28   |
| West Sikkim          |   0    | 0.50   |
| Ramanathapuram       |   7.42 | 13.49  |
| Virudhunagar         |  13.88 | 14.66  |
| Bhadradri Kothagudem |   3.38 | 3.60   |

| Asifabad          |      0 |   0.04 |
|-------------------|--------|--------|
| Dhalai            |   0.48 |   0.24 |
| Bahraich          |   0.33 |   0.91 |
| Balrampur         |   0.82 |   0.91 |
| Chandauli         |   0    |   0.89 |
| Chitrakoot        |   0    |   0.3  |
| Fatehpur          |   0.24 |   0.23 |
| Shravasti         |   0.01 |   0.33 |
| Sonbhadra         |   1.15 |  25.03 |
| Haridwar          |  28.07 |  33.03 |
| Udham Singh Nagar |   8.73 |   8.86 |
| Total             | 336.32 | 516.34 |

(Data upto 31.12.2021)

## Sector-wise details of CSR in Aspirational Districts for FY 2019-20 and FY 2020-21

| Sl. No   | Development Sector                             |   FY 2019-20 |   FY 2020-21 |
|----------|------------------------------------------------|--------------|--------------|
| 1        | Agro forestry                                  |         0.96 |         0    |
| 2        | Animal welfare                                 |         1.39 |         0.72 |
| 3        | Armed Forces, Veterans, War Widows/ Dependents |         0.31 |         0.12 |
| 4        | Art and culture                                |         5.23 |         1.04 |
| 5        | Clean Ganga Fund                               |         0.01 |         0    |
| 6        | Conservation of natural resources              |         1.42 |         5.13 |
| 7        | Education                                      |       116.19 |       169.41 |
| 8        | Environmental sustainability                   |         7.82 |        20.32 |
| 9        | Gender equality                                |         0.6  |         0.67 |
| 10       | Health care                                    |       101.59 |       181.52 |
| 11       | Livelihood enhancement projects                |         5.53 |        11.41 |
| 12       | Other Central Government Funds                 |         1.8  |         1.21 |
| 13       | Poverty, Eradicating Hunger, Malnutrition      |        10.25 |        11.4  |
| 14       | Prime Minister's National Relief Fund          |         0.64 |         7.13 |
| 15       | Rural development projects                     |        22.25 |        51.08 |
| 16       | Safe drinking water                            |         8.25 |         9    |
| 17       | Sanitation                                     |        17.5  |        19.07 |
| 18       | Senior Citizens Welfare                        |         0.9  |         2.23 |
| 19       | Setting up homes and hostels for women         |         1.14 |         0.27 |
| 20       | Setting up orphanage                           |         0.39 |         0.06 |
| 21       | Slum area development                          |         0.86 |         0.38 |
| 22       | Socio-economic inequalities                    |         1.57 |         1.06 |
| 23       | Special education                              |         8.97 |         1.37 |
| 24       | Swachh Bharat Kosh                             |         1.96 |         0.53 |
| 25       | Technology incubators                          |         0.5  |         0.05 |
| 26       | Training to promote sports                     |         7.95 |         5.71 |
| 27       | Vocational skills                              |         5.33 |        13.03 |
| 28       | Women empowerment                              |         4.99 |         2.43 |
|          | Grand Total                                    |       336.32 |       516.34 |

## (Data upto 31.12.2021)

Note 1: Data on the missing eight districts is not available in the filings. As far as blank  values are concerned, it is informed that sometimes companies mention a project along with outlay in the filings, however in spent they fill "0" or leave blank.

Note 2: The data for FY 2020-21 is subject to change as the levy of additional fees for the late filing has been relaxed till 15.03.2022.

Further, filings for financial year 2021-22 are required to be made only after the end of current financial year.