Lok Sabha Question No. 2613 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-10
Subject: Development work in Aspirational Districts
Ministry: PLANNING
Asked by: Abdul Khaleque

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PLANNING

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2613 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.03.2021

## DEVELOPMENT WORK IN ASPIRATIONAL DISTRICTS

## 2613. SHRI ABDUL KHALEQUE:

Will the Minister of PLANNING be pleased to state:

- (a) whether Government has made an assessment of the work in progress in the aspirational districts of Barpeta and Baksa in Assam;
- (b) if so, the details of development works done and their progress in such districts;
- (c) whether the  Government is  satisfied  with  the  work  so  far,  though  visible  development  in  both  the districts is missing and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (d) the reasons for not involving the Members of Parliament (MPs) in the aspirational districts project?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTER OF PLANNING AND MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

- (a) Yes Sir, the Government has been regularly assessing progress in all the 112 Aspirational Districts including  Barpeta  and  Baksa  in  Assam.  Every  month,  districts  are  assessed  on  the  basis  of incremental  progress  made  in  the  focus  sectors  of  the  programme  including  Health  &  Nutrition, Education, Agriculture & Water Resources, Basic Infrastructure and Skill Development & Financial Inclusion.  The  incremental  progress  is  captured  across  these  sectors  through  49  Key  Performance Indicators (KPIs) and the best performing Districts in overall terms and in each of the five sectors is rewarded for undertaking developmental works and filling critical gaps in the focus sectors. List of 49 KPIs on which the progress is assessed is placed at Annexure-I.
- (b) Under the present arrangement, Baksa district having secured good rank in the overall category and in basic  infrastructure  sector  was  rewarded  Rs.3  crore  for  implementing  projects  for  Strengthening Health  Care,  Education  and  Local  Self  Government  institutions  in  Baksa  district  by  addressing electricity  and  water  availability  at  the  facilities.  Similarly,  Barpeta  District  having  secured  good overall  rank  was  awarded  Rs.  5  crores  for  implementing  various  projects  in  Health  &  Nutrition, Education, Financial Inclusion and Agriculture sectors.
- (c) The Aspirational Districts programme aims to bring about rapid progress in India's 112 districts that have shown relatively less  progress  across  key  social  indicators.  Both  Barpeta  and  Baksa  Districts have shown good progress under the programme. While both districts have shown good improvement in  the  Education  sector,  Baksa  has  also  shown  improvement  in  key  indicators  in  the  agriculture  & water resources sector.
- (d) One  of  the  key  strategies  in  the  programme  is  to  make  development  a  Jan  Andolan.  Member  of Parliament and other elected leaders have potential to involve community under this programme for this purpose. It is for this reason that details of progress of the districts across 49 indicators is placed in public domain www.championsofchange.gov.in which can be accessed by elected representatives and  members  of  public.    One  senior  officer  from  Central  Government  has  been  nominated  as  the Central Prabhari Officer to guide the district administration. They have been requested to interact with the elected representatives including Members of Parliament. The programme envisages, that based on available data, Members  of Parliament may  guide the district administration for rapid development.

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## LIST OF 49 KPIs IN ASPIRATIONAL DISTRICTS PROGRAMME

|   Indicator No. | Key Performance Indicators                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
|-----------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|             1.1 | Percentage of Pregnant Women receiving four or more antenatal care check-ups against total ANC registration                                                                                                                                                                    |
|             1.2 | Percentage of ANC registered within the first trimester against total ANC registration                                                                                                                                                                                         |
|             1.3 | Percentage of pregnant women (PW) registered for ANC against estimated pregnancies                                                                                                                                                                                             |
|             2   | Percentage of pregnant women taking Supplementary Nutrition under the ICDS programme regularly                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|             3.1 | Percentage of Pregnant having severe anaemia treated, against PW having severe anaemia tested cases.                                                                                                                                                                           |
|             3.2 | Percentage of Pregnant Women tested for Haemoglobin (Hb) 4 or more times for respective ANCs, against total ANC registration                                                                                                                                                   |
|             4.1 | Sex Ratio at birth                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
|             4.2 | Percentage of institutional deliveries out of total estimated deliveries                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|             5   | Percentage of home deliveries attended by an SBA (Skilled Birth Attendance) out of total Home deliveries                                                                                                                                                                       |
|             6.1 | Percentage of new-borns breastfed within one hour of birth                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
|             6.2 | Percentage of live born infants with a birth weight 2500 gms                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|             6.3 | Proportion of live babies weighed at birth                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
|             7   | Percentage of underweight children under 5 years                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
|             8.1 | Percentage of stunted children under 5 years                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|             8.2 | Percentage of children with Diarrhoea treated with ORS                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
|             8.3 | Percentage of children with Diarrhoea treated with Zinc                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|             8.4 | Percentage of children with ARI in the last 2 weeks taken to a health facility                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|             9.1 | Percentage of Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|             9.2 | Percentage of Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
|            10.1 | Breastfeeding children receiving adequate diet (6-23 months)                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|            10.2 | Non-Breastfeeding children receiving adequate diet (6-23 months)                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
|            11   | Percentage of children fully immunized (9-11 months) (BCG+ DPT3 + OPV3 + Measles1)                                                                                                                                                                                             |
|            12.1 | Tuberculosis (TB) case notification rate (Public and Private Institutions) as against estimated cases                                                                                                                                                                          |
|            12.2 | TB Treatment success rate among notified TB patients (public and private)                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
|            13.1 | Establishment of Health &Wellness Centres (HWCs)                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
|            13.2 | Proportion of Primary Health Centers compliant to Indian Public Health Standards                                                                                                                                                                                               |
|            13.3 | functional FRUs (First referral units) rate                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|            13.4 | Availability of specialist services in District hospitals against IPHS norms                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|            13.5 | Conduct of village health, Sanitation, Nutrition Days                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
|            13.6 | Proportion of Anganwadis with own buildings                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|            13.7 | Percentage of First referral units (FRU) having labour room and obstetrics OT NQAS certified (ie meet LaQShya quidelines)                                                                                                                                                      |
|            14.1 | Transition Rate (a) Primary to Upper Primary level                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
|            14.2 | (b) Upper Primary to Secondary level                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|            15   | Toilet access: %schools with functional girls' toilets                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
|            16   | Learning outcomes (Average in government schools) (a)Mathematics performance in Class 3 (b)Language performance in Class 3 (c )Mathematics performance in Class 5 (d)Language performance in Class 5 (e )Mathematics performance in Class 8 (f)Language performance in Class 8 |
|            17   | Female literacy rate (15+ Age group)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |

|   18 | Percentage of schools with functional drinking water facility                                                                                                                                                                                         |
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|   19 | Percentage of schools with functional electricity facility at secondary level                                                                                                                                                                         |
|   20 | Percentage of elementary schools complying with RTE specified Pupil Teacher Ratio                                                                                                                                                                     |
|   21 | Percentage of schools providing textbooks to children within 1 month of start of the academic session                                                                                                                                                 |
|   22 | Water Positive investments and Employment (a) Percentage of net sown area under micro-irrigation (b) Number of water bodies rejuvenated under MGNREGA                                                                                                 |
|   23 | Crop Insurance- Percentage of net sown area under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY)                                                                                                                                                            |
|   24 | Increase in Critical Inputs usage and supply (a) Percentage increase in agricultural credit (b) Certified quality seed distribution                                                                                                                   |
|   25 | Number of mandi in the district linked to electronic market                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|   26 | A) Percentage change in Price Realization (Wheat) B) Percentage change in Price Realization (Paddy Common, Paddy Grade A)                                                                                                                             |
|   27 | Percentage share of high value crops to total sown area in district                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|   28 | Agricultural productivity of 2 major crops                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|   29 | Percentage of animals vaccinated                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
|   30 | Artificial Insemination coverage                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
|   31 | Number of Soil Health Cards distributed                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
|   32 | Total Disbursement of Mudra loan (in rupees) per 1 Lakh population                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|   33 | Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY ): Number of Enrolments per 1 Lakh population                                                                                                                                                         |
|   34 | Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY): Number of Enrolments per 1 Lakh population                                                                                                                                                               |
|   35 | Atal Pension Yojana (APY): Number of Beneficiaries per 1 Lakh population                                                                                                                                                                              |
|   36 | Percentage of bank accounts seeded with Aadhaar as a percentage of total banking accounts                                                                                                                                                             |
|   37 | Number of accounts opened under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|   38 | No of youth certified in short term and long term training # schemes / no of youth in district in age group 15-29*                                                                                                                                    |
|   39 | No of certified youth employed # /No of youth trained under short term and long term training                                                                                                                                                         |
|   40 | Number of Apprentices completing/Total number of trainees registered on the portal                                                                                                                                                                    |
|   41 | No of people certified under Recognition of Prior Learning # / Non formally skilled workforce **                                                                                                                                                      |
|   42 | Number of Vulnerable/Marginalized youth certified trained under short-term and long-term training (a) Women - certified trained, (b) SC - certified trained (c) ST - certified trained (d) OBC - certified trained (e) Minorities - certified trained |
|   43 | Percentage of households with electricity connection                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|   44 | Percentage of Gram panchayat with internet connection                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|   45 | (a) Percentage of habitations with access to all weather roads under PMGSY (b) Cumulative number of kilometres of all-weather road work completed as a percentage of total sanctioned kilometres in the district under PMGSY                          |
|   46 | Percentage of households with Individual Household Latrines                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|   47 | Percentage of Rural habitations with access to adequate quantity of potable water - 40 lpcd drinking water in rural                                                                                                                                   |
|   48 | Coverage/ establishment of Common Service Centres at Gram Panchayat level                                                                                                                                                                             |
|   49 | Number of pucca houses constructed for household who are shelter-less or having one room with kuchha wall and kuchha roof or having 2 room with kuchha wall and roof                                                                                  |