Lok Sabha Question No. 1026 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-08
Subject: Aspirational Districts Scheme
Ministry: PLANNING
Asked by: Sanganna Amarappa Karadi, Ram Kripal Yadav, Umesh G. Jadhav, L.S. Tejasvi Surya, Prathap Simha

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PLANNING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1026

TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.02.2023

## ASPIRATIONAL DISTRICTS SCHEME

1026.  SHRI SANGANNA AMARAPPA: SHRI RAM KRIPAL YADAV: DR. UMESH G. JADHAV: SHRI L.S. TEJASVI SURYA: SHRI PRATHAP SIMHA:

Will the Minister of PLANNING  be pleased to state:

- (a) the salient features of Aspirational District Scheme along with the details of funds sanctioned, allocated and utilized under this scheme in Karnataka and Bihar during the last three years and the current year;
- (b) the details of the number of districts identified/ covered under this scheme in Karnataka and Bihar so far;
- (c) whether the Government have given priority to some specific regions in these districts and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the details of the target fixed and achieved till date in these districts?

## 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) There are 112 Aspirational Districts, across 26 States and 1 Union Territory. As regards to the salient features of the programme, it aims at rapid transformation of these backward districts  across  sectors  which  are  critical  for  improving  quality  of  life  or  economic productivity  of  citizens.  These  sectors  are  Health  and  Nutrition,  School  Education, Agriculture and Water Resources, Financial Inclusion and Skill Development and Basic Infrastructure. 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. The  broad  strategy  of  the  Aspirational  Districts  Programme  rests  on  the  3  Cs  Convergence (between Central and State Schemes), Collaboration (between Centre, State, District  Administration, Development Partners and Citizens) and Competition (between Districts).  Every month, districts register their progress in key performance indicators of

these  sectors  and  are  ranked  on  the  basis  of  performance.  This  robust  monitoring  and ranking of the districts  instills  them  with  a  sense  of  competition  which  results  in  rapid improvement. 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 districts. The role of these Prabhari Officers is to guide the district administration on the basis of their long experience.

As  the  main  strategy  of  the  programme  is  based  on  convergence  of  existing  schemes which  have  their  own  funding  arrangement,  large  infusion  of  additional  funds  is  not envisaged. However, in order to foster competitive spirit, and for addressing the critical gaps, additional allocation on challenge routes is also envisaged. Every month, districts are assessed on the basis of monthly progress and the best performing District in overall terms, in each of the five sectors, are identified. The first and second rankers in overall terms are awarded Rs. 10 crores and Rs. 5 crores respectively. The first ranker from each of the five sectors is awarded Rs. 3 crores each.

Details of funds sanctioned, allocated and utilized under this scheme in Karnataka and Bihar during the last three years and the current year are provided in Annexure - I.

- (b) The details of the number of districts identified/ covered under this scheme in Karnataka and Bihar so far, is attached as Annexure - II.
- (c) The  Aspirational  District  Programme  covers  relatively  underdeveloped  districts  from across the country. While even among these Districts there are contextual differences, the program provides the same monitoring framework for each and encourages all Districts to improve performance based on identification of laggard indicators.
- (d) The  Aspirational Districts  Programme  does  not  specify any targets. Instead, the Programme has a list of indicators under the specific focus areas mentioned in (a) above, on the basis of which the blocks are to be monitored. This list of indicators is provided at Annexure III.

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ANNEXURE - I Details of funds allocated and released under this scheme in Karnataka and Bihar

|   S.No. | State     | District    |   Amount Allocated (In Cr) | Amount Released (In Cr)   |
|---------|-----------|-------------|----------------------------|---------------------------|
|       1 | Bihar     | Araria      |                       7    | 4.00                      |
|       2 | Bihar     | Aurangabad  |                      14    | 11.00                     |
|       3 | Bihar     | Banka       |                      14    | 9.00                      |
|       4 | Bihar     | Begusarai   |                      18    | 11.00                     |
|       5 | Bihar     | Gaya        |                      17    | 6.90                      |
|       6 | Bihar     | Jamui       |                      13    | 8.20                      |
|       7 | Bihar     | Katihar     |                      16    | 7.90                      |
|       8 | Bihar     | Khagaria    |                      23    | 19.50                     |
|       9 | Bihar     | Muzaffarpur |                      18    | 6.00                      |
|      10 | Bihar     | Nawada      |                      26    | 23.00                     |
|      11 | Bihar     | Purnia      |                      13    | 8.00                      |
|      12 | Bihar     | Sheikhpura  |                       8    | 3.20                      |
|      13 | Bihar     | Sitamarhi   |                       6.25 | -                         |
|       1 | Karnataka | Raichur     |                       8.21 | 5.20                      |
|       2 | Karnataka | Yadgir      |                      17.18 | 11.40                     |

## ANNEXURE-II

## State-wise list of all Aspirational Districts

|   S. No. | State     | District    |
|----------|-----------|-------------|
|        1 | Bihar     | Sitamarhi   |
|        2 | Bihar     | Araria      |
|        3 | Bihar     | Purnia      |
|        4 | Bihar     | Katihar     |
|        5 | Bihar     | Muzaffarpur |
|        6 | Bihar     | Begusarai   |
|        7 | Bihar     | Khagaria    |
|        8 | Bihar     | Banka       |
|        9 | Bihar     | Sheikhpura  |
|       10 | Bihar     | Aurangabad  |
|       11 | Bihar     | Gaya        |
|       12 | Bihar     | Nawada      |
|       13 | Bihar     | Jamui       |
|       14 | Karnataka | Raichur     |
|       15 | Karnataka | Yadgir      |

## List of indicators on which Districts are ranked

|   S. 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                        |

## ANNEXURE - III

| 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 (i.e., meet LaQShya guidelines)                                                                                                                                                      |
| 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                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 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)    | 3 (a)Percentage increase in agricultural credit                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| (b)    | 3 (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 f) Differently abled - certified trained) / Total Number of youth certified trained |
|   43 | Percentage of households with electricity connection                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|   44 | Percentage of Gram panchayats 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                                                                                                                                                                 |

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