Lok Sabha Question No. 5671 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-06
Subject: Aspirational Districts in West Bengal
Ministry: PLANNING
Asked by: Kunar Hembram

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PLANNING

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5671 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.04.2022

## ASPIRATIONAL DISTRICTS IN WEST BENGAL

## 5671.   SHRI KUNAR HEMBRAM:

Will the Minister of  PLANNING  be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has included districts of  West Bengal under Aspirational Districts Programme;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the list of projects being implemented in such districts of West Bengal and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (c) whether the Government is considering to include Jhargram district of  West Bengal under Aspirational District, 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) The Aspirational Districts Programme was launched in January 2018 with the aim to bring transformative  changes  in  the  most  under-developed  districts  of  India.  There  are  112 Aspirational Districts, across 26 States and 1 Union Territory, under the Programme. A list of these Districts is attached as Annexure . Districts of West Bengal are not covered under the Programme.
- (b) The Aspirational Districts Programme aims to transform the districts for which proactive measures from the State Governments concerned is a must. Hence at the time of  launching the programme, individual states were requested to participate in the same. However, since no response was received from the State of  West Bengal, its districts are not covered under the Programme.
- (c) At the moment, there is no proposal to include more districts under the Programme.

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## List of 112 Aspirational Districts

|   Sr. 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 | Jammu &Kashmir    | 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             |