Lok Sabha Question No. 1110 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-08
Subject: Transformation of Aspirational Districts
Ministry: PLANNING
Asked by: Rajiv Ranjan (Lalan) Singh, Santosh Kumar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PLANNING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1110

TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.02.2023

## TRANSFORMATION OF ASPIRATIONAL DISTRICTS

- †1110. SHRI RAJIV RANJAN SINGH ALIAS LALAN SINGH: SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR:

Will the Minister of PLANNING be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has succeeded in transforming all the selected Aspirational districts of the country as per the scheme;
- (b) if so, the list of all the Aspirational districts in the country, State-wise;
- (c) the funds released to each Aspirational District in the country, district-wise;
- (d) whether the Government has started development programmes with the help of private companies in some blocks of the Country declared as Aspirational Blocks; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and the number of such blocks, State-wise along with the name of private companies engaged therein?

## 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 on 5th January, 2018 with the objective to  bring  transformative  changes  in  the  most  under-developed  112  districts  in  India  called Aspirational Districts. The Programme aims at rapid transformation of these districts in the State across sectors which are critical for improving quality of life or economic productivity of citizens and these sectors are Health and Nutrition, School Education, Basic Infrastructure, Agriculture and Water Resources and Financial Inclusion & Skill Development.

All districts have shown significant improvements in the key performance indicators which are monitored under the programme.  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. The details of  District wise detail of progress made under this programme is available in public domain in the Portal (http://championsofchange.gov.in/site/coc-home/).

- (b) There are 112 Aspirational Districts in the country and they are spread across 26 States and 1  Union  Territory.  The  State-wise  list  of  all  112  Aspirational  Districts  is  attached  as Annexure - I.
- (c) The details of funds released to each Aspirational District in the country, based on performance, district-wise is given in Annexure II.
- (d) and (e)  No sir, the government has not started development programmes with the help of private companies in any block of the country declared as Aspirational Blocks.

The  Government  launched  the  Aspirational  Blocks  Programme,  on  the  template  of  the Aspirational Districts  Programme, on 7th January  2023. The regions identified under this programme are referred to as Aspirational Blocks.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  1110  FOR  08.02.2023  BY SHRI  RAJIV  RANJAN  SINGH  ALIAS  LALAN SINGH:  SHRI  SANTOSH  KUMAR: REGARDING TRANSFORMATION  OF  ASPIRATIONAL DISTRICTS

List of 112 Aspirational Districts

|   S. No. | State             | District             |
|----------|-------------------|----------------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh    | Alluri Sitharamaraju |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh    | Parvathipuram Manyam |
|        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          |

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

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

|   S. No. | State         | District             |
|----------|---------------|----------------------|
|       89 | Punjab        | Moga                 |
|       90 | Punjab        | Firozpur             |
|       91 | Rajasthan     | Dholpur              |
|       92 | Rajasthan     | Karauli              |
|       93 | Rajasthan     | Jaisalmer            |
|       94 | Rajasthan     | Sirohi               |
|       95 | Rajasthan     | Baran                |
|       96 | Sikkim        | Soreng               |
|       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             |

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1110 FOR 08.02.2023 BY SHRI RAJIV RANJAN SINGH ALIAS LALAN SINGH: SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR: REGARDING TRANSFORMATION OF ASPIRATIONAL DISTRICTS

## Details of funds released to each Aspirational District - district-wise

|   Sl no | District             |   Amount Released (In INR Crores) |
|---------|----------------------|-----------------------------------|
|       1 | Araria               |                               4   |
|       2 | Asifabad             |                               4.3 |
|       3 | Aurangabad           |                              11   |
|       4 | Bahraich             |                               9   |
|       5 | Baksa                |                              10   |
|       6 | Balangir             |                              13   |
|       7 | Balrampur            |                              19.4 |
|       8 | Banka                |                               9   |
|       9 | Baramula             |                              16   |
|      10 | Baran                |                              15.2 |
|      11 | Barpeta              |                              20   |
|      12 | Barwani              |                              13   |
|      13 | Bastar               |                               5.9 |
|      14 | Begusarai            |                              11   |
|      15 | Bhadradri Kothagudem |                               1.3 |
|      16 | Bhupalpally          |                              11.3 |
|      17 | Bijapur              |                              12.3 |
|      18 | Chamba               |                               8   |

|   19 | Chandauli   |   26.3 |
|------|-------------|--------|
|   20 | Chandel     |  10    |
|   21 | Chhatarpur  |  14.7  |
|   22 | Chitrakoot  |   5.9  |
|   23 | Dahod       |   4.9  |
|   24 | Damoh       |   6.05 |
|   25 | Darrang     |  11    |
|   26 | Dhalai      |  14.9  |
|   27 | Dhaulpur    |  10    |
|   28 | Dhenkanal   |   6    |
|   29 | Dhubri      |   5.9  |
|   30 | Dumka       |  15    |
|   31 | Fatehpur    |  25.4  |
|   32 | Ferozepur   |  18    |
|   33 | Gadchiroli  |   7.9  |
|   34 | Gajapati    |  15.9  |
|   35 | Garhwa      |   8    |
|   36 | Garhwa      |   2    |
|   37 | Gaya        |   6.9  |
|   38 | Gumla       |   5.8  |
|   39 | Guna        |   7.7  |
|   40 | Hailakandi  |   9.6  |

|   41 | Haridwar   |   9.9 |
|------|------------|-------|
|   42 | Jaisalmer  |   4.8 |
|   43 | Jamui      |   8.2 |
|   44 | Kalahandi  |   6   |
|   45 | Kandhamal  |   8   |
|   46 | Karauli    |   5.9 |
|   47 | Katihar    |   7.9 |
|   48 | Khagaria   |  19.5 |
|   49 | Khandwa    |   2.9 |
|   50 | Khunti     |  11   |
|   51 | Kiphire    |   6.2 |
|   52 | Kondagaon  |  18   |
|   53 | Koraput    |   3   |
|   54 | Kupwara    |   3   |
|   55 | Latehar    |   4.8 |
|   56 | Lohardaga  |   5   |
|   57 | Mahasamund |   5.9 |
|   58 | Malkangiri |   2.9 |
|   59 | Malkangiri |   6   |
|   60 | Mamit      |  16   |
|   61 | Mewat      |   9   |
|   62 | Moga       |   8.9 |

|   63 | Muzaffarpur     |    6 |
|------|-----------------|------|
|   64 | Nabarangpur     |  8   |
|   65 | Namsai          | 15   |
|   66 | Nandurbar       | 23.9 |
|   67 | Narayanpur      |  5.9 |
|   68 | Narmada         |  9   |
|   69 | Nawada          | 22.9 |
|   70 | Nuapada         | 11   |
|   71 | Osmanabad       |  6.3 |
|   72 | Pakur           |  4.9 |
|   73 | Palamu          |  9.6 |
|   74 | Purbi Singhbhum |  2.9 |
|   75 | Purnia          |  8   |
|   76 | Raichur         |  5.2 |
|   77 | Rajgarh         |  8.3 |
|   78 | Rajnandgaon     |  4   |
|   79 | Ramanathapuram  |  8   |
|   80 | Ranchi          |  5   |
|   81 | Ribhoi          |  9.8 |
|   82 | Sahibganj       | 13.1 |
|   83 | Sheikhpura      |  3.2 |
|   84 | Shravasti       | 10.9 |

|   85 | Siddharthanagar   |   7.9 |
|------|-------------------|-------|
|   86 | Simdega           |  19.7 |
|   87 | Sukma             |  12.9 |
|   88 | Udalguri          |  19.9 |
|   89 | Udham Singh Nagar |   6.9 |
|   90 | Vidisha           |   7.9 |
|   91 | Virudhunagar      |  11   |
|   92 | Vishakhapatnam    |   2.9 |
|   93 | Vizianagaram      |   4.9 |
|   94 | Washim            |  17.2 |
|   95 | Wayanad           |   8   |
|   96 | West District     |  10   |
|   97 | Y.S.R. Kadapa     |   5   |
|   98 | Yadgir            |  11.4 |
|   99 | Bokaro            |   1.5 |
|  100 | Godda             |   1.4 |
|  101 | Paschimi Singhbum |   1.3 |
|  102 | Sirohi            |   2.5 |
|  103 | Sonbhadra         |  10.4 |

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