Lok Sabha Question No. 1798 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-30
Subject: Aspirational Districts
Ministry: PLANNING
Asked by: Dr. Rajeev Bharadwaj

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PLANNING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 1798 TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.07.2025

## ASPIRATIONAL DISTRICTS

## †1798. DR. RAJEEV BHARADWAJ:

Will the Minister of PLANNING be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of aspirational districts identified across the country;
- (b) whether Chamba district has been identified as an aspirational district; and
- (c) if so, the details of the facilities to be provided in these aspirational districts by the Government?

## 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 CULTURE

## (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

- (a) There are 112 Aspirational Districts across 26 States and 1 Union Territory. The list is attached at Annexure.
- (b) Yes, Sir.
- (c) Aspirational District Programme (ADP) aims at rapid transformation of 112 aspirational districts across sectors which are critical for improving overall quality of life of citizens. 49 key performance indicators have been selected across different sectors, these sectors are Health and  Nutrition, Education,  Agriculture and  Water  Resources,  Financial Inclusion  and  Skill  Development  and  Basic  Infrastructure.  On  the  basis  of  these  key indicators, districts are ranked periodically. ADP focuses on the effective implementation of  existing  Central  and  State  Government  schemes  through  convergence  at  the  district level. Under the Aspirational Districts Programme, districts undertake various developmental  projects  to  address  critical  gaps  using  the  financial  grants  they  win through the programme's delta ranking method.

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1798 FOR 30.07.2025 BY DR. RAJEEV BHARADWAJ: REGARDING ASPIRATIONAL DISTRICTS

List of 112 Aspirational Districts of India

|   S. No. | State             | District              |
|----------|-------------------|-----------------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh    | Alluri Sitharama Raju |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh    | Parvathipuram Manyam  |
|        3 | Andhra Pradesh    | Y.S.R. Kadapa         |
|        4 | Arunachal Pradesh | Namsai                |
|        5 | Assam             | Baksa                 |
|        6 | Assam             | Barpeta               |
|        7 | Assam             | Darrang               |
|        8 | Assam             | Dhubri                |
|        9 | Assam             | Goalpara              |
|       10 | Assam             | Hailakandi            |
|       11 | Assam             | Udalguri              |
|       12 | Bihar             | Araria                |
|       13 | Bihar             | Aurangabad            |
|       14 | Bihar             | Banka                 |
|       15 | Bihar             | Begusarai             |
|       16 | Bihar             | Gaya                  |
|       17 | Bihar             | Jamui                 |
|       18 | Bihar             | Katihar               |
|       19 | Bihar             | Khagaria              |
|       20 | Bihar             | Muzaffarpur           |
|       21 | Bihar             | Nawada                |
|       22 | Bihar             | Purnia                |
|       23 | Bihar             | Sheikhpura            |
|       24 | Bihar             | Sitamarhi             |
|       25 | Chhattisgarh      | Bastar                |
|       26 | Chhattisgarh      | Bijapur               |
|       27 | Chhattisgarh      | Dantewada             |
|       28 | Chhattisgarh      | Kanker                |

|   29 | Chhattisgarh     | Kondagaon                     |
|------|------------------|-------------------------------|
|   30 | Chhattisgarh     | Korba                         |
|   31 | Chhattisgarh     | Mahasamund                    |
|   32 | Chhattisgarh     | Mohla-Manpur- Ambagarh Chowki |
|   33 | Chhattisgarh     | Narayanpur                    |
|   34 | Chhattisgarh     | Sukma                         |
|   35 | Gujarat          | Dahod                         |
|   36 | Gujarat          | Narmada                       |
|   37 | Haryana          | Mewat (Nuh)                   |
|   38 | Himachal Pradesh | Chamba                        |
|   39 | Jammu &Kashmir   | Baramulla                     |
|   40 | Jammu &Kashmir   | Kupwara                       |
|   41 | Jharkhand        | Bokaro                        |
|   42 | Jharkhand        | Chatra                        |
|   43 | Jharkhand        | Dumka                         |
|   44 | Jharkhand        | Garhwa                        |
|   45 | Jharkhand        | Giridih                       |
|   46 | Jharkhand        | Godda                         |
|   47 | Jharkhand        | Gumla                         |
|   48 | Jharkhand        | Hazaribagh                    |
|   49 | Jharkhand        | Khunti                        |
|   50 | Jharkhand        | Latehar                       |
|   51 | Jharkhand        | Lohardaga                     |
|   52 | Jharkhand        | Pakur                         |
|   53 | Jharkhand        | Palamu                        |
|   54 | Jharkhand        | Pashchimi Singhbhum           |
|   55 | Jharkhand        | Purbi Singhbhum               |
|   56 | Jharkhand        | Ramgarh                       |
|   57 | Jharkhand        | Ranchi                        |
|   58 | Jharkhand        | Sahibganj                     |
|   59 | Jharkhand        | Simdega                       |
|   60 | Karnataka        | Raichur                       |
|   61 | Karnataka        | Yadgir                        |
|   62 | Kerala           | Wayanad                       |
|   63 | Madhya Pradesh   | Barwani                       |
|   64 | Madhya Pradesh   | Chhatarpur                    |
|   65 | Madhya Pradesh   | Damoh                         |
|   66 | Madhya Pradesh   | Guna                          |

|   67 | Madhya Pradesh   | Khandwa                 |
|------|------------------|-------------------------|
|   68 | Madhya Pradesh   | Rajgarh                 |
|   69 | Madhya Pradesh   | Singrauli               |
|   70 | Madhya Pradesh   | Vidisha                 |
|   71 | Maharashtra      | Gadchiroli              |
|   72 | Maharashtra      | Nandurbar               |
|   73 | Maharashtra      | Osmanabad               |
|   74 | Maharashtra      | Washim                  |
|   75 | Manipur          | Chandel                 |
|   76 | Meghalaya        | Ri Bhoi                 |
|   77 | Mizoram          | Mamit                   |
|   78 | Nagaland         | Kiphire                 |
|   79 | Odisha           | Balangir                |
|   80 | Odisha           | Dhenkanal               |
|   81 | Odisha           | Gajapati                |
|   82 | Odisha           | Kalahandi               |
|   83 | Odisha           | Kandhamal               |
|   84 | Odisha           | Koraput                 |
|   85 | Odisha           | Malkangiri              |
|   86 | Odisha           | Nabarangpur             |
|   87 | Odisha           | Nuapada                 |
|   88 | Odisha           | Rayagada                |
|   89 | Punjab           | Ferozepur               |
|   90 | Punjab           | Moga                    |
|   91 | Rajasthan        | Baran                   |
|   92 | Rajasthan        | Dholpur                 |
|   93 | Rajasthan        | Jaisalmer               |
|   94 | Rajasthan        | Karauli                 |
|   95 | Rajasthan        | Sirohi                  |
|   96 | Sikkim           | Soreng                  |
|   97 | Tamil Nadu       | Ramanathapuram          |
|   98 | Tamil Nadu       | Virudhunagar            |
|   99 | Telangana        | Bhadradri Kothagudem    |
|  100 | Telangana        | Jayashankar Bhupalpally |
|  101 | Telangana        | Kumurum Bheem Asifabad  |
|  102 | Tripura          | Dhalai                  |
|  103 | Uttar Pradesh    | Bahraich                |
|  104 | Uttar Pradesh    | Balrampur               |

|   105 | Uttar Pradesh   | Chandauli         |
|-------|-----------------|-------------------|
|   106 | Uttar Pradesh   | Chitrakoot        |
|   107 | Uttar Pradesh   | Fatehpur          |
|   108 | Uttar Pradesh   | Shravasti         |
|   109 | Uttar Pradesh   | Siddharthnagar    |
|   110 | Uttar Pradesh   | Sonbhadra         |
|   111 | Uttarakhand     | Haridwar          |
|   112 | Uttarakhand     | Udham Singh Nagar |

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