Lok Sabha Question No. 2629 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-08-07
Subject: Aspirational Districts Programme
Ministry: PLANNING
Asked by: Shri Appalanaidu Kalisetti

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PLANNING

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2629 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.08.2024

## ASPIRATIONAL DISTRICTS PROGRAMME

## 2629   SHRI APPALANAIDU KALISETTI:

Will the Minister of PLANNING be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of projects funded under the Aspirational Districts Programme (ADP) in Vizianagaram district, including specific sectors and initiatives undertaken during the last five years;
- (b) the total funds allocated and disbursed for these projects in Vizianagaram district, during the said period, year-wise;
- (c) the current status and progress of these projects in Vizianagaram district, including any completed, ongoing, or planned activities;
- (d) the details of challenges or delays encountered in the implementation of these projects in Vizianagaram district along with the reasons therefor;
- (e) the expected timelines for the completion of ongoing projects in Vizianagaram district and the details of factors that might influence these timelines;
- (f) whether there are any additional proposals for projects under the Aspirational Districts Programme in Vizianagaram district that are under consideration or have been approved recently; and
- (g) if so, the details thereof?

## 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), (b) and (c) The details of projects funded under the ADP in Vizianagaram district, including sectors, year-wise funds sanctioned, current status and progress, are attached as Annexure I.

- (d) and (e) As per the Programme guidelines, projects envisaged under the ADP are to be of short duration, preferably to be completed within a year and extendable up to two years. Most  of  the  projects  sanctioned  to  Vizianagaram  have  been  completed  (as  detailed  in Annexure I), and the one remaining is also nearing completion.
- (f)  and (g) Vizianagaram was bifurcated into two districts (Vizianagaram and Parvathipuram Manyam) as part of the reorganisation of districts in the State of Andhra Pradesh in 2022. Following this,  as  per  the  communication  received  from  the  State  Government  in  July 2022, Parvathipuram Manyam was included under the ADP, replacing Vizianagaram. As Vizianagaram is no longer part of the ADP, no additional projects are being considered for the district under the programme.

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a,  b  &  c)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  2629  FOR  07.08.2024  BY  SHRI  APPALANAIDU KALISETTI: REGARDING ASPIRATIONAL DISTRICTS PROGRAMME

## Details of projects sanctioned under ADP to Vizianagaram (Andhra Pradesh)

|   Sl. No | Sector            | Name of the Project Sanctioned                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | Amount Sanctioned   | FY of Sanction   | Current Status (Ongoing/ Completed)   |
|----------|-------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|------------------|---------------------------------------|
|        1 | Capacity Building | Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav (Capacity Building) - To commemorate the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav in the 112 Aspirational Districts through activities which help showcase and document lessons from the Aspirational Districts under the broader theme of 'Improving Local Governance' | 120,000             | FY 21-22         | Completed                             |
|        2 | Health& Nutrition | Provision of Infrastructure facilities in FRU (i.e CHC Area Hospital Parvathipuram &District Hospital)                                                                                                                                                                         | 5,300,000           | FY 21-22         | Completed                             |
|        3 | Health& Nutrition | Procurement of Microscopes for National TB Elimination Programme                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 1,500,000           | FY 21-22         | Completed                             |
|        4 | Health& Nutrition | Procurement of Digital Weighing Scales                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | 4,950,000           | FY 21-22         | Completed                             |
|        5 | Education         | Construction of toilets in Sanskrit College                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 2,500,000           | FY 21-22         | Ongoing                               |
|        6 | Education         | Infrastructure facilities to social welfare hostels                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | 10,000,000          | FY 21-22         | Completed                             |

|   7 | Financial Inclusion &Skill Developm ent   | Skill Development trainings                                                                                                                                                             | 4,200,000   | FY 21-22   | Completed   |
|-----|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|------------|-------------|
|   8 | Education                                 | Providing Solar Energy Project to Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya APSW Residential schools Social Welfare Hostels for Girls and BC welfare hostels for girls in Vizianagaram district. | 20,243,319  | FY 21-22   | Completed   |
|   9 | Health& Nutrition                         | Providing Solar Energy Project to Area Hospital Parvathipuram.                                                                                                                          | 1,304,820   | FY 21-22   | Completed   |

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