Lok Sabha Question No. 2248 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-02
Subject: Aspirational Districts/Blocks
Ministry: PLANNING
Asked by: Kaushalendra Kumar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PLANNING

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2248 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.08.2023

## ASPIRATIONAL DISTRICTS/BLOCKS

## †2248. SHRI KAUSHALENDRA 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 aspirational districts scheme;
- (b) if so, the details of all aspirational districts in the country;
- (c) the fund released to each aspirational district of the country, district-wise;
- (d) whether it is a fact that some blocks of the country have been declared as aspirational blocks by the Government to be developed by the private companies;
- (e) whether development programmes have been started in these blocks and if so, the details thereof; and
- (f) the details of the number of aspirational blocks given to private companies for development, State-wise?

## 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 is designed as a template for good governance. The programme  focuses  on  49  indicators  across  sectors  of  health  and  nutrition;  education, agriculture  and  water  resources;  financial  inclusion  and  skill  development;  and  basic infrastructure. Every month, districts register their progress achieved in these indicators and are  ranked  on  the  basis  of  their  performance.  This  has  helped  the  Aspirational  Districts  to achieve significant  improvement since the inception of the Programme.  Details of districtwise  performance  (overall  and  theme-wise)  since  inception  for  aspirational  districts  is available  on  the  Champions  of  Change  Portal  (http://championsofchange.gov.in/site/cochome/) which is in the public domain.

- (b) There are 112 Aspirational Districts in the country across 26 states and 1 Union Territory. Details of all Aspirational Districts in the country are given as Annexure I.
- (c) The details of funds released to all Aspirational Districts are given as Annexure II.
- (d) The Government of India has launched the Aspirational Blocks Programme in January 2023 and  500  blocks  across  the  country  have  been  identified  as  Aspirational  Blocks.  However, none of these Aspirational Blocks are to be developed by private companies.
- (e) and (f) As mentioned in (d) above none of the Aspirational Blocks are given to the private companies for development.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO. 2248 FOR 02.08.2023  BY  SHRI  KAUSHALENDRA  KUMAR: REGARDING ASPIRATIONAL DISTRICTS/BLOCKS

## Details of all Aspirational Districts in the country

|   Sl.No. | State Name        | District Name        |
|----------|-------------------|----------------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh    | Alluri Sitharamaraju |
|        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            | Purnea                       |
|   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     | Narayanpur                   |
|   33 | Chhattisgarh     | Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki |
|   34 | Chhattisgarh     | Sukma                        |
|   35 | Gujarat          | Dahod                        |
|   36 | Gujarat          | Narmada                      |
|   37 | Haryana          | Mewat                        |
|   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        | Ribhoi       |
|   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           | Nabarangapur |
|   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     | Kumuram Bheem Asifabad |
|  100 | Telangana     | Bhadradri Kothagudem   |
|  101 | Telangana     | Jayshankar Bhupalpally |
|  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      |

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO. 2248 FOR 02.08.2023  BY  SHRI  KAUSHALENDRA  KUMAR: REGARDING ASPIRATIONAL DISTRICTS/BLOCKS

## Details of Funds Released to Aspirational Districts

|   Sl no | State             | District             |   Amount Released till date in INR (In Crores) |
|---------|-------------------|----------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh    | Alluri Sitaramaraju  |                                           0.01 |
|       2 | Andhra Pradesh    | Parvathipuram Manyam |                                           0.01 |
|       3 | Andhra Pradesh    | Visakhapatnam        |                                           2.93 |
|       4 | Andhra Pradesh    | Vizianagaram         |                                           5.01 |
|       5 | Andhra Pradesh    | Y.S.R. Kadapa        |                                           8.01 |
|       6 | Arunachal Pradesh | Namsai               |                                          15.01 |
|       7 | Assam             | Baksa                |                                          13.01 |
|       8 | Assam             | Barpeta              |                                          23.01 |
|       9 | Assam             | Darrang              |                                          11.01 |
|      10 | Assam             | Dhubri               |                                           8.21 |
|      11 | Assam             | Goalpara             |                                           4.97 |
|      12 | Assam             | Hailakandi           |                                          24    |
|      13 | Assam             | Udalguri             |                                          24.62 |
|      14 | Bihar             | Araria               |                                           6.34 |

|   15 | Bihar       | Aurangabad   |   11.01 |
|------|-------------|--------------|---------|
|   16 | Bihar       | Banka        |   11.01 |
|   17 | Bihar       | Begusarai    |   11.01 |
|   18 | Bihar       | Gaya         |   14.77 |
|   19 | Bihar       | Jamui        |   13.01 |
|   20 | Bihar       | Katihar      |   16.01 |
|   21 | Bihar       | Khagaria     |   19.53 |
|   22 | Bihar       | Muzaffarpur  |   15.98 |
|   23 | Bihar       | Nawada       |   23.01 |
|   24 | Bihar       | Purnia       |    8.01 |
|   25 | Bihar       | Sheikhpura   |   10.47 |
|   26 | Bihar       | Sitamarhi    |    3.01 |
|   27 | Chhatisgarh | Bastar       |   12.24 |
|   28 | Chhatisgarh | Bijapur      |   20.91 |
|   29 | Chhatisgarh | Dantewada    |    0.01 |
|   30 | Chhatisgarh | Kanker       |    0.01 |
|   31 | Chhatisgarh | Kondagaon    |   18.01 |
|   32 | Chhatisgarh | Korba        |    0.01 |
|   33 | Chhatisgarh | Mahasamund   |   13.01 |

|   34 | Chhatisgarh       | Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki   |   0.01 |
|------|-------------------|--------------------------------|--------|
|   35 | Chhatisgarh       | Narayanpur                     |  10.27 |
|   36 | Chhatisgarh       | Rajnandgaon                    |   7.01 |
|   37 | Chhatisgarh       | Sukma                          |  19.74 |
|   38 | Gujarat           | Dahod                          |   4.95 |
|   39 | Gujarat           | Narmada                        |   9.01 |
|   40 | Haryana           | Mewat                          |  18.21 |
|   41 | Himachal Pradesh  | Chamba                         |  13.01 |
|   42 | Jammu and Kashmir | Baramula                       |  18.86 |
|   43 | Jammu and Kashmir | Kupwara                        |   6.01 |
|   44 | Jharkhand         | All                            |  20.26 |
|   45 | Jharkhand         | Bokaro                         |   1.51 |
|   46 | Jharkhand         | Chatra                         |   0.01 |
|   47 | Jharkhand         | Dumka                          |  22.21 |
|   48 | Jharkhand         | Garhwa                         |  15.08 |
|   49 | Jharkhand         | Giridih                        |   2.02 |
|   50 | Jharkhand         | Godda                          |   1.43 |
|   51 | Jharkhand         | Gumla                          |  15.58 |

|   52 | Jharkhand      | Hazaribagh        |   0.01 |
|------|----------------|-------------------|--------|
|   53 | Jharkhand      | Khunti            |  14.01 |
|   54 | Jharkhand      | Latehar           |   5.01 |
|   55 | Jharkhand      | Lohardaga         |  13.38 |
|   56 | Jharkhand      | Pakur             |   4.93 |
|   57 | Jharkhand      | Palamu            |  15.02 |
|   58 | Jharkhand      | Paschimi Singhbum |   1.33 |
|   59 | Jharkhand      | Purbi Singhbhum   |   3.01 |
|   60 | Jharkhand      | Ramgarh           |   0.01 |
|   61 | Jharkhand      | Ranchi            |  13.01 |
|   62 | Jharkhand      | Sahibganj         |  22.21 |
|   63 | Jharkhand      | Simdega           |  19.73 |
|   64 | Karnataka      | Raichur           |   5.22 |
|   65 | Karnataka      | Yadgir            |  17.19 |
|   66 | Kerala         | Wayanad           |  18.01 |
|   67 | Madhya Pradesh | Barwani           |  13.01 |
|   68 | Madhya Pradesh | Chhatarpur        |  23.36 |
|   69 | Madhya Pradesh | Damoh             |  11.04 |
|   70 | Madhya Pradesh | Guna              |   7.79 |

|   71 | Madhya Pradesh   | Khandwa    |   10.96 |
|------|------------------|------------|---------|
|   72 | Madhya Pradesh   | Rajgarh    |   10.37 |
|   73 | Madhya Pradesh   | Singrauli  |    0.01 |
|   74 | Madhya Pradesh   | Vidisha    |   13.01 |
|   75 | Maharashtra      | Gadchiroli |   11.02 |
|   76 | Maharashtra      | Nandurbar  |   26.98 |
|   77 | Maharashtra      | Osmanabad  |   18.34 |
|   78 | Maharashtra      | Washim     |   22.34 |
|   79 | Manipur          | Chandel    |   20.21 |
|   80 | Meghalaya        | Ribhoi     |   16.01 |
|   81 | Mizoram          | Mamit      |   19.01 |
|   82 | Nagaland         | Kiphire    |   10.21 |
|   83 | Odisha           | Balangir   |   15.01 |
|   84 | Odisha           | Dhenkanal  |    9.01 |
|   85 | Odisha           | Gajapati   |   21.01 |
|   86 | Odisha           | Kalahandi  |    6.01 |
|   87 | Odisha           | Kandhamal  |   11.01 |
|   88 | Odisha           | Koraput    |    5.21 |
|   89 | Odisha           | Malkangiri |    9.58 |

|   90 | Odisha        | Nabarangpur          |   11.01 |
|------|---------------|----------------------|---------|
|   91 | Odisha        | Nuapada              |   22.01 |
|   92 | Odisha        | Rayagada             |    0.01 |
|   93 | Punjab        | Ferozepur            |   21.01 |
|   94 | Punjab        | Moga                 |   14.01 |
|   95 | Rajasthan     | Baran                |   15.21 |
|   96 | Rajasthan     | Dhaulpur             |   17.2  |
|   97 | Rajasthan     | Jaisalmer            |    4.91 |
|   98 | Rajasthan     | Karauli              |    6.01 |
|   99 | Rajasthan     | Sirohi               |    4.76 |
|  100 | Sikkim        | West District        |   13.01 |
|  101 | Tamil Nadu    | Ramanathapuram       |    8.01 |
|  102 | Tamil Nadu    | Virudhunagar         |   15.01 |
|  103 | Telangana     | Asifabad             |    4.37 |
|  104 | Telangana     | Bhadradri Kothagudem |    8.37 |
|  105 | Telangana     | Bhupalpally          |   11.37 |
|  106 | Tripura       | Dhalai               |   25.21 |
|  107 | Uttar Pradesh | Bahraich             |   14.01 |
|  108 | Uttar Pradesh | Balrampur            |   19.47 |

|   109 | Uttar Pradesh   | Chandauli         |   35.67 |
|-------|-----------------|-------------------|---------|
|   110 | Uttar Pradesh   | Chitrakoot        |   19.77 |
|   111 | Uttar Pradesh   | Fatehpur          |   26.42 |
|   112 | Uttar Pradesh   | Shravasti         |   15.99 |
|   113 | Uttar Pradesh   | Siddharthnagar    |   14.91 |
|   114 | Uttar Pradesh   | Sonbhadra         |   10.47 |
|   115 | Uttarakhand     | Haridwar          |   19.97 |
|   116 | Uttarakhand     | Udham Singh Nagar |   10.01 |

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