Lok Sabha Question No. 4493 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-20
Subject: Aspirational Blocks Programme
Ministry: PLANNING
Asked by: Shri Rakesh Rathor

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PLANNING

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4493 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.08.2025

## ASPIRATIONAL BLOCKS PROGRAMME

## †4493. SHRI RAKESH RATHOR:

Will the Minister of PLANNING be pleased to state:

- (a) the total number of aspirational blocks identified under Aspirational Block Programme in the country, particularly in Uttar Pradesh, till date, district-wise;
- (b) the details of the funds sanctioned/disbursed and utilised for these blocks since the inception of this programme, district-wise;
- (c) the progress made so far, five focus areas along with the outcome thereof, impact evaluation made and improvements registered under the said programme in the country particularly in Uttar Pradesh; and
- (d) the specific steps taken/being taken to accelerate the development in low performing blocks to ensure equitable allocation of resources and to overcome the major challenges in the implementation of the programme?

## 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  68  blocks  identified  under  Aspirational  Blocks  Programme  in  Uttar Pradesh. The district wise details are attached at Annexure I.
- (b) The details of the funds sanctioned and utilized for these blocks since the inception of this programme, district-wise details are attached at Annexure II.
- (c) The progress and performances of all the Aspirational Blocks across the five focus areas  of  Health  and  Nutrition,  Education,  Agriculture  and  Allied  Services,  Basic Infrastructure and Social Development are monitored via the Champions of Change

Dashboard.  The  dashboard  enables  a  data-driven  assessment  and  ranks  the  blocks based  on  their  performance.  Detailed  performance  data  of  all  Aspirational  blocks, including  aspirational  blocks  of  Uttar  Pradesh  is  available  on  the  Champions  of Change Portal (abp.championsofchange.gov.in)

- (d) To  accelerate  the  development  of  low-performing  blocks,  the  Aspirational  Blocks Programme has adopted the approach of Convergence, Collaboration, and Competition.  The  programme  focuses  on  the  effective  implementation  of  existing government schemes through convergence and collaboration with key stakeholders. Further,  to  instill  a  competitive  spirit,  financial  incentives  are  provided  to  blocks based on their performance in the programme's delta rankings.

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## ANNEXURE I

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  4493  FOR  20.08.2025  BY  SHRI  RAKESH  RATHOR:  REGARDING ASPIRATIONAL BLOCKS PROGRAMME

List of Aspirational Blocks District wise:

|   S.NO. | DISTRICT NAME   | BLOCKNAME        |
|---------|-----------------|------------------|
|       1 | Aligarh         | Gangiri          |
|       2 | Ambedkar Nagar  | Bhiti            |
|       3 | Ambedkar Nagar  | Bhiyawn          |
|       4 | Ambedkar Nagar  | Tanda            |
|       5 | Amethi          | Jagdishpur       |
|       6 | Amethi          | Jamo             |
|       7 | Amethi          | Shukul Bazar     |
|       8 | Bahraich        | Huzoorpur        |
|       9 | Ballia          | Bansdih          |
|      10 | Ballia          | Chilkahar        |
|      11 | Balrampur       | Shriduttganj     |
|      12 | Banda           | Baberu           |
|      13 | Banda           | Bisanda          |
|      14 | Barabanki       | Nindaura         |
|      15 | Barabanki       | Puredalai        |
|      16 | Bareilly        | Baheri           |
|      17 | Bareilly        | Fatehganj (West) |
|      18 | Bareilly        | Damkhauda        |
|      19 | Basti           | Harraiya         |
|      20 | Basti           | Kudaraha         |
|      21 | Bijanaur        | Kotwali          |
|      22 | Bijanaur        | Najibabad        |
|      23 | Budaun          | Ambiapur         |
|      24 | Budaun          | Asafpur          |
|      25 | Chandauli       | Chahniya         |
|      26 | Chitrakoot      | Ramnagar         |
|      27 | Deoria          | Gauri Bazar      |
|      28 | Etah            | Awagarh          |
|      29 | Etah            | Jaithra          |
|      30 | Farrukhabad     | Nawabganj        |
|      31 | Farrukhabad     | Rajepur          |

|   32 | Fatehpur         | Hathgaon       |
|------|------------------|----------------|
|   33 | Ghazipur         | Varachakwar    |
|   34 | Ghazipur         | Virno          |
|   35 | Gonda            | Rupaideeh      |
|   36 | Gonda            | Babhanjot      |
|   37 | Gonda            | Pandari Kripal |
|   38 | Gorakhpur        | Bansgaon       |
|   39 | Gorakhpur        | Brahmpur       |
|   40 | Hardoi           | Sandila        |
|   41 | Jalaun           | Jalaun         |
|   42 | Jalaun           | Rampura        |
|   43 | Jaunpur          | Machhali Sahar |
|   44 | Jaunpur          | Ram Pur        |
|   45 | Kasganj          | Amanpur        |
|   46 | Kasganj          | Ganj Dundwara  |
|   47 | Kaushambi        | Kaushambi      |
|   48 | Kaushambi        | Manjhanpur     |
|   49 | Kheri            | Bankeyganj     |
|   50 | Kheri            | Dhaurhara      |
|   51 | Kushi Nagar      | Vishunpura     |
|   52 | Lalitpur         | Mandawra       |
|   53 | Mahoba           | Kabrai         |
|   54 | Maharajganj      | Mithaura       |
|   55 | Mirzapur         | Hallia         |
|   56 | Mirzapur         | Patehra        |
|   57 | Pilbhit          | Puranpur       |
|   58 | Prayagraj        | Baharia        |
|   59 | Prayagraj        | Koraon         |
|   60 | Rampur           | Saidnagar      |
|   61 | Sambhal          | Asmauli        |
|   62 | Sambhal          | Gunnaur        |
|   63 | Shravasti        | Jamunaha       |
|   64 | Siddharth Nagar  | Khesraha       |
|   65 | Sitapur          | Biswan         |
|   66 | Sonbhadra        | Chatra         |
|   67 | St Kabir Nagar   | Baghauli       |
|   68 | St Ravidas Nagar | Aurai          |

## ANNEXURE II

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  4493  FOR  20.08.2025  BY  SHRI  RAKESH  RATHOR:  REGARDING ASPIRATIONAL BLOCKS PROGRAMME

List of details of Fund sanctioned and utilized by the Blocks, District-wise:

|   S.No. | State         | District       |   Total Sanctioned Amount (Cr.) till July 2025 | Total UC Submitted till date (Cr.)   | Overall UC Submission (%)   |
|---------|---------------|----------------|------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|       1 | Uttar Pradesh | Aligarh        |                                           0.31 | 0.1                                  | 30.8%                       |
|       2 | Uttar Pradesh | Ambedkar Nagar |                                           0.92 | -                                    | 0.0%                        |
|       3 | Uttar Pradesh | Amethi         |                                           0.92 | -                                    | 0.0%                        |
|       4 | Uttar Pradesh | Bahraich       |                                           0.31 | -                                    | 0.0%                        |
|       5 | Uttar Pradesh | Ballia         |                                           0.61 | -                                    | 0.0%                        |
|       6 | Uttar Pradesh | Balrampur      |                                           0.31 | -                                    | 0.0%                        |
|       7 | Uttar Pradesh | Banda          |                                           1.18 | 0.0                                  | 3.4%                        |
|       8 | Uttar Pradesh | Barabanki      |                                           0.61 | 0.1                                  | 19.6%                       |
|       9 | Uttar Pradesh | Bareilly       |                                           0.92 | -                                    | 0.0%                        |
|      10 | Uttar Pradesh | Basti          |                                           1.36 | -                                    | 0.0%                        |
|      11 | Uttar Pradesh | Bijanaur       |                                           0.61 | 0.0                                  | 3.5%                        |
|      12 | Uttar Pradesh | Budaun         |                                           0.61 | 0.1                                  | 8.3%                        |

|   13 | Uttar Pradesh   | Chandauli   |   0.31 | 0.1   | 18.9%   |
|------|-----------------|-------------|--------|-------|---------|
|   14 | Uttar Pradesh   | Chitrakoot  |   0.31 | 0.1   | 17.0%   |
|   15 | Uttar Pradesh   | Deoria      |   0.31 | -     | 0.0%    |
|   16 | Uttar Pradesh   | Etah        |   0.61 | 0.1   | 18.6%   |
|   17 | Uttar Pradesh   | Farrukhabad |   0.61 | -     | 0.0%    |
|   18 | Uttar Pradesh   | Fatehpur    |   0.31 | 0.0   | 4.3%    |
|   19 | Uttar Pradesh   | Ghazipur    |   1.11 | 0.1   | 9.5%    |
|   20 | Uttar Pradesh   | Gonda       |   0.92 | -     | 0.0%    |
|   21 | Uttar Pradesh   | Gorakhpur   |   0.61 | -     | 0.0%    |
|   22 | Uttar Pradesh   | Hardoi      |   0.31 | -     | 0.0%    |
|   23 | Uttar Pradesh   | Jalaun      |   0.61 | -     | 0.0%    |
|   24 | Uttar Pradesh   | Jaunpur     |   0.61 | 0.1   | 20.0%   |
|   25 | Uttar Pradesh   | Kasganj     |   0.61 | -     | 0.0%    |
|   26 | Uttar Pradesh   | Kaushambi   |   1.61 | -     | 0.0%    |
|   27 | Uttar Pradesh   | Kheri       |   0.61 | -     | 0.0%    |
|   28 | Uttar Pradesh   | Kushi Nagar |   0.31 | -     | 0.0%    |
|   29 | Uttar Pradesh   | Lalitpur    |   1.09 | 0.1   | 9.5%    |
|   30 | Uttar Pradesh   | Mahoba      |   0.68 | -     | 0.0%    |
|   31 | Uttar Pradesh   | Maharajganj |   0.31 | -     | 0.0%    |
|   32 | Uttar Pradesh   | Mirzapur    |   0.61 | 0.0   | 1.1%    |

|   33 | Uttar Pradesh   | Pilbhit          |   0.31 | -   | 0.0%   |
|------|-----------------|------------------|--------|-----|--------|
|   34 | Uttar Pradesh   | Prayagraj        |   0.61 | 0.2 | 36.2%  |
|   35 | Uttar Pradesh   | Rampur           |   0.31 | -   | 0.0%   |
|   36 | Uttar Pradesh   | Sambhal          |   0.61 | -   | 0.0%   |
|   37 | Uttar Pradesh   | Shravasti        |   0.31 | 0.0 | 6.5%   |
|   38 | Uttar Pradesh   | Siddharth Nagar  |   0.31 | -   | 0.0%   |
|   39 | Uttar Pradesh   | Sitapur          |   0.31 | -   | 0.0%   |
|   40 | Uttar Pradesh   | Sonbhadra        |   0.31 | 0.0 | 13.2%  |
|   41 | Uttar Pradesh   | St Kabir Nagar   |   0.31 | 0.1 | 31.1%  |
|   42 | Uttar Pradesh   | St Ravidas Nagar |   0.31 | -   | 0.0%   |

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