Lok Sabha Question No. 2545 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-11
Subject: Aspirational Districts of Andhra Pradesh
Ministry: PLANNING
Asked by: Shri Bastipati Nagaraju

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PLANNING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2545

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.12.2024

## ASPIRATIONAL DISTRICTS OF ANDHRA PRADESH

## 2545. SHRI BASTIPATI NAGARAJU:

Will the Minister of PLANNING be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the current development status of Phase-1 Aspirational Districts selected in Andhra Pradesh;
- (b) the details of the funds allocated by the Central Government for the development of Aspirational Districts in Andhra Pradesh during the last three years, year-wise along with the details of fund utilised;
- (c) the details of performance of each Aspirational District in Andhra Pradesh during the said period including socio-economic indicators and developmental outcomes; and
- (d) the details of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funds unlocked by the Central and/or  State  Government  for  the  development  of  Aspirational  Districts  in  Andhra Pradesh?

## 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) The Aspirational Districts Programme monitors the progress of Aspirational Districts on 49 Key Performance Indicators across sectors such as health, nutrition, education, agriculture, water resources, financial inclusion, skill development and basic infrastructure.  The  progress  of  all  112  districts  is  monitored  monthly,  and  the performance  data  is  publicly  accessible  via  the  Champions  of  Change  Dashboard (championsofchange.gov.in).

Details  of  district-wise  performance  for  the  3  aspirational  districts  of  the  State  of Andhra Pradesh are attached as Annexure I. It may be noted that Alluri Sitaramaraju District was carved out of the erstwhile Aspirational District of Visakhapatnam, and Parvathipuram Manyam District was carved out of the erstwhile Aspirational District of  Vizianagaram  on  January  25,  2022.  Both  Alluri Sitaramaraju District  and Parvathipuram Manyam District are now part of the Aspirational Districts Programme replacing Visakhapatnam and Vizianagaram.

- (b) 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. Detailed information on the total funds sanctioned and utilized over the last three years (2021-22, 2022-23, and 202324) for the aspirational districts of Andhra Pradesh under the ADP is provided in Annexure II.
- (c) Please  refer  to  the  answer  to  question  (a),  which  outlines  the  performance  of  each district  based  on  various  indicators.  Further  details  regarding  the  performance  of Aspirational  districts  can  be  accessed  at  the  Champions  of  Change  Dashboard (championsofchange.gov.in), which is in the public domain.
- (d) CSR activities of corporates including Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) are governed as per Section 135 of Companies Act, 2013 which inter-alia prescribes the criteria for companies falling under the ambit of CSR, activities covered under CSR and the amount to be allocated for CSR activities. It is, however, mentioned that the Department  of  Public  Enterprises  (DPE)  has  been  issuing  guidelines  from  the financial  year  2018-19  to  all  administrative  Ministries  and  CPSEs  for  adopting  a theme-based focussed approach every year on CSR expenditure by the CPSEs. These instructions, inter-alia, provide that CSR expenditure for such thematic programmes should  be  around  60%  of  annual  CSR  expenditure  of  CPSEs  and  the  aspirational districts as identified by NITI Aayog are given preference in CSR expenditure by the CPSEs. This has helped aspirational districts including those in Andhra Pradesh.

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## ANNEXURE I

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  2545  FOR  11.12.2024 BY SHRI BASTIPATI NAGARAJU REGARDING ASPIRATIONAL DISTRICTS OF ANDHRA PRADESH

## Status of Progress of Aspirational Districts of Andhra Pradesh since inception

|       |                                                                                                                                                                                         | Alluri Sitharama Raju   | Alluri Sitharama Raju   | Parvathipuram Manyam   | Parvathipuram Manyam   | Y.S.R.            | Y.S.R.            |
|-------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
| Sl no | Indicators                                                                                                                                                                              | Baseline Value          | Current Value           | Baseline Value         | Current Value          | Baseline Value    | Current Value     |
|       | Health &Nutrition                                                                                                                                                                       | Health &Nutrition       | Health &Nutrition       | Health &Nutrition      | Health &Nutrition      | Health &Nutrition | Health &Nutrition |
| 1     | Percentage of ANC registered within the first trimester against Total ANC Registration                                                                                                  | 81.77                   | 81.57                   | 90.9                   | 91.74                  | 87.37             | 96.04             |
| 2     | Percentage of Anganwadis/UPHCs reported to have conducted at least one Village Health Sanitation &Nutrition day / Urban Health Sanitation &Nutrition day outreach in the last one month | 100                     | 100                     | 100                    | 100                    | 100               | 100               |
| 3     | Percentage of children fully immunised (9-11 months) (BCG+ DPT3 + OPV3 + Measles1)                                                                                                      | 100                     | 100                     | 100                    | 100                    | 99.82             | 97.08             |
| 4     | Percentage of deliveries at home attended by an SBA (Skilled Birth Attendance) trained health worker to total home deliveries                                                           | 0                       | 100                     | 0.08                   | 0                      | 89.57             |                   |
| 5     | Percentage of First Referral Units (FRU) with labour rooms and obstetrics OT NQAS certified (meet LaQShya guidelines)                                                                   | 11.11                   | 16.67                   | 28.57                  | 28.57                  | 33.33             | 33.33             |

|   6 | Percentage of institutional deliveries to total estimated deliveries                                                                        | 86.42   |   99.11 | 100   |    100 |   99.58 | 100   |
|-----|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|---------|-------|--------|---------|-------|
|   7 | Percentage of live babies weighed at birth                                                                                                  | 100     |  100.06 | 100   | 100    |  100    | 100   |
|   8 | Percentage of low birth weight babies (less than 2500g)                                                                                     | 4.72    |    2.39 | 2.66  |   3.81 |    5.69 | 2.65  |
|   9 | Percentage of Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM) in children under 6 years to total children under 6 years                                   | 13.83   |   14.56 | 3.67  |   2.61 |    4.61 |       |
|  10 | Percentage of newborns breastfed within one hour of birth                                                                                   | 94.08   |  100.06 | 100   |  99.9  |   96.49 | 100   |
|  11 | Percentage of pregnant women (PWs) registered for ANCs to total estimated pregnancies                                                       | 100     |  100.48 | 82.02 |  78.02 |   89.77 | 93.14 |
|  12 | Percentage of Pregnant women having severe anaemia treated, against PW having severe anaemia tested cases                                   | 100     |  100    | 100   | 100    |  100    | 100   |
|  13 | Percentage of pregnant women receiving 4 or more antenatal care check- ups to the total no. of pregnant women registered for antenatal care | NA      |   91.8  | NA    | 126.84 |   91.5  |       |
|  14 | Percentage of pregnant women regularly taking Supplementary Nutrition under the ICDS programme                                              | 99.41   |   99.99 | 97.84 | 100    |   94.36 | 97.33 |
|  15 | Percentage of pregnant women tested for Haemoglobin 4 or more times in respective ANCs to total ANC registration                            | NA      |   91.8  | NA    | 100    |   98.5  |       |

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| 16        | Percentage of Primary Health Centers compliant to Indian Public Health Standards                                                 | 18.75     | 4.69      | 100       | 100       | 64.86      | 100       |
|-----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|-----------|
| 17        | Percentage of Severe Acute Malnourishment (SAM) in children under 6 years to total children under 6 years                        | 2.5       | 3.47      | 1.3       | 0.98      | 5.27       |           |
| 18        | Percentage of underweight children under 6 years                                                                                 | 2.5       | 3.76      | 7.45      | 4.82      | 6.75       |           |
| 19        | Proportion of Anganwadis with own buildings                                                                                      | 41.32     | 41.32     | 41.18     | 41.18     | 40.79      | 43.66     |
| 20        | Proportion of functional FRUs (First Referral Units) against the norm of 1 per 500,000 population (1 per 300,000 in hilly areas) | 100       | 100       | 100       | 100       | 100        | 90        |
| 21        | Proportion of specialist services available in district hospitals against IPHS norms                                             | 100       | 100       | 88.57     | 94.29     | 100        | 100       |
| 22        | Proportion of sub- centres/PHCs converted into Health &Wellness Centres (HWCs)                                                   | 100       | 86.78     | 100       | 100       | 0          | 100       |
| 23        | Sex Ratio at birth                                                                                                               | 896       | 916       | 973       | 981       | 949.26 804 | 916       |
| 24        | TB treatment success rate among notified TB patients (public and private)                                                        | 92.78     | 95.95     | 89.92     | 100       | 72.58      | 93.68     |
| 25        | Tuberculosis (TB) case notification rate (Public and Private Institutions) as against estimated cases                            | 73.43     | 88.62     | 84.18     | 97.39     | 89.62      | 96.1      |
| Education | Education                                                                                                                        | Education | Education | Education | Education | Education  | Education |

| 26                           | Percentage of elementary schools complying with RTE specified Pupil Teacher Ratio                 | 88.72                        | 100                          | 100                          | 100                          | 96.53                        | 100                          |
|------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
| 27                           | Percentage of schools providing textbooks to children within 1 month of start of academic session | NA                           | 100                          | NA                           | 100                          | 100                          |                              |
| 28                           | Percentage of schools with functional drinking water facility                                     | 95.9                         | 99.9                         | 100                          | 100                          | 81.3                         | 100                          |
| 29                           | Percentage of schools with functional electricity facility at secondary level                     | 95.9                         | 100                          | 100                          | 100                          | 100                          | 100                          |
| 30                           | Toilet access: percentage schools with functional girls' toilets                                  | 95.23                        | 97.04                        | 98.35                        | 96.14                        | 98.57                        | 99.76                        |
| 31                           | Transition rate from primary to upper primary school level                                        | NA                           | 97.41                        | NA                           | 96.57                        | 100                          |                              |
| 32                           | Transition rate from upper primary to secondary school level                                      | NA                           | 97.19                        | NA                           | 98.23                        | 98.34                        |                              |
| Agriculture &Water Resources | Agriculture &Water Resources                                                                      | Agriculture &Water Resources | Agriculture &Water Resources | Agriculture &Water Resources | Agriculture &Water Resources | Agriculture &Water Resources | Agriculture &Water Resources |
| 33                           | Agricultural productivity of Major Crop1 in Kharif                                                | NA                           | 3600                         | NA                           | 5295                         | 4012                         |                              |
| 34                           | Agricultural productivity of Major Crop1 in Rabi                                                  | NA                           | 250                          | NA                           | 7613                         | 4403                         |                              |
| 35                           | Agricultural productivity of Major Crop2 in Kharif                                                | NA                           | 700                          | NA                           | 1515                         | 1496                         |                              |
| 36                           | Agricultural productivity of Major Crop2 in Rabi                                                  | NA                           | 600                          | NA                           | 650                          | 735                          |                              |
| 37                           | Artificial insemination coverage                                                                  | 60.78                        | 64.46                        | 90.07                        | 123.93                       | 83.72                        | 41.13                        |
| 38                           | Certified quality seed distribution                                                               |                              | 0                            |                              | 26441                        | 110351 .37                   |                              |

|   39 | Crop Insurance - Kharif: Percentage of net sown area under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY)                                                  | NA    |   80.12 | NA    | 95.54   | 40.6   |        |
|------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------|---------|-------|---------|--------|--------|
|   40 | Crop Insurance - Rabi: Percentage of net sown area in Rabi under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY)                                            | NA    |   73.83 | NA    | 53.04   | 69.24  |        |
|   41 | No. of water bodies rejuvenated under MGNREGA during this period                                                                                     | 40    |   40    | NA    |         | 4976   |        |
|   42 | Number of Mandis in the District linked to Electronic Market                                                                                         | 0     |    0    | 0     | 0       | 1      | 1      |
|   43 | Number of Soil Health Cards distributed                                                                                                              | 0     |    0    | 4680  | 110     | 83412  | 5870   |
|   44 | Paddy (Common): Percentage change in Price Realization (defined as the difference between Farm Harvest Price (FHP) and Minimum Support Price (MSP))) | 0     |    0    | 1.37  | 1.37    | 6.45   |        |
|   45 | Paddy (Grade A): Percentage change in Price Realization (defined as the difference between Farm Harvest Price (FHP) and Minimum Support Price (MSP)) | 0     |    0    | 1.82  | 1.82    | 16.35  |        |
|   46 | Percentage increase in agricultural credit                                                                                                           | 89.22 |  -46.01 | 1.36  | 30.85   | NA     |        |
|   47 | Percentage of animals vaccinated                                                                                                                     | 100   |   84.98 | 100   | 136.07  | 100    | 141.67 |
|   48 | Percentage of area under micro-irrigation                                                                                                            | 0     |    0.2  | 69.34 | 74.23   | 41.59  | 62.79  |
|   49 | Percentage share of high value crops to total sown area in district                                                                                  | NA    |   47.98 | NA    | 97.56   | 30.14  |        |

| 50   | Wheat: Percentage change in Price Realization (defined as the difference between Farm Harvest Price (FHP) and Minimum Support Price (MSP))   | 0                                      | 0                                      | NA                                     |                                        | -13.64                                 |                                        |
|------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|      | Financial Inclusion &Skill Development                                                                                                       | Financial Inclusion &Skill Development | Financial Inclusion &Skill Development | Financial Inclusion &Skill Development | Financial Inclusion &Skill Development | Financial Inclusion &Skill Development | Financial Inclusion &Skill Development |
| 51   | Atal Pension Yojana (APY): number of beneficiaries per 1 lakh population                                                                     | 4459                                   | 3830.58 2                              | 3179                                   | 6186.9 151                             | 792                                    | 9076.904 4                             |
| 52   | No. of people certified under Recognition of Prior Learning to non-formally skilled workforce                                                | 0                                      |                                        | 0                                      |                                        | NA                                     |                                        |
| 53   | Number of accounts opened under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana per 1 Lakh population                                                         | 5108                                   | 38529.5 24                             | 28598                                  | 30111. 959                             | 13309                                  | 25841.33 9                             |
| 54   | Number of apprenticeships completing to total number of trainees registered on the portal                                                    | 0.323                                  | 19.458                                 | 0.166                                  | 6.427                                  | NA                                     | 33.333                                 |
| 55   | Percentage certified trained: differently abled                                                                                              | 0                                      |                                        | 0                                      |                                        | 1.39                                   | 0                                      |
| 56   | Percentage certified trained: minorities                                                                                                     | 82.291                                 |                                        | 0                                      |                                        | 3.67                                   | 16.667                                 |
| 57   | Percentage certified trained: OBC                                                                                                            | 82.291                                 |                                        | 35.294                                 |                                        | 48.62                                  | 50                                     |
| 58   | Percentage certified trained: SC                                                                                                             | 6.25                                   |                                        | 19.44                                  |                                        | 20.18                                  | 33.333                                 |
| 59   | Percentage certified trained: ST                                                                                                             | 3.125                                  |                                        | 0                                      |                                        | 0.92                                   | 0                                      |
| 60   | Percentage certified trained: women                                                                                                          | 45.833                                 |                                        | 4.545                                  |                                        | 100                                    | 66.667                                 |
| 61   | Percentage of accounts seeded with Aadhaar to total bank accounts                                                                            | 96.5                                   | 90.5                                   | 99.12                                  | 94.1                                   | 91.2                                   | 94.7                                   |

|   62 | Percentage of certified youth employed# to no. of youth trained under short term or long term training                                        |         0 | 19.737     |          0 | 4.622      |         0 | 3.18       |
|------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|------------|------------|------------|-----------|------------|
|   63 | Percentage of youth certified in short term or long term training schemes to no. of youth in district in age group 15-29*                     |     0.005 | 0          |      0     | 0          |     0.02  | 0.001      |
|   64 | Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY): number of enrolments per 1 lakh population                                                  | 21073     | 12924      | 320430     | 21773      |  2161     | 71015      |
|   65 | Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY): number of enrolments per 1 lakh population                                                       | 44225     | 22016      |  48373     | 38505      | 23843     | 137466     |
|   66 | Total disbursement of Mudra loan (in Crore rupees) per 1 lakh population                                                                      |     2.151 | 1.70687 83 |      0.322 | 5.7276 244 |    17.489 | 11.73556 5 |
|   67 | Cumulative number of kilometres of all-weather road work completed as a percentage of total sanctioned kilometres in the district under PMGSY |    70.78  | 4.11       |      0     | 52.16      |   100     |            |
|   68 | Percentage coverage of establishment of Common Service Centres at Gram Panchayat level                                                        |    81.86  | 81.86      |     70.95  |            |    21.9   |            |
|   69 | Percentage of gram panchayats with internet connection                                                                                        |    81.86  | 81.86      |     44.35  |            |     1.14  |            |
|   70 | Percentage of habitations with access to all weather roads under PMGSY                                                                        |    95.42  | 5.26       |      0     | 107.14     |   100     |            |

| 71   | Percentage of pucca houses constructed for households that are shelterless or have one room with kuchha wall and roof or have 2 rooms with kuchha wall and roof   | 3.43   | 7.27   | 100   | 12.27   | 75.89   |
|------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|--------|-------|---------|---------|

*  Alluri  Sitaramaraju  District  was  carved  out  of  the  erstwhile  Aspirational  District  of Visakhapatnam,  and  Parvathipuram  Manyam  District  was  carved  out  of  the  erstwhile Aspirational  District  of  Vizianagaram  on  January  25,  2022.  Both  Alluri  Sitaramaraju District  and  Parvathipuram  Manyam  District  are  now  part  of  the  Aspirational  Districts Programme replacing Visakhapatnam and Vizianagaram.

## ANNEXURE II

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  2545  FOR  11.12.2024 BY SHRI BASTIPATI NAGARAJU REGARDING ASPIRATIONAL DISTRICTS OF ANDHRA PRADESH

## Details of total funds sanctioned and utilized over the last three years (2021-22, 202223, and 2023-24) for the aspirational districts of Andhra Pradesh

| S.No.       | District              | Amount Sanctioned (in INR Cr) FY 21-22   | Amount Sanctioned (in INR Cr) FY 22-23   | Amount Sanctioned (in INR Cr) FY 23-24   |   Total Sanctioned Amount (in INR Cr) |   Amount Utilized (in INR Cr) |
|-------------|-----------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| 1           | Alluri Sitharama Raju | -                                        | 2.00                                     | 8.14                                     |                                10.14  |                          0.38 |
| 2           | Parvathipuram Manyam  | -                                        | 2.00                                     | 3.00                                     |                                 5     |                          1.6  |
| 3           | Y.S.R. Kadapa         | 0.012                                    | 3.00                                     | 3.00                                     |                                 6.012 |                          0    |
| 4           | Vizianagaram*         | 5.01                                     | -                                        | -                                        |                                 5.01  |                          4.74 |
| 5           | Visakhapatnam*        | 0.012                                    | -                                        | -                                        |                                 0.012 |                          0    |
| Grand total | Grand total           | 5.034                                    | 7.00                                     | 14.14                                    |                                26.174 |                          6.72 |

* Andhra Pradesh has three (3) Aspirational Districts namely Y.S.R Kadapa, Alluri Sitaramaraju and  Parvathipuram  Manyam.  Alluri  Sitaramaraju  District  was  carved  out  of  the  erstwhile Aspirational District of Visakhapatnam, and Parvathipuram Manyam District was carved out of the erstwhile Aspirational District of Vizianagaram  on  January  25, 2022. Both  Alluri Sitaramaraju  District  and  Parvathipuram  Manyam  District  are  now  part  of  the  Aspirational Districts Programme replacing Visakhapatnam and Vizianagaram.

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