Lok Sabha Question No. 397 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-11-27
Subject: Aspirational Districts
Ministry: PLANNING
Asked by: Shri G Kumar Naik

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PLANNING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 397

TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.11.2024

## ASPIRATIONAL DISTRICTS

| 397   | SHRIG KUMAR NAIK:                                                                                                                                                 |
|-------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| (a)   | the number of Aspirational Districts identified in each State under the Aspirational Districts Programme;                                                         |
| (b)   | the details of total funds allocated, released and utilized by each State under the said programme till date;                                                     |
| (c)   | whether State-specific variations in fund allocation and release have occurred and if so, the reasons therefor;                                                   |
| (d)   | the progress and performance of Karnataka's Aspirational Districts during the last five years, based on socio-economic and development indicators, District-wise; |
| (e)   | whether the Government has conducted any research or assessments on the program's implementation and its impact and if so, the findings thereof;                  |
| (f)   | whether the Government plans to revise or introduce new indicators for assessing and identifying Aspirational Districts and if so, the details thereof; and       |
| (g)   | whether there is any plan to expand the number of Aspirational Districts and 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) The  number  of  Aspirational  Districts  identified  in  each  State  under  Aspirational Districts Programme is provided as Annexure 1.
- (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. The details of funds allocated, sanctioned and

utilized by each State under the Aspirational Districts Programme till date is provided as Annexure 2.

- (c) There  are  State-specific  variations  in  the  funds  allocated  under  the  Aspirational Districts  Programme.  This  is  because  funding  under  the  programme  is  based  on  the delta ranking method, which rewards districts for their monthly progress in the 49 Key Performance Indicators under the programme. The first and second overall rankers are awarded  ₹10  crores  and  ₹5  crores,  respectively,  while  the  top-performing  district  in each of the five sectors receives ₹3 crores. In total, ₹30 crores is awarded monthly to the  best-performing  districts,  irrespective  of  their  states.  Therefore,  the  total  funds allocated to each state depend on the number of Aspirational Districts in that state and the consistency of performance achieved by those districts.
- (d) The Aspirational Districts Programme monitors the progress of Aspirational Districts on the basis of 49 Key Performance Indicators across sectors such as health, nutrition, education, agriculture, water resources, financial inclusion, skill development and basic infrastructure.  The  performance  of  Aspirational  Districts  of  Karnataka  in  critical indicators is provided as Annexure 3. Detailed information regarding the performance of all Aspirational Districts is available on the Champions  of Change  Portal (http://championsofchange.gov.in/site/coc-home/), which is in the public domain.
- (e) There  have  been  independent  assessments  of  the  functioning  and  impact  of  the Aspirational Districts Programme (ADP).
- a. UNDP made a comprehensive appraisal of this programme
- b. Institute  for  Competitiveness Assessment (a team of expert led by Prof. Michael Porter of Harvard Business school) made a detailed assessment of the programme

The UNDP report titled 'Aspirational Districts Programme: An Appraisal,' submitted in  December  2020,  confirmed  that  significant  progress  has  been  made  in  various aspects  such  as  sector-wise  growth,  better  governance  through  convergence,  and accelerated development through competitive federalism. This progress has been driven by  factors  including  strong  leadership,  real-time  monitoring,  data-driven  decisionmaking, and capacity building.

Additionally, the Institute for Competitiveness highlighted that nearly all districts in the ADP  have  shown  improvement  on  key  development  parameters  compared  to  the baseline,  with  the  programme  successfully  advancing  social  impact  and  justice  by targeting the benefits towards the most disadvantaged areas. The delta ranking system has  played  a  crucial  role  in  fostering  a  competitive  and  dynamic  culture,  which  has motivated  several  low-performing  districts  to  enhance  their  standings  over  the  past three years.

- (f) & (g) Presently There are no plans to revise or introduce new indicators for assessing and identifying Aspirational Districts or to expand the number of Aspirational Districts.

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  397  FOR  27.11.2024  BY  SHRI  G  KUMAR  NAIK REGARDING ASPIRATIONAL DISTRICTS

State Wise Distribution of Aspirational Districts

|   S No | State             |   No of Aspirational Districts |
|--------|-------------------|--------------------------------|
|      1 | Andhra Pradesh    |                              3 |
|      2 | Arunachal Pradesh |                              1 |
|      3 | Assam             |                              7 |
|      4 | Bihar             |                             13 |
|      5 | Chhattisgarh      |                             10 |
|      6 | Gujarat           |                              2 |
|      7 | Haryana           |                              1 |
|      8 | Himachal Pradesh  |                              1 |
|      9 | Jammu &Kashmir    |                              2 |
|     10 | Jharkhand         |                             19 |
|     11 | Karnataka         |                              2 |
|     12 | Kerala            |                              1 |
|     13 | Madhya Pradesh    |                              8 |
|     14 | Maharashtra       |                              4 |
|     15 | Manipur           |                              1 |
|     16 | Meghalaya         |                              1 |
|     17 | Mizoram           |                              1 |
|     18 | Nagaland          |                              1 |
|     19 | Odisha            |                             10 |
|     20 | Punjab            |                              2 |
|     21 | Rajasthan         |                              5 |
|     22 | Sikkim            |                              1 |
|     23 | Tamil Nadu        |                              2 |
|     24 | Telangana         |                              3 |

| 25.   | Tripura       |   1 |
|-------|---------------|-----|
| 26.   | Uttar Pradesh |   8 |
| 27.   | Uttarakhand   |   2 |
| Total | Total         | 112 |

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  397  FOR  27.11.2024  BY  SHRI  G  KUMAR  NAIK REGARDING ASPIRATIONAL DISTRICTS

## Details of funds allocated, sanctioned and utilized by each State under the Aspirational Districts Programme till date (FY 2018-2019 to FY 2024-25)

| State             |   Amount Allocated (Awarded) (In INR Crore) |   Amount Sanctioned (In INR Crore) |   Amount Utilized (In INR Crore) |
|-------------------|---------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh    |                                       38.19 |                              34.25 |                            12.79 |
| Arunachal Pradesh |                                       20.06 |                              20.06 |                            15.61 |
| Assam             |                                      142.83 |                             122.06 |                            79.93 |
| Bihar             |                                      241.26 |                             187.17 |                            67.75 |
| Chhattisgarh      |                                      127.62 |                             114.12 |                            74.61 |
| Gujarat           |                                       28.32 |                              22.26 |                            11.7  |
| Haryana           |                                       33.26 |                              18.26 |                             3.13 |
| Himachal Pradesh  |                                       17.06 |                              14.06 |                            10.67 |
| Jammu &Kashmir    |                                       31.12 |                              27.97 |                            14.74 |
| Jharkhand         |                                      254.59 |                             220.37 |                           102.19 |
| Karnataka         |                                       38.51 |                              28.51 |                            15.87 |
| Kerala            |                                       19.06 |                              18.06 |                             7.79 |
| Madhya Pradesh    |                                      107.01 |                              93.5  |                            56.85 |
| Maharashtra       |                                       86.88 |                              78.88 |                            56.62 |
| Manipur           |                                       23.26 |                              20.26 |                            15.3  |
| Meghalaya         |                                       18.06 |                              16.06 |                             9.3  |
| Mizoram           |                                       21.06 |                              19.06 |                             2.75 |
| Nagaland          |                                       21.06 |                              10.26 |                            10.18 |
| Odisha            |                                      155.02 |                             126.01 |                            67.29 |
| Punjab            |                                       40.12 |                              37.97 |                            23.08 |
| Rajasthan         |                                       72.36 |                              59.34 |                            27.2  |
| Sikkim            |                                       23.06 |                              14.06 |                            10.95 |
| Tamil Nadu        |                                       37.13 |                              33.13 |                             9.41 |
| Telangana         |                                       39.66 |                              31.66 |                            17.09 |
| Tripura           |                                       30.26 |                              30.26 |                            22.91 |
| Uttar Pradesh     |                                      197.21 |                             173.07 |                            87.83 |
| Uttarakhand       |                                       30.12 |                              29.68 |                            26.76 |
| Total             |                                     1900.56 |                            1600.39 |                           860.31 |

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  397  FOR  27.11.2024  BY  SHRI  G  KUMAR  NAIK REGARDING ASPIRATIONAL DISTRICTS

## Status of Performance of Aspirational Districts of Karnataka

|       |                                                                                                           | Raichur                     | Raichur                    | Yadgir                      | Yadgir                     |
|-------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
| Sl no | Indicators                                                                                                | Baseline Value (March 2018) | Current Value (March 2024) | Baseline Value (March 2018) | Current Value (March 2024) |
|       | Health &Nutrition                                                                                         | Health &Nutrition           | Health &Nutrition          | Health &Nutrition           | Health &Nutrition          |
| 1.    | Percentage of ANC registered within the first trimester against Total ANC Registration                    | 85.37                       | 99.86                      | 76.05                       | 100                        |
| 2.    | Percentage of pregnant women (PWs) registered for ANCs to total estimated pregnancies                     | 100                         | 101.59                     | 100                         | 100                        |
| 3.    | Percentage of pregnant women regularly taking Supplementary Nutrition under the ICDS programme            | 79.45                       | 96.02                      | 71.65                       | 97.2                       |
| 4.    | Percentage of Pregnant women having severe anaemia treated, against PW having severe anaemia tested cases | 71.19                       | 100                        | 72                          | 100                        |
| 5.    | Sex Ratio at birth                                                                                        | 882                         | 990                        | 868                         | 992                        |
| 6.    | Percentage of institutional deliveries to total estimated deliveries                                      | 89.37                       | 100                        | 68.95                       | 99.96                      |

|       |                                                                                                                               | Raichur                     | Raichur                    | Yadgir                      | Yadgir                     |
|-------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
| Sl no | Indicators                                                                                                                    | Baseline Value (March 2018) | Current Value (March 2024) | Baseline Value (March 2018) | Current Value (March 2024) |
| 7.    | Percentage of deliveries at home attended by an SBA (Skilled Birth Attendance) trained health worker to total home deliveries | 100                         | 100                        | 21.43                       | 100                        |
| 8.    | Percentage of newborns breastfed within one hour of birth                                                                     | 100                         | 99.97                      | 79.62                       | 100                        |
| 9.    | Percentage of low birth weight babies (less than 2500g)                                                                       | 9.46                        | 3.91                       | 12.94                       | 1.49                       |
| 10.   | Percentage of live babies weighed at birth                                                                                    | 100                         | 100                        | 76.29                       | 100                        |
| 11.   | Percentage of underweight children under 6 years                                                                              | 32.36                       | 11.83                      | 30.83                       | 11.01                      |
| 12.   | Percentage of Severe Acute Malnourishment (SAM) in children under 6 years to total children under 6 years                     | 0.75                        | 0.1                        | 0.58                        | 0.27                       |
| 13.   | Percentage of Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM) in children under 6 years to total children under 6 years                     | 31.62                       | 11.73                      | 30.25                       | 7.57                       |
| 14.   | Percentage of children fully immunised (9-11 months) (BCG+ DPT3 + OPV3 + Measles1)                                            | 100                         | 102.39                     | 100                         | 100                        |
| 15.   | Tuberculosis (TB) case notification rate (Public and Private Institutions) as against estimated cases                         | 76.86                       | 75.57                      | 64.57                       | 100                        |
| 16.   | TB treatment success rate among notified TB patients (public and private)                                                     | 84.78                       | 83.33                      | 84.03                       | 98.23                      |

|       |                                                                                                                                                                                         | Raichur                         | Raichur                         | Yadgir                          | Yadgir                          |
|-------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| Sl no | Indicators                                                                                                                                                                              | Baseline Value (March 2018)     | Current Value (March 2024)      | Baseline Value (March 2018)     | Current Value (March 2024)      |
| 17.   | 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                             | 33.33                           | 100                             |
| 18.   | Proportion of specialist services available in district hospitals against IPHS norms                                                                                                    | 100                             | 100                             | 42.86                           | 47.62                           |
| 19.   | 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 | 76.79                           | 100                             | 94.66                           | 100                             |
| 20.   | Proportion of Anganwadis with own buildings                                                                                                                                             | 55.86                           | 65.34                           | 67.89                           | 72.01                           |
|       | Education                                                                                                                                                                               | Education                       | Education                       | Education                       | Education                       |
| 21.   | Toilet access: percentage schools with functional girls' toilets                                                                                                                        | 87.82                           | 99.46                           | 95.59                           | 96.23                           |
| 22.   | Percentage of schools with functional drinking water facility                                                                                                                           | 68.21                           | 99.88                           | 98.48                           | 100                             |
| 23.   | Percentage of schools with functional electricity facility at secondary level                                                                                                           | 100                             | 100                             | 90.16                           | 100                             |
| 24.   | Percentage of elementary schools complying with RTE specified Pupil Teacher Ratio                                                                                                       | 90.54                           | 100                             | 66.6                            | 97.09                           |
|       | Agriculture and Water resources                                                                                                                                                         | Agriculture and Water resources | Agriculture and Water resources | Agriculture and Water resources | Agriculture and Water resources |

|       |                                                                                                                                                      | Raichur                                   | Raichur                                   | Yadgir                                    | Yadgir                                    |
|-------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
| Sl no | Indicators                                                                                                                                           | Baseline Value (March 2018)               | Current Value (March 2024)                | Baseline Value (March 2018)               | Current Value (March 2024)                |
| 25.   | Percentage of area under micro- irrigation                                                                                                           | 2.3                                       | 12.8                                      | 2.96                                      | 11.38                                     |
| 26.   | No. of water bodies rejuvenated under MGNREGA during this period                                                                                     | 908                                       | 13735                                     | 49                                        | 7753                                      |
| 27.   | Certified quality seed distribution                                                                                                                  | 47808                                     | 15635                                     | 4263                                      | 2132                                      |
| 28.   | Number of Mandis in the District linked to Electronic Market                                                                                         | 5                                         | 5                                         | 3                                         |                                           |
| 29.   | Paddy (Common): Percentage change in Price Realization (defined as the difference between Farm Harvest Price (FHP) and Minimum Support Price (MSP))) | -9.61                                     | 25.19                                     | -38.39                                    | -1.97                                     |
| 30.   | Paddy (Grade A): Percentage change in Price Realization (defined as the difference between Farm Harvest Price (FHP) and Minimum Support Price (MSP)) | 18.87                                     | 52.61                                     | -27.36                                    | 5.76                                      |
| 31.   | Percentage of animals vaccinated                                                                                                                     | 97.09                                     | 100                                       | 92.41                                     | 100                                       |
| 32.   | Number of Soil Health Cards distributed                                                                                                              | 2400                                      | 13550                                     | 16500                                     | 10793                                     |
|       | Financial Inclusion and Skill Development                                                                                                            | Financial Inclusion and Skill Development | Financial Inclusion and Skill Development | Financial Inclusion and Skill Development | Financial Inclusion and Skill Development |
| 33.   | Total disbursement of Mudra loan (in Crore rupees) per 1 lakh population                                                                             | 21.8093                                   | 41.6832                                   | 21.306                                    | 36.269                                    |
| 34.   | Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY): number of enrolments per 1 lakh population                                                         | 3053                                      | 14889                                     | 1281                                      | 12938                                     |

|       |                                                                                                                                               | Raichur                     | Raichur                    | Yadgir                      | Yadgir                     |
|-------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
| Sl no | Indicators                                                                                                                                    | Baseline Value (March 2018) | Current Value (March 2024) | Baseline Value (March 2018) | Current Value (March 2024) |
| 35.   | Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY): number of enrolments per 1 lakh population                                                       | 5570                        | 27786                      | 2696                        | 25879                      |
| 36.   | Atal Pension Yojana (APY): number of beneficiaries per 1 lakh population                                                                      | 912                         | 5353.04                    | 466                         | 4884.1                     |
| 37.   | Percentage of accounts seeded with Aadhaar to total bank accounts                                                                             | 83.5                        | 93.5                       | 83.4                        | 93.9                       |
| 38.   | Number of accounts opened under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana per 1 Lakh population                                                          | 16010                       | 33333.5                    | 17280                       | 32022                      |
| 39.   | Number of apprenticeships completing to total number of trainees registered on the portal                                                     | 10.98                       | 13.167                     |                             | 1.74                       |
|       | Basic Infrastructure                                                                                                                          | Basic Infrastructure        | Basic Infrastructure       | Basic Infrastructure        | Basic Infrastructure       |
| 40.   | Percentage of gram panchayats with internet connection                                                                                        | 80                          | 100                        | 19.51                       | 79.51                      |
| 41.   | Percentage of habitations with access to all weather roads under PMGSY                                                                        | 89.19                       | 92.8                       | 68.99                       | 100                        |
| 42.   | Cumulative number of kilometres of all-weather road work completed as a percentage of total sanctioned kilometres in the district under PMGSY | 99.16                       | 97.01                      | 99.61                       | 97.75                      |
| 43.   | Percentage coverage of establishment of Common Service Centres at Gram Panchayat level                                                        | 48.33                       | 100                        | 55.28                       | 100                        |

|       |                                                                                                                                                                 | Raichur                     | Raichur                    | Yadgir                      | Yadgir                     |
|-------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
| Sl no | Indicators                                                                                                                                                      | Baseline Value (March 2018) | Current Value (March 2024) | Baseline Value (March 2018) | Current Value (March 2024) |
| 44.   | 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 | 63.71                       | 47.45                      | 1.72                        | 74.84                      |

Note: The data for the Key Performance Indicators under the Aspirational Districts Programme is self-reported by the districts.

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