The NITI Aayog has declared holy city of Haridwar in Uttarakhand as the best aspirational district on five parameters , thereby providing an additional allocation of three crore rupees.
Key highlights
- The district has secured first rank in basic infrastructure theme and has become entitled to receive additional allocation of ₹3 crore.
- As per the aspirational districts scheme norms, the districts are supposed to prepare a plan of action in consultation with the state and central Prabhari Officers and send the same to NITI Aayog for final approval of the Empowered Committee of Secretaries constituted for the programme.
- Haridwar district has been allocated to union commerce and industries minister Piyush Goyal who has been taking active interest in making it the No.1 aspirational district.
About Aspirational Districts programme
- Launched by the PM in January 2018, the Aspirational Districts programme aims to quickly and effectively transform 117 most under-developed districts across the country.
- The broad contours of the programme are Convergence (of Central & State Schemes), Collaboration (of Central, State level ‘Prabhari’ Officers & District Collectors), and Competition among districts through monthly delta ranking; all driven by a mass movement.
- With States as the main drivers, this program focuses on the strength of each district, identifying low-hanging fruits for immediate improvement and measuring progress by ranking districts on a monthly basis.
- The ranking is based on the incremental progress made across 49 Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) under 5 broad socio-economic themes – Health & Nutrition, Education, Agriculture & Water Resources, Financial Inclusion & Skill Development and Infrastructure.
- The delta-ranking of Aspirational Districts and the performance of all districts is available on the Champions of Change Dashboard.
