Aspirational Districts Programme: Centre selects three Telangana districts
HYDERABAD: Asifabad, Bhoopalapally and Bhadradri-Kothagudem from the State are among the 112 districts across the country selected by Central Government under the Aspirational Districts Programme. Union Minister of State for Planning Rao Inderjit Singh said while replying to a question by Kaushalendra Kumar in Lok Sabha on Wednesday said the programme was aimed at rapid […]
HYDERABAD: Asifabad, Bhoopalapally and Bhadradri-Kothagudem from the State are among the 112 districts across the country selected by Central Government under the Aspirational Districts Programme.
Union Minister of State for Planning Rao Inderjit Singh said while replying to a question by Kaushalendra Kumar in Lok Sabha on Wednesday said the programme was aimed at rapid transformation of backward districts across different sectors.
These sectors include Health and Nutrition, School Education, Agriculture and Water Resources, Financial Inclusion and Skill Development and Basic Infrastructure. As many as 49 key performance indicators have been selected across these sectors and a district’s performance is monitored on the basis of progress made on these indicators, he said.
The broad strategy of the Aspirational Districts Programme includes Convergence (between Central and State Schemes), Collaboration (between Centre, State, District Administration, Development Partners and Citizens) and Competition (between Districts).
Every month, districts are assessed on the basis of monthly progress and the best performing District in overall terms and in each of the five sectors are identified. The first and second rankers in overall terms are awarded Rs. 10 crores and Rs. 5 crores respectively. The first ranker from each of the five sectors is awarded Rs. 3 crores each, he added.
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