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NITI Aayog Releases Second Delta Ranking of the Aspirational Districts

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..... NITI Aayog Releases Second Delta Ranking of the Aspirational Districts - News and Press Release Dated:- 27-12-2018 - News - Aspirational Districts were ranked on improved performance over the months of June October 2018 Ranking includes, for the first time, validated data from Household Surveys The NITI Aayog today released the Second Delta ranking for the Aspirational Districts whic .....

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..... h measures the incremental progress made by them between June 1, 2018 and October 31, 2018, across six developmental areas of Health and Nutrition, Education, Agriculture and Water Resources, Financial Inclusion, Skill Development, and Basic Infrastructure. The ranking factors in validated data from Household Surveys conducted by NITI Aayog s knowledge partners, namely, TATA Trusts and Bill M .....

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..... elinda Gates Foundation (IDInsight). The Surveys were carried out in all Aspirational Districts during the month of June 2018 covering more than 1,00,000 households. These surveys were used to validate critical data-points and provide inputs for nine further data-points for which district-level data is not readily available at regular intervals. Releasing the Second Delta Ranking, Shri Amitabh .....

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..... Kant, CEO, NITIAayog said, We have constantly endeavoured to ensure transparent, real-time measurement of qualitative development in Aspirational Districts through the use of third-party validated data. This will strengthen the spirit of competitive and cooperative federalism on the foundations of evidence-based policy making. The delta ranking is computed in a transparent manner for combined .....

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..... improvements made during June and October 2018. In the overall ranking, the most improved districts are as follows: Rank District State 1 Virudhunagar Tamil Nadu 2 Nuapada Odisha 3 Siddharthnaga .....

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..... r Uttar Pradesh 4 Aurangabad Bihar 5 Koraput Odisha The Second Delta ranking also details the following districts as Least Improved over the period of June October 2018: Rank District State .....

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..... 107 Kiphire Nagaland 108 Giridih Jharkhand 109 Chatra Jharkhand 110 Hailakandi Assam 111 Pakur Jharkhand The districts which have .....

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..... shown great initiative and displayed a qualitative jump in their scores between June and October 2018, have been dubbed as Fast Movers : District, State June 2018 October 2018 Kupwara, Jammu and Kashmir 108 7 Ranchi, Jharkhand 106 .....

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..... 10 Siddharthnagar, Uttar Pradesh 103 3 Jamui, Bihar 99 9 Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh 82 25 The delta ranking of the Aspirational Districts combines the innovative use of data science with pragmatic administratio .....

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..... n, keeping the district at the locus of inclusive development. This positioning is expected to aid the District Magistrates/Collectors to focus more on these sectors and improve their ranking in future. About Transformation of Aspirational Districts programme Launched by the Prime Minister in January this year, the Transformation of Aspirational Districts programme aims to quickly and .....

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..... effectively transform some of the most underdeveloped districts of 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 driven by a Mass Movement or a Jan Andolan. With States as the main drivers, this program will focus on the strength of .....

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..... each district, identify low-hanging fruits for immediate improvement, measure progress, and rank districts. The Government is committed to raising the living standards of its citizens and ensuring inclusive growth for all SabkaSaath, SabkaVikas. To enable optimum utilization of their potential, this program focuses closely on improving people s ability to participate fully in the burgeonin .....

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..... g economy. Health Nutrition, Education, Agriculture Water Resources, Financial Inclusion Skill Development, and Basic Infrastructure are this programme s core areas of focus. After several rounds of consultations with various stakeholders, 49 key performance indicators have been chosen to measure progress of the districts. Districts are prodded and encouraged to first catch-up with the be .....

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..... st district within their state, and subsequently aspire to become one of the best in the country, by competing with, and learning from others in the spirit of competitive cooperative federalism. - News - Press release - PIB Tax Management India - taxmanagementindia - taxmanagement - taxmanagementindia.com - TMI - TaxTMI - TMITax .....

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