Varanasi: Chandauli district, the parliamentary constituency of union minister Mahendra Nath Pandey, in Uttar Pradesh has scored top position in the list of aspirational districts ranked by the government think tank Niti Aayog in December, 2019. Two others among the top three are Belangir in Odisha and YSR in Andhra Pradesh at the second and third positions, respectively.
The NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India), a policy think tank of the Government of India (GoI), released the ranking of Aspirational Districts of the country for the on January 29.
The ranking is based on the progress made in five development areas in 112 aspirational districts across India in December 2019. The rankings focus on progress in Health and nutrition, education, agriculture and water resources, financial inclusion& skill development and Basic infrastructure.
The Aspirational District Program was launched in January 2018. Aspirational districts are ranked every month. This includes districts with relatively little progress in important social sectors.
