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Jan'18 |
Andhra PradeshGovernment signed MoU with NITI Aayog to create an online dashboard for the 115 most backward districts of India, under Transformation of Most Aspirational Districts Scheme. |
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Jan'18 |
West Bengal, Kerala and Odisha opted out of Central Government’s Transformation of Aspirational Districts scheme. With exit of 3 states, total districts under this scheme is now reduced to 102. These states objected that criteria for identifying backward districts was fixed without taking respective State Governments into confidence. |
- Central government launched Transformation of Aspirational Districts scheme in Jan 2018, aimed at rapid development of 115 most backward districts across several states.
- Aspirational districts refer to selected 115 backward districts that are lagging on specific development parameters. Central Government undertook a major policy initiative for rapid transformation of these districts.
- Central Government has undertaken a major policy initiative for rapid transformation of these districts and senior government officials have been assigned responsibility to coordinate the efforts of the Centre and states in facilitating development in such districts.
- Transformation of Aspirational Districts’ conference was held in New Delhi in rcently, in which NITI Aayog said it will come out with a ranking of 115 aspirational districts by April 2018.