Our Correspondent / NEW DELHI
NITI Aayog today launched the first Delta ranking, incremental progress, for the Aspirational Districts of India. The ranking is based on self-reported data of districts between March 31 to May 31, 2018, across five developmental areas of Health and Nutrition, Education, Agriculture and Water Resources, Financial Inclusion and Skill Development and Basic Infrastructure.
Launching it in New Delhi, NITI Aayog, CEO Amitabh Kant highlighted the keen interest displayed by the districts to provide real-time data points. He said the purpose of this ranking is to spur a sense of competition among the dynamic teams in the districts.
He also said, since these districts face many challenges including legacy, unexploited or weak resource base, deficit of manpower at different levels due to difficult living conditions.
The CEO added that the ranking is also a tool to identify sectors and indicator specific challenges so that Team India can take immediate corrective measures.
According to ranking, Dahod district of Gujarat improved 19.8 points to rank first. West Sikkim district in Sikkim stood second with 18.9 points, a huge improvement from being in the 30th position in Baseline ranking. Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh also made significant strides by improving 14.7 points and ranked 6th position in Delta ranking from 45th position in Baseline ranking.
Asifabad district of Telangana, which was ranked 100 in Baseline ranking released in March this year, has made significant improvements in past two months and stood at 15 in Delta ranking.
