NITI aayog rankings

Why is it in news?
  • NITI aayogs second ‘delta’ ranking of aspirational
  • The government think tank released the second ‘delta’ ranking of these districts that measures the incremental progress made by them across areas such as health and nutrition, education, agriculture and water resources, financial inclusion, skill development, and basic infrastructure.
What are trends?
  • Virudhnagar most developed:
    1. Tamil Nadu’s Virudhunagar showed the most improvement, between June and October, among the country’s 111 most underdeveloped districts.
    2. while Jharkhand’s Pakur reflected the least improvement
  • Virudhunagar is followed by Nuapada in Odisha, Siddharthnagar in Uttar Pradesh, Aurangabad in Bihar.
  • Fast developing:
    1. Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district ranked at the top of the list for ‘fast movers’ for showing great initiative and displaying a qualitative jump in scores between June and October 2018.
    2. In the first delta ranking, Kupwara had topped the list for ‘least improved aspirational districts’.
About survey
  • The ranking factors in validated data from Household Surveys conducted by NITI Aayog’s knowledge partners, namely, TATA Trusts and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (IDInsight)
  • The delta ranking is computed in a transparent manner for combined improvements made between June and October.
  • The Aspirational Districts Programme was initiated in January 2018 with the aim of improving the socio-economic status of 112 districts through cooperative and competitive federalism.
  • Wayanad (Kerala) is not part of the ranking as household survey data was unavailable.
Source
The Hindu
Posted by Jawwad Kazi on 28th Dec 2018
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