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Backward districts

2018

Indian districts that are backward in terms of health, education, agriculture, finances and basic infrastructure: 2018
From: March 9, 2018: The Times of India

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Indian districts that are backward in terms of health, education, agriculture, finances and basic infrastructure: 2018

Niti Aayog rankings

Mewat is most-backward district; Vizianagaram tops

Mahendra Singh, Part of NCR, Mewat is most-backward district, March 29, 2018: The Times of India

Base-line ranking of 101 aspirational (Backward) districts
From: Mahendra Singh, Part of NCR, Mewat is most-backward district, March 29, 2018: The Times of India

Andhra District Tops Ranking By Niti Aayog

Mewat, Gurgaon’s immediate neighbour in Haryana and just a couple of hours’ drive from Delhi, is India’s most backward district, finishing bottom of a Niti Aayog ranking.

The Aayog released the baseline ranking based on 49 indicators across five sectors that included health and nutrition (30% weightage), education (30%), agriculture and water resources (20%), financial inclusion and skill development (10%), and basic infrastructure (10%).

A few more — around 10 from Odisha, four from West Bengal and one from Kerala — will be added to the list, taking the total to 116. The 35 worst Maoist-affected districts are included in the list.

As part of its “naming and shaming” strategy, the government thinktank will come out with a delta ranking of these districts every month from May 2018 based on their “incremental progress” to be monitored on a real-time basis. The dashboard developed for realtime data collection and monitoring will be open for public from April 1 and will help monitor the progress of these districts.

Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said, “People will know which districts are performing well and which are lagging behind.”

Kant said unless these backward districts improve, India cannot progress at high growth rates. He said, With an eye on the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had launched the ‘Transformation of Aspirational Districts’ programme in January to transform some of the most underdeveloped districts of the country. Rejecting apprehensions about availability of funds, the Niti Aayog CEO said financing is not the problem and backwardness of these districts can be attributed to governance failure.

Andhra Pradesh

March 29, 2018: The Indian Express

Rankings sector-wise, Andhra Pradesh- Vizianagaram, Kadapa and Vizag (NITI Aayog)
From: March 29, 2018: The Indian Express

Vizianagaram tops among the 115 most backward districts in the country in the baseline survey conducted by Niti Aayog on the transformation of inspirational districts. The district is at the top with 48.13 percent, followed by Rajnandgaon district of Chhattisgarh with 47.96 percent and Usmanabadh of Maharashtra with 47.43 percent.

Kadapa district ranked 4th with 47.43 percent and Visakhapatnam 13th with 42.66 percent among 115 districts. A baseline survey was conducted in 680 districts from across the country in November last year with the available data from the government.

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The survey was conducted on education, health, skill development, industries, agriculture, development of basic amenities and other financial related sectors.

The survey identified 115 most backward districts in the country. “In the composite rankings, Vizianagaram secured top position among all the 115 backward districts in the country and bagged the top rank in the agriculture sector in sector-wise rankings in the baseline survey conducted by Niti Aayog,” District Collector Vivek Yadav said.

He further said efforts are being made by the government and district administration to bring Vizianagaram on par with developed districts in the country in all parameters including health and education. In a bid to develop the identified backward districts by 2020 on all fronts, the Centre deputed a Joint Secretary-level officer to each district as special officers and SMSE joint secretary Anil Kumar was appointed special officer of Vizianagaram district.

On the other hand, NITI Aayog, as part of monitoring the developments started giving ranks by conducting a baseline survey on the transformation of inspiration. When it released the ranks for the first time, Vizianagaram stood 42 and today it topped the chart.

Leader among lagards

3 - Number of Aspirational

Districts in State:

Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam and Kadapa

1 - Overall ranking of Vizianagaram in the country

4 - Overall ranking of Kadapa district in the country

13 - Overall ranking of Visakhapatnam in the country.