The Dahod of Gujarat on the ranking of the Niti Aayog Delta

The Dahod district of Gujarat surpbaded the first Delta rankings released today by NITI Aayog who capture progressive improvements of ambitious districts on health

Other districts that showed marked improvement over five developmental parameters in the months of April and May 2018 are Sikkim West (Sikkim), Ramanathapuram (Tamil Nadu) , Vizianagaram (Andhra Pradesh), YSR Kadapa district (Andhra Pradesh)

While among the worst districts are Kupwara (Jammu and Kashmir), Begusarai (Bihar), Ranchi (Jharkhand), Simdega (Jharkhand), Khagadia ( Bihar), said today the CEO of NITI Aayog Amitabh Kant while publishing the first Delta ranking (progressive progress) for ambitious districts.

The Transformation of Aspirational District program was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi this year. It aims to transform quickly and effectively some of the most underdeveloped districts of the country

M. Kant said that out of 115 ambitious districts, only 108 participated in the first Delta rankings.

While 3 districts of West Bengal Odisha and Kerala sent their registrations late and so they could not be included in the ranking exercise.

The first NITI Aayog Delta ranking (incremental progression) for the Aspiratory Districts was based on self-reported district data between March 31, 2018 and May 31, 2018, in five development domains: health and nutrition, education, agriculture and water resources, financial inclusion and skills development and basic infrastructure.

Asifabad, Telangana District, ranked 100 The basic ranking published in March of this year, has made significant improvements in the last two months and was 15 in the Delta rankings.

After several rounds of consultations Various stakeholders, 49 key performance indicators were chosen to measure district progress.

Districts are encouraged and encouraged to first catch up with the best district of their state, and then aspire to become one of the best in the country, competing with others and learning from others in the spirit of competitive and cooperative federalism