Improvement In Aspirational Districts Around Health And Nutrition
The Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Dr Bharati Pravin Pawar stated in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha that Aspirational Districts in general have shown improvement with respect to the Health and Nutrition indicators.
NITI Aayog implements the Aspirational District (AD) Programme for improvement of socio-economic indicators in the selected districts.
Every month, districts are assessed on the basis of monthly progress and the best performing Districts in overall terms and in each of the five sectors identified. The first and second rankers in overall terms are awarded Rs 10 crore and Rs 5 crore respectively.
The first ranker from each of the five sectors taken up in ADs including health and nutrition sector is awarded Rs 3 crore each. Health and Nutrition is assigned major weightage of 30 per cent in selection of Aspirational Districts in the country.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) supports all States/UTs in implementation of various schemes/initiatives for improvement of healthcare facilities under National Health Mission (NHM) based on the Annual Program Implementation Plan (APIP) submitted by States/ UTs.
As informed by the NITI Ayog, the main strategy of the AD program is based on convergence of existing schemes, which have their own funding arrangement. In order to foster competitive spirit and for addressing the critical gaps, additional allocation via challenge route is provided by NITI Aayog.
