Union Minister of State(independent charge)Science and Technology; Minister of State (independent charge) Earth Science; MoS PMO, Employees, Public Complaints, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, DrJitendra Singh said, the concept of the Aspirational District is based on set goals and the Aspirational District Program (ADP) is scientifically designed with experiments based on specific key indices.Similarly, 112 regions were identified throughout the country with a special focus on transformation.
Drs. Jitendra Singh said, the Aspirational Districts initiative launched by the Prime Minister four years ago aims to articulate sustainable development goals, leading to national development. This was stated by the Minister, while reviewing the progress of the work being done in the Stamarhi district of Bihar last night under the Aspirational District Program (ADP). Sitamarhi is one of the 13 Aspirational districts in Bihar.
DrJitendra Singh said the ADP has emerged as a shining example of competition and cooperation, in which Districts are encouraged and encouraged to first hold the best districts in their province, and then aspire to be one of the best in the country. competition and learning from others. He informed that the broad contours of the program are in Convergence (of Central & State Schemes), Cooperation (Central, State level ‘Prabhari’ Officers & District Collectors), and Competition between regions at the delta level on a monthly basis; it is all driven by the movement of many people.
Regarding the work done in Sitamarhi, Bihar under the ADP, DrJitendra Singh commented with satisfaction that he has made great strides in all the various socio-economic indicators and the district is one of the leading Government employees under the Education Program. In education, the district has tried to improve the ‘student and teacher ratio in primary schools’ from 16% to 35% over the past 4 years, indicating an improvement in governance and skills development. Sitamarhi is also approaching the implementation of the school infrastructure guidelines and has embarked on new and innovative processes such as the establishment of Modern Libraries, initiating a wholehearted participation of students, teachers and parents, which may be extended to other districts.
DrJitendra Singh was given a detailed presentation by District Magistrate Sunil Kumar Yadav and briefed him on the progress made on key indicators related to the health of pregnant women and the nutrition of children dealing with problems such as MMR and IMR. The district has shown good progress in indicators such as ‘percentage of institutional delivery’ ‘percentage of fully vaccinated children,‘ percentage of underweight children under 6 years of age. The Minister directed the relevant officials to work diligently to be at the top of the agenda.
The Regional Magistrate announced that based on the excellent work done by ‘Agriculture and Water Resources’ through the ADP indicators, Sitamarhi was awarded 5 projects valued at 302.69 lakh on 22 March 2022 including the Establishment of Mushroom Spawn Production and Establishment of Commitment . Farm Mechanical Center for the purpose of making Agricultural machinery in Sitamarhi.
Addressing the Prime Minister’s special focus on investment, DrJitendra Singh has instructed officials to work hard and strive to fill the void in terms of ‘Jan Dhan’ open account numbers ‘and in Health namely’ Percentage of children fully vaccinated (9- 11 months). The region also needs to improve the quality of reported data in management, added the Minister. It is noteworthy that the Institute instructed the Union Ministers to visit the interested regions to receive a formal examination of the basics of the program. Launched by the Prime Minister in January 2018, the ADP aims to quickly and effectively transform underdeveloped regions across the country. The broader framework of the program includes Integration, Collaboration and Competition between regions through monthly delta planning, all driven by mass mobility.
As the provinces are the main drivers, the program focuses on the strength of each region, identifies low-hanging fruits for rapid development and measures progress by ranking districts on a monthly basis. The standard is based on the growing progress made across all 49 Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) under 5 broad socio-economic themes – Health and Food Health, Education, Agriculture and Water Resources, Investment and Skills Development and Infrastructure Development. The delta level of the Aspirational Districts and the performance of all regions are available in the Conqueror Conquest Dashboard.
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