Question: consider the following statements:
i) United Nation Development Programme (UNDP) has lauded Indian government’s Aspirational Districts Progaramme (ADP) and has recommended it as a “best practice” for other countries where regional disparities in development status persist for many reasons.
ii) ADP was launched by government of India in January 2018.
Which of the above statements are correct?
a) only i
b) only ii
c) both i and ii
d) none
Ans: c
Context
- On 11th June 2021 , a report Aspirational Districts Programme: An Appraisal, was presented by UNDP India Resident Representative Shoko Noda to NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar and CEO Amitabh Kant.
Facts
- Report is appraisal of India’s Aspirational District Programme which was launched in 2018.
- Through the report The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has lauded the Indian government’s Aspirational Districts Programme (ADP), saying that it should serve as a “best practice” for other countries where regional disparities in development status persist for many reasons.
- As per the report UNDP has lauded, ADP as a very successful model of local area development which is aligned to the principle of “leave no one behind” – the vital core of the SDGs.”
- Report has analysed 5 key sectors of the ADP—health and nutrition; education; agriculture and water resources; basic infrastructure; and skill development and financial inclusion and has found that the programme has acted as a catalyst for expediting development in these districts.
About Aspirational District Programme
- It was launched by the Hon’ble PM in January 2018, the ‘Transformation of Aspirational Districts’ programme aims to quickly and effectively transform selected districts which lag behind in various development parametes.
- The broad contours of the programme are Convergence (of Central & State Schemes), Collaboration (of Central, State level ‘Prabhari’ Officers & District Collectors), and Competition among districts driven by a mass Movement.
By kameshwar shukla