CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Haridwar city of Uttarakhand has been declared as the best aspirational district by NITI Aayog on the basis of five parameters.

Detailed explanation-2: -The NITI Aayog has declared holy city of Haridwar in Uttarakhand as the best aspirational district on five parameters, thereby providing an additional allocation of three crore rupees.

Detailed explanation-3: -Malkangiri in Odisha tops the list. It is followed by Chhatarpur in Madhya Pradesh and Baramulla in Jammu and Kashmir. Ramgarh in Jharkhand and Begusarai in Bihar also feature in the list.

Detailed explanation-4: -Wayanad has been ranked first in the country in the Aspirational Districts Programme (ADP) of the NITI Aayog. The district made the achievement after its remarkable success in health and nutrition as well as financial inclusion and skill development sectors, District Collector A.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Government of India has launched the ‘Transformation of Aspirational Districts’ initiative in January 2018 with a vision of a New India by 2022 wherein the focus is to improve India’s ranking under the Human Development Index (HDI), raising living standards of its citizens and ensuring inclusive growth of all.