Ferozepur shines among top 10 Aspirational Districts in Delta Rankings across the country

Ferozepur shines among top 10 Aspirational Districts in Delta Rankings across the country

Ferozepur, August 30, 2019: The Ferozepur district has figured among the top ten Aspirataionl Districts in Delta Rankings released for the month of July by getting 8th place.

Aspirational Districts programme was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2018 under its think tank NITI Aayog. The program aims at transforming selected districts to enhance living standards and improving upon ease of living for its inhabitants

This ranking is released after reviewing the work done in the five key areas of the district – health and nutrition, education, agriculture and water resources, financial inclusion and skills development and infrastructure.

Under the Aspirational District, all the districts that have been included in the ranking have been given the Champions of Change while two districts of Punjab, Moga and Ferozepur have been selected as aspirational districts. This program, conducted by the Policy Commission, is ranked on a monthly basis. All of these areas have an independent ranking, which is added to the entire district's ranking after the addition. The composite numbers have also improved during the last one month as the district's composite number was 54.7 in June, which increased to 57.1 in July 2019.

Deputy Commissioner, Chandra Gaind commended the entire team working under the Aspirational Project for this achievement. He said that without teamwork, this improvement in ranking would not have been possible.  He said, this ranking will improve further in the coming months.