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Aspirational districts eliminating barriers, becoming accelerators of coun
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 22 (ANI): Emphasizing that district administration have an important role in good governance, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday that "aspirational districts" are eliminating the barriers and becoming accelerators of the country's progress, adding that it
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Cabinet decision of providing mobile services to villages will take fruits
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 17 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that the Union Cabinet's decision of providing mobile services to over 7,000 villages will take the fruits of technology to aspirational districts across five states and will also contribute to social emp
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Over 7000 villages across 5 states to get 4G mobile services at estimated
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 17 (ANI): The Union Cabinet has approved the scheme for the provision of mobile services in uncovered villages of aspirational districts across five states including Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra and Odisha.
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NITI Aayog, BYJU's tie-up to provide education to children in 112 aspirati
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 17 (ANI): With the aim to ensure access to quality education, NITI Aayog has partnered with edtech company BYJU's to provide children from 112 aspirational districts free access to high-quality and tech-driven learning programmes.
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Smriti Irani inaugurates Poshan 2.0, urges all districts to establish Posh
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kevadiya (Gujarat) [India], September 1 (ANI): Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani on Tuesday urged all aspirational districts of the country to make a commitment to establish a Poshan Vatika (nutrition garden) during the nutrition month starting from September 1 for
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India at UN: There is no 'one size fits all' approach for localization of
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 9 (ANI): India on Thursday said there is no "one size fits all" approach for localization of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), but can certainly share experience and learn from each other to implement the 2030 Agenda at United Nations.
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BJD MP writes to Nirmala Sitharaman, proposes fund sharing norm of 90:10 f
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], June 15 (ANI): Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MP Amar Patnaik has written to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, proposing modification in central assistance fund sharing norms to 90:10 ratio for the Aspirational Districts.
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PM Modi's Aspirational District Programme improved lives of over one fifth
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 13 (ANI): NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant on Sunday said that Centre's Aspirational Districts Programme -- in line with the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi -- has improved lives of over one fifth of India's population, adding that a UN development body has laude
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UNDP lauds India's Aspirational Districts Programme, recommends replicatio
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 12 (ANI): The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on Saturday lauded India's Aspirational Districts Programme (ADP) as 'a very successful model of local area development' that should serve as a best practice for other countries where regional disparities in de
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COVID-19: NITI Aayog, Piramal Foundation launch 'Surakshit Hum Surakshit T
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 8 (ANI): NITI Aayog and Piramal Foundation on Tuesday launched 'Surakshit Hum Surakshit Tum Abhiyaan' in 112 aspirational districts to assist district administrations in providing home-care support to COVID-19 patients who are asymptomatic or have mild symptoms. Read More
77 pc grievances resolved under SDDNNA, over 3.5 lakh senior citizens supp
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 24 (ANI): The Surakshit Dada-Dadi, Nana-Nani Abhiyaan (SDDNNA), which was e-launched by NITI Aayog and Piramal Foundation in 28 aspirational districts on May 5, has gained substantial traction and 77 per cent grievances have been resolved.
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NITI Aayog should prepare a plan for the transformation of every district:
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 15 (ANI): NITI Aayog should prepare a plan for the transformation of every district on the lines of its plan for the eight aspirational districts in Uttar Pradesh, state Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said at a meeting with officials of NITI Aayog here
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