Technology Transforms Niti Aayog's Aspirational Districts Program

Rama Kamaraju, Sr Consultant, Office of CEO, Niti Aayog shares the early success of this ambitious program and how technology enables these most backward districts to gear up and become the best national districts in the next five years

- Sandhya Michu

Steering the 'Transformation of Aspirational Districts' program to effectively transform 115 backward districts across the nation, Niti Aayog says technology has been the backbone of this mammoth program. From data collections to data analysis, monitoring and managing of this program on a real-time basis, is encouraging these backward districts to aspire and become the best national districts of the states in the next five years.

Rama Kamaraju, Sr Consultant, Office of CEO, Niti Aayog, who was speaking at the 26th edition of Express Computer's Tech Sabha in Jaipur says, “The ‘Aspirational District Program’ is a Modi Government scheme that ranks them on five main themes — health and nutrition, education, agriculture and water resources, financial inclusion, and skill development. We measure the reforms in these districts on a real-time basis, verified by third parties. This way, the district collectors of these aspirational districts get to know in real-time how they are doing, and what they can learn from other districts.