The ‘Aspirational Districts Programme’ launched by NITI Aayog evaluates the…
2023
The ‘Aspirational Districts Programme’ launched by NITI Aayog evaluates the performance of the districts on the basis of five parameters. Which two of the following parameters are not correct?
(1) Health and Nutrition (30%)
(2) Education (30%)
(3) Roads (20%)
(4) Financial Inclusion and Skill Development (10%)
(5) Women Empowerment (10%)
Answer: D. 3 and 5 — Concept — NITI Aayog’s Aspirational Districts Programme ranks districts on a composite score built from a fixed set of five weighted focus sectors. The sector…
- A.
1 and 3
- B.
2 and 5
- C.
3 and 4
- D.
3 and 5
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Correct answer: D
Concept — NITI Aayog’s Aspirational Districts Programme ranks districts on a composite score built from a fixed set of five weighted focus sectors. The sector names and their weights are laid down by the programme’s delta-ranking framework and together add up to 100%. A listed parameter therefore counts as correct only when BOTH its name and its weight reproduce that framework; an indicator that sits inside a sector is not itself a sector.
Application — The five official sectors and weights of the programme are:
Health and Nutrition — 30%
Education — 30%
Agriculture and Water Resources — 20%
Financial Inclusion and Skill Development — 10%
Basic Infrastructure — 10%
Matching each entry of the given list against that framework:
Listed parameter | Official framework |
|---|---|
(1) Health and Nutrition (30%) | Health and Nutrition — 30% |
(2) Education (30%) | Education — 30% |
(3) Roads (20%) | Agriculture and Water Resources — 20% |
(4) Financial Inclusion and Skill Development (10%) | Financial Inclusion and Skill Development — 10% |
(5) Women Empowerment (10%) | Basic Infrastructure — 10% |
Cross-check — The weights in the given list already sum correctly (30 + 30 + 20 + 10 + 10 = 100) and each weight sits in the right slot, so the percentages cannot separate the answer; only the sector names can. Entries (1), (2) and (4) reproduce official sector names exactly. Roads is an indicator tracked inside the Basic Infrastructure sector rather than a sector of its own, and Women Empowerment is not run as a separate ADP sector at all — the 20% slot belongs to Agriculture and Water Resources and the second 10% slot to Basic Infrastructure. The two parameters that are not correct are therefore 3 and 5.