The NITI Aayog has released first Delta ranking for 108 aspirational districts to measure their incremental progress across five developmental areas during 2-month period of April and May 2018.
The purpose of Delta rankings is to spur sense of competition among dynamic teams in aspirational districts.
Most improved aspirational districts are Dahod (Gujarat, rank: 1st), West Sikkim district (Sikkim, 2nd). Ramanathapuram district (Tamil Nadu, 3rd) and Vizianagaram (Andhra Pradesh, 4th) and YSR Kadapa district (Andhra Pradesh, 5th).
Kupwara (Jammu and Kashmir), Begusarai (Bihar), Ranchi (Jharkhand), Simdega (Jharkhand) and Khagaria (Bihar) were listed as first to fifth aspirational districts, respectively, in least improved states.