Aspirational Blocks Development Programme (ABDP) was conceived for twin purpose –
1. Identify the most backward blocks of the UT of Jammu and Kashmir which required special focus and
2. Devise Plan to bring them at par with other developed blocks of UT.
Therefore, a unique area specific initiative was conceived and introduced for achieving holistic development of the most backward blocks in the UT of J&K after their identification to handle the unique challenges/constraints existing in these areas.
The primary focus was laid on improvement in Educational level, Health & wellbeing & living conditions of the people.
44 Blocks, out of 285 Blocks of UT of J&K, were selected on the basis of 21 parameters/ indicators covering four major aspects of human development viz.
Poverty, Health & Nutrition, Education and Basic infrastructure.
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POVERTY (Weight 20) |
1. Percentage of Homeless Households 2. Percentage of Households living in Katcha Houses 3. Percentage of Landless households dependent on manual labour |
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HEALTH & NUTRITION (Weight 30) |
1. Percentage of pregnant women receiving 4 or more antenatal care checkup 2. Percentage of Institutional Deliveries to Total Estimated Deliveries in the Block 3. Percentage of Children aged 12-23 months fully immunized 4. Percentage of stunted children under 5 Years 5. Percentage of wasted children under 5 Years 6. Percentage of Households provided subsidized/ Free Ration under NFSA |
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EDUCATION (Weight 20) |
1. Net Enrolment Ratio (NER) at Primary Level (1-5 class) 2. NER at Upper Primary level (6-8 Class) 3. NER at Secondary level (9-10 Class) 4. Dropout Rate at Elementary Level 5. Retention Rate at Elementary Level (1-8 Class) 6. Percentage of schools having below normal Pupil Teacher Ratio at Elementary Level (1-8 Class) 7. Percentage of Schools having below Normal Pupil Teacher Ratio at Secondary Level (9-10 class) |
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BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE (Weight 30) |
1. Percentage of households un-electrified 2. Percentage of households without piped water connection 3. Percentage of households without Individual Household Toilets 4. Percentage of unconnected Habitations under PMGSY 5. Percentage of Households using clean cooking Fuel (LPG) |
ABD Programme was e-inaugurated on 31st December, 2021, after approval from Administrative Council,
which covers 44 backward Blocks across the UT of J&K.
2 most backward blocks from each district with inclusion of 10 most backward blocks of the UT were selected under ABDP which required special focus to bring them at par with other blocks.
For monitoring the progress of these 44 Aspirational Blocks, a Monitoring Framework was developed which contains 61 Data Points - 49
Key Performance Indicators among 4 different sectors Agriculture & Allied, Health & Nutrition, Education and Basic Infrastructure.
ABDP Dashboard was developed by National Informatics Centre (NIC), J&K, on the Monitoring Indicators in very short time on which District Nodal Officers of Aspirational Districts populate the data on monthly basis.
The dashboard ranks the Aspirational Blocks on monthly basis and ranks the blocks.
Besides normal funding available to the Blocks, additional financial assistance of Rs. 44.00 Crores (Rs. 1.00 crore per block)
were provided to the blocks during 2022-23 for the speedy development of these blocks.
ABDP Plan was prepared by districts and funds amounting to Rs 44.00 Crore (Rs 1.00 Crore per Aspirational Block)
were released to concerned District Development Commissioners for their utilization during 2022-23. The resources were clearly delineated across various sectors of development at the District level for funding the Aspirational Block Developmental Plan.
However, the Financial Assistance of Rs. One Crore per Aspirational Block was contingent on meeting the Ten Qualifying Criterion/Indicators and Certification by the concerned Deputy Commissioners;
| S. No | Indicator |
|---|---|
1. |
Setting up: a. Panchayat Play fields b. Youth Clubs c. Sports activities |
2. |
Panchayat meetings held for reviewing development activities, creating awareness |
3. |
Plantation activities taken up through Panchayat Committees |
4. |
Activities taken up for celebrating Azadi ka Mahotsav |
5. |
Perceptible change in the cleanliness of the block such as garbage collection and disposal |
6. |
Improvement in school enrolment ratio (Primary classes) |
7. |
Functional & separate girls toilet in schools |
8. |
Saturation in individual beneficiary scheme a. Old age pension b. PMAY c. MGNREGA mandays |
9. |
Water harvesting activities carried out |
10. |
Adoption of modern agriculture practices |
ABDP Dashboard presents the performance of Aspirational Blocks on the basis of their performance in the 61 data points.
There are 61 data indicators and 49 key performance indicators, the data against which is to be uploaded by the Aspirational Blocks on monthly basis.
The performance is captured through the four sectors - Agriculture and Allied Activities, Health & Nutrition, Education & Basic Infrastructure on which data is uploaded on regular basis.
ABDP Dashboard was got developed by National Informatics Centre, Jammu for monitoring the progress of Aspirational blocks.
Data gets uploaded on 61 data points spread across four sectors. The dashboard calculates scores on monthly basis based on data of 61 Data points and Aspirational Blocks are ranked accordingly.
The performance of the 44 Aspirational Blocks can be accessed on the website of PD&MD from the start of the Aspirational Block Programme.
The best and the least performing blocks are also displayed on the home screen of ABDP dashboard.
Out of 61 data points, there are 57 data indicators, on which the Targets (denominators) are to be uploaded (set) only in the beginning of the Financial Year (April every year)
and the target are freezed by NIC. The data for these specific 57 indicators is uploaded on cumulative basis throughout the year.
There are 4 indicators (Pregnant women regularly taking Supplementary Nutrition, Institutional Deliveries to Total Estimated Deliveries, Sex Ratio at Birth (Girls Per Thousand Boys),
Low Birth Weight Babies in the Block (underweight(< 2.5 KG ) babies at Birth), for which targets are uploaded on monthly basis.
The complete list of 61 data indicators on the basis of which blocks are ranked is given in tabular form hereby as under.
| Data Point | KPI | SECTION- B Status of the Block- Repeated Indicators | Data Entry Frequency |
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A. AGRICULTURE & ALLIED (20 Points Weightage) |
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| 1 | 1 | Percentage of Households mainly engaged in Agriculture activities in the Block | 6 Monthly |
| 2 | 2 | Percentage of Net Sown Area under Micro Irrigation in the Block | 6 Monthly |
| 3 | 3.1.# | Percentage of Soil Health Cards Issued in the Block | Monthly # |
| 4 | 3.2.# | Percentage of farmers provided Kissan Credit Cards (KCC) in the Block | Monthly # |
| 5 | 4 # | Percentage coverage of Cattles vaccinated in the Block | Monthly # |
| 6 | 5 # | Percentage coverage of Cattles artifically inseminated in the Block | Monthly # |
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B. HEALTH & NUTRITION (30 Points Weightage) |
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| 7 | 1.1. | Percentage of Sub Centres having Govt Buildings in the Block | 6 Monthly |
| 8 | 1.2. | Percentage of PHCs/NTPHCs having Govt Buildings in the Block | 6 Monthly |
| 9 | 2 | Percentage of Sub centres/PHCs/NTPHCs converted into Health & Wellness Centres in the Block | 6 Monthly |
| 10 | 3.1. | Percentage of PHCs & CHCs having doctors as per sanctioned strength in the Block | 6 Monthly |
| 11 | 3.2. | Percentage of PHCs & CHCs having paramedics staff as per sanctioned strength in the Block | 6 Monthly |
| 12 | 4 | Percentage of pregnant women receiving 4 or more antenatal care checkup in the Block | Annual |
| 13 | 5 | Percentage of pregnant women regularly taking Supplementary Nutrition under the ICDS in the Block | Monthly # |
| 14 | 6 # | Percentage of Institutional Deliveries to Total Estimated Deliveries in the Block | Monthly# |
| 15 | 7# | Sex Ratio at Birth (Girls Per Thousand Boys) in the Block | Monthly# |
| 16 | 8# | Percentage of Low Birth Weight Babies in the Block (underweight (< 2.5 KG) babies at Birth) | Monthly# |
| 17 | 9.# | Percentage of Children aged (9-11) & (12-23) months fully immunized in the Block (Upto Age 2 fully vaccinated) | Monthly# |
| 18 | 10# | Percentage of households registered under PMJAY (Pradhan Mantri March Arogya YoMarcha) or PMJAY-SEHAT | Monthly# |
| 19 | 11 | Percentage of stunted children under 5 years of age in the Block (Stunted/Height for age) | 6 Monthly |
| 20 | 12 | Percentage of wasted children under 5 years of age in the Block (Weight for Height) | 6 Monthly |
| 21 | 13 | Percentage of Households provided subsidized/ Free Ration under NFSA in the Block | Monthly |
| 22 | 14 | Percentage of Anganwadi Centres with Government Building in the Block | 6 Monthly |
| 23 | 15 | Percentage of Anganwadi reported to have conducted at least one Village Health Sanitation & Nutrition Day/ Urban Health Sanitation & Nutrition Day outreach in the last one Month in the Block | Monthly |
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C. EDUCATION (20 Points Weightage) |
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| 24 | 1 | Percentage of Schools having Government Buildings in the Block | 6 Monthly |
| 25 | 2.1. | Net Enrolment Ratio (NER) at Primary Level (1-5 class) in the Block | Yearly |
| 26 | 2.2. | NER at Upper Primary level (6-8 Class) in the Block | Yearly |
| 27 | 2.3. | NER at Secondary level (9-10 Class) in the Block | Yearly |
| 28 | 3.1. | Transition Rate - Primary to Upper Primary Level in the Block | Yearly |
| 28 | 3.1. | Transition Rate - Primary to Upper Primary Level in the Block | Yearly |
| 29 | 3.2. | Transition Rate - Upper Primary to Secondary Level in the Block | Yearly |
| 30 | 4.1. | Percentage of schools having Normal Pupil Teacher Ratio at Elementary Level (1-8 Class) in the Block (1 to 30 students per teacher is Normal) | 6 Monthly |
| 31 | 4.2. | Percentage of Schools having Normal Pupil Teacher Ratio at Secondary Level (9-10 class) in the Block (1 to 30 students per teacher is Normal) | 6 Monthly |
| 32 | 5.1. | Mathematics performance in class 3rd in the Block (Percent Score) | Yearly |
| 33 | 5.2 | Language performance in class 3rd in the Block (Percent Score) | Yearly |
| 34 | 6.1 | Mathematics performance in class 5th in the Block (Percent Score) | Yearly |
| 35 | 6.2 | Language performance in class 5th in the Block (Percent Score) | Yearly |
| 36 | 7.1 | Mathematics performance in class 8th in the Block (Percent Score) | Yearly |
| 37 | 7.2 | Language performance in class 8th in the Block (Percent Score) | Yearly |
| 38 | 8 | Percentage of Schools having teachers as per sanctioned strength in the Block | 6 Monthly |
| 39 | 9 | Percentage of students declared pass in class 10th in Government Schools in the Block | Yearly |
| 40 | 10 | Percentage of students declared pass in class 12th in Government Schools in the Block | Yearly |
| 41 | 11 | Percentage of Government Schools provided free textbooks to the children within one month of start of Academic Year in the Block | Yearly |
| 42 | 12# | Percentage of Government Schools having Drinking Water connection in the Block | Monthly# |
| 43 | 13# | Percentage of Govt. Schools (High & Higher) having Working Electricity Connection in the Block | Monthly# |
| 44 | 14# | Percentage of Govt. Schools having functional Girls Toilet in the Block | Monthly# |
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D. BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE (30 Points Weightage) |
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| 45 | 1# | Percentage of Homeless/Shelterless provided houses by the Govt in the Block | Monthly# |
| 46 | 2 | Percentage of households electrified in the Block | Monthly |
| 47 | 3 | Percentage of households with piped water connection in the Block | Monthly |
| 48 | 4 | Percentage of households with Individual Household Toilets in the Block | Monthly |
| 49 | 5 | Percentage of Habitations connected under PMGSY in the Block | Monthly |
| 50 | 6 | Percentage of Households using clean cooking Fuel (LPG) in the Block | Monthly |
| 51 | 7.1. | Bank Access Points (Bank Branch, extension point, etc) available per 1,000 population in the Block | 6 Monthly |
| 52 | 7.2. | ATMs available per 1,000 population in the Block | 6 Monthly |
| 53 | 8# | Percentage of Gram Panchayats connected with internet connection in the Block | Monthly# |
| 54 | 9# | Percentage of Gram Panchayats having at least One Common Service Centre in the Block | Monthly# |
| 55 | 10# | Percentage of eligible beneficiaries covered under National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) in the Block | Monthly# |
| 56 | 11# | Percentage of eligible beneficiaries covered under Integrated Social Security Programme (ISS) in the Block | Monthly# |
| 57 | 12# | Percentage of eligible population covered under Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojna in the Block | Monthly# |
| 58 | 13# | Percentage of eligible population covered under Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojna in the Block | Monthly# |
| 59 | 14# | Percentage of eligible population covered under Pradhi Mantri March Dhan YoMarcha in the Block | Monthly# |
| 60 | 15.1.# | Percentage of eligible population provided job under MGNREGA in the Block | Monthly# |
| 61 | 15.2.# | Percentage of workers under MGNREGA provided 100 days jobs in the Block | Yearly |
A comparison of dashboard data for each sector with respect to previous month is sought for every block.
A comparison of sector wise data for the last 5 months is made available on dashboard which may help the block in ascertain their shortfalls in the sectors.
A comparison of the composite scores of the blocks is available on ABDP dashboard and same can be downloaded in excel format from the ABDP dashboard.
The composite score download option is available with restricted access.
Sector wise composite scores of the blocks are also made available on ABDP dashboard for ease of the users.
Data is entered by the Aspirational blocks on monthly basis. The formulas are applied to compute the third value which can be percentage, ratio etc.
The data of the computed third value can be viewed from the JK UT chart available on ABDP dashboard.
By clicking on a particular district, the name of the Aspirational blocks is projected along which there is an option for viewing data.
The data can be viewed by clicking the view data.
A screen appears on clicking the view data option.
The data for the desired month and year can be viewed here.
A comparison for the last three months is projected here.
Current month is the T month that the user has selected for viewing data.
T-1 is the previous month data and so on.
Data can be viewed sector wise and same is available in descending order.
The best performing indicators are projected in upper rows.
The data can be downloaded in excel or pdf format.
| WORK FLOW OF ABDP DASHBOARD | |||||
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S.No |
PHASES |
OFFICER/OFFICIAL INCHARGE |
ASSIGNMENT |
TIMELINES OF DATA UPLOADING |
REMARKS |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
| 1 | Data Population | Block level Official(44 Blocks) | Maker | 10th of next month | Data is collected and thoroughly checked at Block level and is uploaded on the portal. |
| 2 | Data Validation & Authentication | District ABDP Nodal Officer(20 Districts) | Checker | 15th of next month | Data uploaded is verified and authenticated by the District Nodal Officer. |
| 3 | Data Interpretation | Statistical OfficerABDP, PD&MD | Monitor | 16th onwards | Uploaded data on Portal by Districts is further checked in PD&MD.
Discrepancies, if any, are brought before the districts for making necessary connections.
After that NIC makes necessary corrections in the data on the request of Districts. Thereafter, Monthly Reports are prepared on the basis of data uploaded for perusal of the higher authorities. |
| Note: 1. Bugs papering in the process are sorted out with NIC help. 2. Prabhari Officers nominated by GAD for Aspirational Blocks are monitoring the progress. | |||||
For monitoring the progress of these 44 Aspirational Blocks, a Monitoring Framework was developed which contains 61 Data Points - 49 Key Performance Indicators among 4 different sectors Agriculture & Allied, Health & Nutrition, Education and Basic Infrastructure.
“Aspirational Block Development Programme” (ABDP) Dashboard was developed by National Informatics Centre (NIC), J&K, on the Monitoring Indicators in very short time on which
District Nodal Officers of Aspirational Districts populate the data on monthly basis from February onwards.
The dashboard ranks the Aspirational Blocks on monthly basis on the basis of progress made by these blocks.
The dashboard has been hosted on pilot basis on 4th February, 2022 & after successful test runs & data capturing,
the fully functional Dashboard was formally launched by the Chief Secretary, J&K on August 18, 2022.
Following approach was adopted in calculating the composite index score of the blocks by adding up Four Sector Score.
The four sectors selected for measuring the progress of the blocks are:
A. Agriculture & Allied Sector
B. Health & Nutrition Sector
C. Education
D. Basic Infrastructure
Data on 49 Key Performance Indicators (KPI) is covered through 61 Data Points (DP) spread across four major sectors.
Data on 29 DP shall captured monthly, 16 DP biannually and 16 DP annually at the block level.
Base level for data capturing has been fixed as 31st December, 2021.
The progress of the block shall be measured/ calculated on monthly basis and shall be compared with Base Level as well.
Out of 61 Data Points, 58 Data Points are Positive where as 3 Data Points are Negative.
The denominator shall be freezed for 57 Data Points for one reference year while as denominator of 4 Data Points shall be variable.
Benchmark/Target values have been set for every Data Point (61) based on latest value available for that Data Point for the UT of J&K.
A comparison can be also drawn how much far the Aspirational Block is away from the UT Average.
A complete picture of the method of computing and obtaining the data is provided in the section below:-
5 KPI consisting of 6 DP have been selected for capturing and computing the progress of the block in Agriculture and Allied works. A weightage of 20% has been given to the Agriculture & Allied sector for calculating the overall performance in the Agriculture sector. Different weighs have been given to different data points, taking into consideration impact of particular parameter on Agriculture.
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Datapoint |
KPI |
A. Agriculture & Allied |
Weightage (20) |
Frequency of Computation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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1 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
| 1 | 1. | Households mainly engaged in Agriculture activities | 4 | Biannually |
| 2 | 2. | Net Sown Area under Micro Irrigation | 4 | Biannually |
| 3 | 3.1. | Soil Health Cards Issued | 2 | Monthly |
| 4 | 3.2. | Farmers provided Kissan Credit Cards (KCC) | 2 | Monthly |
| 5 | 4. | Animals vaccinated | 4 | Monthly |
| 6 | 5. | Artificially inseminated animals | 4 | Monthly |
Keeping in view of the basic necessities of health & nutrition, 15 Key Performance Indicators have been selected which are covered through 17 Data Points. A composite score of 30% has been assigned to the Health & Nutrition Sector sector. The status of regular medical field camp organized in field to boost awareness among the masses, children getting proper nutrition, vaccination, Institutional deliveries, etc are very vital components of Health & Nutrition.
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Datapoint |
KPI |
B. Health & Nutrition |
Weightage (30) |
Frequency of Computation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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1 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
| 1 | 1.1. | Sub Centres with Govt Buildings | 1 | Biannually |
| 2 | 1.2. | PHCs/NTPHCs with Govt Buildings | 1 | Biannually |
| 3 | 2. | Sub centres/PHCs/NTPHCs converted into Health & Wellness Centres | 3 | Biannually |
| 4 | 3.1. | PHCs & CHCs with doctors as per sanctioned strength | 1.5 | Biannually |
| 5 | 3.2. | PHCs & CHCs with paramedics staff as per sanctioned strength | 1.5 | Biannually |
| 6 | 4. | Pregnant women receiving 4 or more antenatal care checkup | 2 | Annually |
| 7 | 5. | Pregnant women regularly taking Supplementary Nutrition under the ICDS | 1.5 | Monthly |
| 8 | 6. | Institutional Deliveries | 3 | Monthly |
| 9 | 7. | Sex Ratio | 2 | Monthly |
| 10 | 8. | Low Birth Weight Babies | 1.5 | Monthly |
| 11 | 9.1. | Fully immunized Children aged (9-11) & (12-23) months | 3 | Monthly |
| 12 | 10. | PMJAY (Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana) or PMJAY-SEHAT registered households | 1 | Monthly |
| 13 | 11. | Stunted children under 5 years of age | 1.5 | Biannually |
| 14 | 12. | Wasted children under 5 years of age | 1.5 | Biannually |
| 15 | 13. | Households provided subsidized/ Free Ration under NFSA | 3 | Monthly |
| 16 | 14. | Anganwadi Centres with Government Building | 1 | Biannually |
| 17 | 15. | Anganwadi/UPHCs reported to have conducted at least one Village Health Sanitation & Nutrition Day/ Urban Health Sanitation & Nutrition Day outreach in the last one Month | 1 | Monthly |
14 Key Performance Indicators have been selected to capture the data on Education through 21 Data Points. The education sector accounts for 20% of the overall index score. In J&K, there are few backward areas that are even today devoid of these facilities in Education sector.
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Datapoint |
KPI |
C. Education |
Weightage (20) |
Frequency of Computation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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1 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
| 1 | 1 | Schools with Govt. buildings | 1 | Biannually |
| 2 | 2.1 | Net Enrolment Ratio at Primary level | 1 | Annually |
| 3 | 2.2 | Net Enrolment Ratio at Upper Primary level | 1 | Annually |
| 4 | 2.3 | Net Enrolment Ratio at Secondary level | 1 | Annually |
| 5 | E | Transition Rate Primary to Upper Primary | 1.5 | Annually |
| 6 | 3.2 | Transition Rate Upper Primary to Secondary level | 1.5 | Annually |
| 7 | 4.1 | Schools with Normal pupil teacher ratio 1-8 class | 1 | Biannually |
| 8 | 4.2 | Schools with Normal pupil teacher ratio 9-10 class | 1 | Biannually |
| 9 | 5.1 | Mathematics performance in class 3 | 0.5 | Annually |
| 10 | 5.2 | Language performance in class 3 | 0.5 | Annually |
| 11 | 6.1 | Mathematics performance in class 5 | 0.5 | Annually |
| 12 | 6.2 | Language performance in class 5 | 0.5 | Annually | 13 | 7.1 | Mathematics performance in class 8 | 0.5 | Annually |
| 14 | 7.2 | Language performance in class 8 | 0.5 | Annually |
| 15 | 8 | Schools with sanctioned teachers strength | 1 | Biannually |
| 16 | 9.1 | Students declared pass in 10th | 1.75 | Annually |
| 17 | 9.2 | Students declared pass in 12th | 1.75 | Annually |
| 18 | 10 | Students provided free textbooks at the start of the year | 0.5 | Annually |
| 19 | 12 | Govt. Schools with drinking water connection | 1 | Monthly |
| 20 | 13 | Govt. Schools with working electricity connection | 1 | Monthly |
| 21 | 14 | Govt. Schools with working girls toilet connection | 1 | Monthly |
15 KPIs have been identified under Basic Infrastructure which captures data through 17 Data Points. These include: housing, electricity, safe water supply, toilets, road connectivity, internet connectivity, etc. Weightage of 30% has been given to basic infrastructure.
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Datapoint |
KPI |
D. Basic Infrastructure |
Weightage (30) |
Frequency of Computation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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1 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
| 1 | 1 | Shelterless households | 3 | Monthly |
| 2 | 2 | Electrified households | 2 | Monthly |
| 3 | 3 | Piped water connection households | 2 | Monthly |
| 4 | 4 | Individual household toilets | 2 | Monthly |
| 5 | 5 | Habitations connected with PMGSY | 3 | Monthly |
| 6 | 6 | Households with clean cooking gas | 2 | Monthly |
| 7 | 7.1 | Bank Access points | 2 | Biannually |
| 8 | 7.2 | ATMs | 1 | Biannually |
| 9 | 8 | Gram panchayats with internet connectivity | 2 | Monthly |
| 10 | 9 | Gram panchayats with CSC centres | 2 | Monthly |
| 11 | 10 | Beneficiaries with NSAP | 2 | Monthly |
| 12 | 11 | Beneficiaries with ISS | 2 | Monthly |
| 13 | 12 | Population with Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojna | 2 | Monthly |
| 14 | 13 | Population with Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Jeevan | 1 | Monthly |
| 15 | 14 | Population with Pradhan Mantri Jan Dahn Youjna | 1 | Monthly |
| 16 | 15.1 | Population provided job under MGNREGA | 1 | Monthly |
| 17 | 15.2 | MGNREGA workers provided 100 days jobs under MGNREGA | 1 | Annually |
The objective of this program is to monitor the real-time progress of 44 Aspirational Blocks.
Baseline data from districts concerned for the December ending, 2021 will be uploaded to the dashboard to create a ‘baseline ranking’ of Blocks.
Thereafter, as and when the Nodal Officers of the Aspirational Blocks from Districts upload new data, the dashboard will calculate ‘delta ranking’ or ranking based on progress made vis-à-vis the baseline performance.
The methodology adopted for ranking is as follows.
Positive Indicators : [(Xi-Min X) /(Max X – Min X)] * 100
Negative Indicators: [( Max X -Xi)/(Max X – Min X)] *100
Where: Min x = Minimum observed value of X in the data set,
Max x = Maximum observed value of X in the data set,Xi = Data Point Value,
X’ = Normalized Value after rescaling
Data is initially normalized or scaled according to formulae given above.
Using weights (Wi), we create a composite score for a single time period for a Aspirational Block.
This gives us the ranking of Aspirational Block on time‘t’.
Composite Score (CS) = ∑ (Wi ∗ Si)/ ∑ WiJ
The score is computed periodically and it gives us the absolute ranking of Block in each time-period.
The program mainly focuses on the progress from one-time period to another.
Delta below captures the difference in composite scores of Block ‘i’ in time t (k) and t (k-1).
This difference is ranked to get the delta-ranking that measures progress.
∆ = CS itk – CS itk-1
1. At the Block level, the ABDP activities are reviewed by the concerned Block Development Officers who coordinate with all line departments for smooth implementation on the ground.
The data is collated at the Block level.
2. Prabhari/Mentoring Officers appointed by the Government for each of these districts do the necessary supervision on continuous basis and provide handholding to the BDO’s
to ensure that accurate data is received on regular intervals on each of the indicator and is authenticated/validated.
3. At the District level, regular reviews are taken by the Deputy Commissioners on monthly basis to oversee the physical/financial
progress on the ABDP action plan. The DC’s also monitor the delta changes in the indicator values, sectoral & composite scores;
so as to prioritise their interventions.
4. At the Administrative Department level, the Secretary PD&MD provides the necessary direction,
superintendence & control for the smooth implementation of the programme.
Continuous monitoring of the parameters and delta changes on the Dashboard are reviewed and cross-verified with the districts/field teams.
The ABDP Cell in the department is supervised by Joint Director Planning rank officer.
5. Comprehensive Mid-term Appraisal of the programme was also undertaken and Works/Activities approved under the
Plan were inspected by the senior officers of PD&MD and the Panchayat Prabhari Officers under B2V4 & Jan Abhiyan programme from 15 Oct to 03 Nov, 2022 and report was submitted to the Government.
Secretary, PD&MD paid visit to Border Block Rajpura and Salamabad (Uri) in District Baramulla and took stock of ongoing activities under ABDP.
Moreover, 15 senior officers of the PD&MD also visited the Aspirational Blocks across the UT of J&K and monitored the physical progress of approved works in the
44 Aspirational blocks where they interacted with the officers/officials, Field Functionaries, General Public, PRIs members and made them aware about the programme.
6. At the Apex level, the Chief Secretary J&K takes periodic review of the programme & necessary directions are issued for all stakeholders.