Kiphire district has figured among the top 5 Aspirational Districts on NITI Aayog’s Delta Ranking for the month of January 2021. The rankings took into account incremental progress made by over 112 aspirational districts across six developmental areas in December 2020.
Health and nutrition, education, agriculture and water resources, financial inclusion, skill development and basic infrastructure were the development areas that were taken into consideration for the ranking.
Taking to twitter, Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said Kiphire district deserved special credit for improving livelihoods through the cultivation of ‘Kholar’ and setting up tailoring units for women. “Very heartening to see 4 #AspirationalDistricts of North-East with challenging geographies, in top 5! Kiphire in Nagaland deserves special credit for improving livelihoods through the cultivation of a local kidney bean variety ‘Kholar’ & setting up tailoring units for women. Gr8” Kant tweeted.
Aspirational districts programme, launched in January 2018, aims to transform districts that have shown relatively lesser progress in key social areas. The ranking of aspirational districts is done every month.