Budget 2018: Govt may announce governance structure for backward districts

Govt has ranked 115 backward districts of the country; a fresh scheme, in planning stage at present, is likely to be released in the upcoming Budget

Backwardness is manifested in a variety of parameters (and the lack of them) like health and education, infrastructure and employment, incomes and poverty. NITI Aayog has helped draft the government the first ranked list of 115 backward districts in the country. The first of this two-part series focuses on the broad national look at backwardness and the methodology behind selecting 115 districts.

What do Khagaria in Bihar, Paschimi Singhbhum in Jharkhand, Mewat in Haryana and Shrawasti in Uttar Pradesh have in common? Nothing on the face of it, right?

Here it is: They are the top-ranked—worst-off—districts in India