NITI Aayog ranking: Khawas block of Rajouri clinches 5th spot.

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SHYAM SOOD

**Proud moment for Rajouri under supervision of DC Abhishek Sharma.

RAJOURI DEC 30:-Rajouri district of UT of J&K has delivered an impressive performance under the Aspirational Block Development Programme (ABDP) conducted by NITI Aayog.

In the overall rankings released by NITI Aayog, Khawas development block secured the 5th rank out of 500 blocks in India under the supervision of District Development Commissioner (DDC) Rajouri, Abhishek Sharma, IAS.
Recently, Deputy Commissioner Rajouri convened a high-level meeting in the Conference Hall of the DC Office to review the implementation and progress of the Aspirational Block Development Programme (ABDP) and Aspirational
Panchayat Development Programme (APDP) in Khawas and Budhal Old blocks.

Pertinently Block Khawas and Budhal Old Block are two blocks among 44 Blocks of J&K selected aiming for expeditious improvement in the socio–economic status of the selected blocks (most backward blocks) in consultation with NITI Aayog, Government of India.
A post of District Information Officer (DIO) Rajouri (Information and PR, Rajouri) on social media platform X read: “Champions of Change. Proud moment for Rajouri! Block Khawas has risen from rank 453 to an impressive 5th out of 500 blocks in India under the supervision of DC Abhishek Sharma”.
Delta rankings are issued quarterly based on 40 selected indicators in both overall and zone-wise categories.
Notably, NITI Aayog has appreciated Uttar Pradesh for the consistent progress of its aspirational development blocks.

It has divided 500 development blocks across the country into six zones—Hilly, North-East and Islands, Northern, Southern, Western, Central, and Eastern.