Surakshit Hum Surakshit Tum Abhiyan: Aspirational Districts
Part of: GS Prelims and GS -II – Policies and interventions; Health
In news
Recently, NITI Aayog and Piramal Foundation launched ‘Surakshit Hum Surakshit Tum Abhiyan’ in 112 aspirational districts.
Objective: To assist the administration in providing home care support to Covid-19 patients, who are either asymptomatic or have mild symptoms.
Most of these districts are in Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Maharashtra.
The campaign is a part of a special initiative – Aspirational Districts Collaborative.
Local leaders, civil societies and volunteers work with the district administrations to address emerging issues of the Aspirational Districts Programme.
Important value additions
‘Transformation of Aspirational Districts’ Programme (TADP)
It was launched in January 2018.
Aspirational Districts are those 112 districts in India that are affected by poor socio-economic indicators.
It is carried out by the state governments
Objective: To monitor the real-time progress of aspirational districts.
Core Principles:
Convergence (of Central & State Schemes) which brings together the horizontal and vertical tiers of the government.
Collaboration (of Central, State level ‘Prabhari’ Officers & District Collectors) which enables impactful partnerships between government, market and civil society.
Competition among districts driven by a spirit of the mass movement fosters accountability on district governments.
