10 Jun 2021 Surakshit Hum Surakshit Tum Abhiyan: Aspirational Districts

Surakshit Hum Surakshit Tum Abhiyan: Aspirational Districts

Context:

• Recently, NITI Aayog and Piramal Foundation launched ‘Surakshit Hum Surakshit Tum Abhiyan’ in 112 aspirational districts.
• This drive was launched 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.

About:

Surakshit Hum Surakshit Tum Abhiyan

• The campaign is under a special initiative – Aspirational Districts Collaborative – in which local leaders, civil societies and volunteers will work with the district administrations to address emerging issues across key focus areas of the Aspirational Districts Programme.
• It will be led by district magistrates in partnership with over 1000 local NGOs, which will enlist and train over 1 lakh volunteers to connect with patients through inbound/outbound calls.
• Volunteers will be trained to support 20 affected families each by educating caretakers to follow protocols, provide psycho-social support and timely updates about patients to the administration.

Objective:

•  It is aimed to reach every affected person in these 112 districts.
• The campaign is expected to play a key role in district preparedness for managing nearly 70% of Covid-19 cases at home, reducing pressure on the health system, and stemming the spread of fear amongst the people.
•  It will provide long-term support to India’s poorest communities in the Aspirational Districts by addressing the lasting impact of Covid-19.

Aspirational Districts Programme

• It was launched in January 2018, the ‘Transformation of Aspirational Districts’ Programme (TADP).
• Aspirational Districts are those districts in India that are affected by poor socio-economic indicators.
• These are aspirational in the context that improvement in these districts can lead to the overall improvement in human development in India.

Ministry:

At the Government of India level, the programme is anchored by NITI Aayog. In addition, individual Ministries have assumed responsibility to drive the progress of districts.

Objective:

To monitor the real-time progress of aspirational districts.

Focus Areas:

•  ADP is based on 49 indicators from the 5 identified thematic areas, which focuses closely on improving people’s Health & Nutrition, Education, Agriculture & Water Resources, Financial Inclusion & Skill Development, and Basic Infrastructure.
• With States as the main drivers, ADP seeks to focus on the strength of each district, identify low-hanging fruits for immediate improvement, measure progress, and rank districts.

Broad Contours of the Programme (Triple-C):

•  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.

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